Senior Python Developer

About G20 Strategies
G-20 Strategies, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, is a leading crypto market maker, employing a quantitative, technology-driven approach. The team combines a startup mindset with extensive experience in proprietary trading, digital assets, technology, and quantitative finance.

Role Overview
The G-20 London Office is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Python Developer to further develop and maintain the proprietary, in-house trading engine. The role involves maintaining daily trading operations as well developing scalable, high-performance code, optimizing system architecture and modularity to ensure seamless operations and functionality.

The ideal candidate will be self-driven, motivated, responsible and highly responsive, working independently to develop and improve the existing code base, while also collaborating closely with diverse cross-functional team of stakeholders and fellow developers. We are looking for someone with strong expertise in python programming, debugging, and system optimization, who is passionate about delivering practical, high-quality, PnL-focused solutions.

The primary focus for this role will be working on core engine components, including trading, pricing and market making strategies.

Responsibilities

• Trading Engine Operations: Ensure that day-to-day trading operations run smoothly.
• Trading Engine Development: Develop the existing and new components within the trading engine while maintaining overall system design.
• Ownership of Engine Components: Grow into ownership of existing or newly developed trading engine components, such as pricing, market-making, hedging, etc.
• Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor and optimize trading engine performance.
• Systems Refactorization: Work on appropriate code modularization, versioning, deployment and test processes.
• Collaboration with Trading: Work directly with the trading team to understand their needs and deliver appropriate solutions that support the firm's strategic goals.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Sciences, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Experience: At least 5 years of experience in software development, ideally in a high-paced trading environment.

Personal Qualities:

• Self-driven, motivated, responsible and highly responsive individual.
• Mature enough to work collaboratively on the existing code base.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced trading environment.
• Strong and tactful communication skills, both verbal and written.

Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in Python. Rust is a bonus.
• Proficiency in Unix based systems.
• Experience of cloud-based platforms (e.g. AWS).
• Experience with real-time data messaging (e.g. Redis, websockets).
• Experience with deployment and monitoring tools, e.g. supervisor, dockers, Grafana, Nagios, etc.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience in the finance or cryptocurrency sectors.
• Experience with exchange connectors implementation.
• Familiarity with low latency systems and high-frequency trading environments.

Right to Work: only candidates who possess the right to work in the UK need apply.

Application deadline: apply by end of day Wednesday March 19th GMT.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work at one of the world's leading crypto market makers.
• Competitive compensation.
• Company that values individual accountability as well as team collaboration.
• Potential for growth within a global firm.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Finance

Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting