Python Developer | Australia | Open to relocation
Our client, a high‑performance quantitative trading firm, is seeking a talented Python Developer to join its growing engineering team in Australia. You will play a key role in building reliable, scalable, and performance‑driven systems that directly support trading, research, and market connectivity functions. This is an outstanding opportunity for engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems and want to work in a fast‑moving, high‑impact environment.
The firm welcomes exceptional candidates both within Australia and internationally, and offers full relocation support for top talent.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain Python-based systems supporting trading, research, data pipelines, and automation.
- Collaborate with traders, quants, and infrastructure teams to deliver robust production tools and workflows.
- Improve system performance, reliability, and monitoring across trading environments.
- Contribute to architectural discussions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Troubleshoot production issues in real-time trading environments.
Requirements
- 3+ years of professional Python development experience.
- Experience in financial markets, trading, or other real‑time data environments is highly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and software engineering best practices.
- Experience with distributed systems, messaging, or market data is a plus.
- Driven, collaborative, and comfortable working in a high‑ownership engineering culture.
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