Infrastructure Software Developer (Python) - Quant Trading Firm

Durlston Partners · London Area, United Kingdom
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Posted

Oct 05, 2026 (8d ago)

Seniority

Not Specified

Work Model

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Type

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Category

DevOps & SRE

Salary

£140k+ ≈ $177,800 USD

Skills

Linux Observability Python

Description

Infrastructure Software Developer (Python) – Trading Firm – London – £140,000 + generous bonus I'm working with a London-based trading firm that's investing heavily in how its infrastructure is built, and they're hiring a Python developer to write the software that runs it. Established, technology-driven trading business Small, collaborative engineering team Real appetite to treat infrastructure as a software problem This is a development role first and foremost. You'll sit within the infrastructure team, but your day-to-day will be designing, writing and maintaining the code and internal tools that replace manual work across the estate. What you'll be working on: Building and owning internal infrastructure software and tooling in Python Designing infrastructure-as-code frameworks used across the estate Writing automation for deployment, patching and configuration Developing tooling to improve observability and reliability What they're looking for: Strong, current professional Python, with good software engineering habits (testing, code review, version control, clean design) Deep hands-on Linux knowledge A track record of building software that automates infrastructure at scale Solid networking and security fundamentals Clear views on how modern infrastructure should be engineered What's on offer: £140,000 + discretionary bonus Genuine ownership of the codebase and influence from day one Strong benefits package No finance or trading experience required If you're a software developer who enjoys working close to infrastructure, or an Infrastructure, Platform or DevOps engineer who spends most of your time writing code, whether at a trading firm, Big Tech or any large-scale environment, this is a role worth a conversation. If you are interested, please apply! Alternatively, feel free to reach out to [email protected] for a confidential discussion.