Junoir Python Developer - Financial Markets Technology

We are partnering with a leading European Investment Bank to hire a Junior Python Developer into their Equities Technology team.

This is a front-office aligned role supporting pricing, trading and risk systems used directly by Equities desks. We are specifically seeking experienced, hands-on developers – not junior profiles – who are comfortable working in a fast-paced trading environment.

The Role

You will join a high-impact Equities technology team responsible for:

• Pricing libraries and risk calculation engines
• Trading tools and desk analytics
• Real-time data processing and reporting solutions
• Enhancements to structured equity and derivative platforms

The role combines development, stakeholder engagement and production support within a business-critical trading environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust Python-based applications for front-office use
• Enhance pricing and risk models used by trading desks
• Build and optimise tools for real-time market data processing
• Work closely with traders, quants and structurers to gather requirements
• Improve performance, scalability and reliability of trading systems
• Contribute to architecture decisions and best practice engineering standards

Required Experience:

• Experience in Python (essential)
• Experience building production-grade applications in a financial services environment
• Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms and system design
• Experience working with APIs, distributed systems and real-time data flows

Highly Desirable

• Knowledge of market data feeds and trading workflows
• Experience with performance optimisation or numerical libraries (NumPy, Pandas, etc.)

Why Apply?

• Direct exposure to trading desks
• Opportunity to work on core pricing and risk platforms
• Clear progression within Equities Technology