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Gravitas Recruitment Group Hong Kong

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Sr Python Developer - Front Office Trading (Quant)

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Senior Developer - Trading Tech

What you will do

You will join our front-office technology team to help our stock and investment business grow. You will act as the go-to technical expert on the trading floor, working directly with traders, quants, and financial researchers.

Your daily tasks will include:

  • Building software: Designing and improving applications used for day-to-day trading.
  • Adding new data: Speeding up the way we bring in and use new financial datasets and trading ideas.
  • Fixing problems: Watching live systems and quickly troubleshooting technical bugs to reduce system downtime.
  • Helping the business scale: Creating reliable systems so the trading team can enter new markets faster.

What you need to know - MUST Have Skills

  • Expert Python skills: You can write high-quality, clean, and reliable code.
  • Stock trading knowledge: You understand how futures, options, and complex trading strategies work.
  • Front-office experience: You have a proven history of collaborating directly with live trading desks.
  • Financial data systems: You know how market data feeds work on standard terminals like Bloomberg or Reuters.
  • Reliability mindset: You take full ownership of your code, focus on system quality, and support your applications when issues arise.

Bonus points if you have

  • Knowledge of how trading prices and financial risk metrics (like Greeks) are calculated.
  • Familiarity with commodity markets.
  • Experience with cloud platforms, container tools (like Docker or Kubernetes), and data automation pipelines.

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