Vertex Search

About the Company

Welcome to Vertex Search, where we specialise in recruiting top talent into world-leading organisations across trading & technology.

At Vertex, we believe that hiring and retaining the right people transforms businesses and drives innovation. We have seen this time and again over the years within world-leading organisations. That’s why we partner with the best candidates globally in industry and academia, who possess not only the technical expertise, but also the soft skills, creativity and vision, to have lasting impact with our clients.

Our team has a 20+ year track record in internal and agency recruitment, connecting exceptional talent with some of the most innovative trading and technology companies around the world.

We’re passionate about doing our part to help shape the future of our clients across technology and financial services, through the power of talent.

Feel free to reach out to the team on info@vertexsearch.co.uk to discuss a hiring requirement or your next move!

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Vertex Search

Job Title

Quant Developer

Job Description

Quant Developer opportunity, systematic equities startup, exceptional comp potential - remote working

Our client, a well-backed and fast-growing systematic equities fund, is looking to hire a capable quant developer who can assist in building out a bespoke quant platform, before transitioning into a Research role. The role will be remote with occasional travel until the London office is established.

If successful you will be responsible for collaborating with existing PMs and engineers to build out bespoke end to end infrastructure for systematic equities trading, from data through to research and allocation. You will have a large amount of autonomy around the preferred tech stack and approach. This work is expected to take circa 12m and after that you will maintain and improve the platform, as well as carrying out quant research on a range of systematic trading strategies, leveraging Machine Learning and Alt Data.

As an early hire into the business, the opportunity will give you great scope for impact, learning and progression (career and comp), surrounded by experts in their field and with significant, long-term capital to deploy.

In order to apply you must have the following:

Commercial experience of quantitative development (ideally 4+ years)
Past experience building out end to end systematic trading infrastructure, ideally but not exclusively for equities
Coding fluency in Python
Excellent academics to Masters or PhD level in a STEM field from a top tier institution
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well within a team as well as on individual research
Bonus points for AI/ML/LLM experience leveraged within trading

London, United Kingdom

On site

25-02-2025