Quant Developer
Commodities
London (Onsite)
Permanent
Cititec are partnered with a leading commodities trading house who are looking for a Quant Developer to join their London team, working at the intersection of trading, risk, and technology within the commodities space. This is a hands-on development role where you’ll play a key part in building and maintaining pricing libraries, as well as contributing to risk management platforms used across the business.
You’ll be working closely with traders, quants, and risk teams, so strong communication skills and a genuine interest in the commercial side of things are essential.
What you’ll be doing:
* Designing, developing, and maintaining pricing libraries for commodity products
* Building and supporting risk management tools and analytics platforms
* Taking models from prototype to production - writing robust, scalable Python code
* Collaborating with quantitative analysts to implement models and frameworks
* Interacting with some legacy codebases, ideally in another OOP language (C++/C#/Java)
What they’re looking for:
* Solid professional experience as a Quant Developer (or software developer with mathematical background)
* Strong programming skills in Python, with the ability to write production-grade code
* Experience with at least one other OOP language (C++, C#, or Java)
* Background in commodities trading, risk, or pricing
* Familiarity with numerical libraries, performance optimisation, and clean software design principles
* Confident working closely with quants and traders in a fast-paced environment