Python Software Engineer

Job description

Python Software Engineer - Observability Engineering - Quant Research

(You must have the right to work in the UK to be considered for this position)

London (Hybrid) | c.£150k base + bonus

• I’m working with a top-tier quant trading firm building one of the most advanced automated research and trading platforms globally.

• They’re looking for a Python Software Engineer to join their Observability Engineering team, building the telemetry and monitoring infrastructure that underpins hundreds of services across the organisation.

The Role

• Build and maintain systems that handle cloud-scale volumes of telemetry data

• Extend and maintain OpenTelemetry collectors, SDKs and exporters

• Design and improve telemetry pipelines and observability backends

• Work with engineering teams to implement instrumentation standards and “Golden Paths”

• Improve incident response and operational visibility through better telemetry coverage

• Build tooling and libraries that improve developer productivity and platform observability

Tech Environment

• Python

• Kubernetes

• OpenTelemetry

• Prometheus / PromQL

• VictoriaMetrics

• OpenSearch

• Grafana

• Terraform, ArgoCD, Helm, Jenkins

What they’re looking for

• Strong Python backend engineering experience

• Experience working in Kubernetes / cloud-native environments

• Interest or experience in observability, monitoring or telemetry systems

• Comfortable building distributed systems and internal developer tooling

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to collaborate across engineering teams

Package

If you’re interested in building large-scale observability platforms in a high-performance engineering environment, please apply.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

London Area

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

09-03-2026

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English