ETF Platform Developer (Python)

ETF Platform Developer (Python)
6-12 Months
London (Hybrid) - 1-2 days per week
£(Apply online only) per day (Inside IR35)

We are partnering with a leading global investment management organisation seeking a Senior Python Engineer to join a high-performing ETF Technology team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work directly with Portfolio Managers, Quantitative Analysts and Investment Technology teams, developing and enhancing a suite of business-critical applications that support ETF portfolio management and investment decision-making.

The successful candidate will play a key role in modernising and scaling existing trading and investment tools, improving engineering quality, reducing technical debt and delivering new capabilities across a sophisticated front-office environment.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop and support production-grade Python applications
Enhance investment workflows supporting portfolio management, trading and risk analysis
Improve platform scalability, resilience and operational support processes
Build and maintain APIs, integrations and automated delivery pipelines
Work closely with Portfolio Managers and Quantitative Analysts to deliver business-critical enhancements
Strengthen monitoring, observability, testing and production support capabilities
Contribute to architecture decisions and application modernisation initiatives

Required Skills

Strong commercial Python engineering experience
Experience building and supporting production applications
PostgreSQL and Snowflake expertise
AWS cloud experience (ECS, EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS or similar)
CI/CD, automated testing and software engineering best practices
Experience within asset management, investment management, capital markets or financial services
Strong stakeholder engagement skills

Desirable Experience

ETF investment technology
Bloomberg or FactSet integrations
Portfolio analytics and risk systems
Quantitative finance environments
Front-office trading technologyIf you're an experienced Python engineer with a background in financial markets and a passion for building robust, scalable investment technology, we'd love to hear from you.

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change