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This role is ideally suited to an individual with expert Python coding expertise who is eager to build tools and algorithms to support and enhance the research and trading processes at an early-stage tech-focused firm.\nThe Role:\nYou will be responsible for defining and owning end-to-end deliveries including model code and decision support tools to scale the firm, as well as tooling to support and enhance the research process. This will involve using your in-depth knowledge of fixed income instruments and breadth of knowledge of applied mathematical models and libraries to turn productive research insights into reliable and scalable code, as well as building new automation pipelines to automate business processes.\nIn this varied role, you will also have the great opportunity to collaborate with colleagues across the firm, especially our team of Quantitative Researchers as well as within your team of Quantitative, Systems, and Platform Infrastructure Engineers. 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