Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business

About the Company

Paragon Alpha is a specialist hedge fund recruitment and advisory firm. We support our clients to grow, transform and evolve by hiring superior talent and providing market intelligence.

Paragon Alpha has a truly global reach and operates within the London, New York, Chicago, Geneva, UAE, Singapore, and Hong Kong markets.

We are knowledgeable, passionate, and dedicated to what we do, whether you are hiring or looking for the next steps in your career.

With a dedicated, friendly, and professional team with over 35 years of recruitment expertise, we truly believe in the Power of Talent.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business

Job Title

Software Engineer - Python - Equity Trading - £250k

Job Description

Job Title: Software Engineer – Python – Equity Trading Role Summary: Python developer partnering with quant researchers to build, maintain, and optimize data pipelines and corporate actions processing for equity trading strategies in a high‑frequency environment. Expectations: Deliver scalable, reliable AWS‑based solutions, collaborate closely with traders and researchers, uphold high code quality standards, and continuously improve data infrastructure. Key Responsibilities: - Design and develop data ingestion pipelines for corporate actions and equity market data. - Implement ETL workflows and data validation using Pandas or Polars. - Deploy and automate services on AWS (Lambda, S3, Glue, RDS, Step Functions). - Translate quantitative strategy requirements into robust data solutions. - Optimize processing for low latency and high throughput. - Write and maintain unit, integration, and performance tests; participate in code reviews. - Monitor system performance, troubleshoot issues, and enhance reliability. Required Skills: - Proficient Python (≥3.8) with experience in Pandas or Polars. - Hands‑on AWS services: Lambda, S3, Glue, RDS, Step Functions, IAM. - Version control (Git), CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks. - Understanding of financial data: corporate actions, equity feeds, market data. - Data modeling knowledge for relational and NoSQL databases. - Strong code quality practices, performance profiling, and debugging. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline. - Optional: AWS Certified Developer – Associate or equivalent cloud certification.

London, United kingdom

Hybrid

12-12-2025

Company Name

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business

Job Title

Software Engineer - Derivatives - Global Hedge Fund

Job Description

**Job Title:** Software Engineer - Derivatives **Role Summary:** Design, develop, and maintain scalable systems to manage derivatives lifecycle processes, ensuring data integrity and automation for trading and research operations. **Expectations:** Strong proficiency in Python/C# and SQL; experience with distributed systems and CI/CD pipelines; ability to optimize workflows for global derivatives markets. **Key Responsibilities:** - Develop and maintain systems for futures and options expiries, contract rolls, corporate actions, coupon payments, and lifecycle events. - Ensure accuracy, reliability, and automation of derivatives reference data across exchanges. - Collaborate with trading, operations, and risk teams to support real-time data integrity and system performance. - Build and deploy scalable architectures for distributed derivatives workflows. **Required Skills:** - Programming: Python, C# - Database: SQL - Infrastructure: Distributed systems, CI/CD pipelines - Data management: Lifecycle workflow automation, reference data accuracy **Required Education & Certifications:** Bachelor’s or higher in Computer Science or related field; relevant engineering certifications (e.g., DevOps, cloud platforms) preferred.

London, United kingdom

On site

12-01-2026

Company Name

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business

Job Title

Software Engineer - Systematic Hedge Fund - £200k+

Job Description

**Job Title:** Software Engineer – Systematic Hedge Fund **Role Summary:** Design, develop, and maintain high‑performance trading infrastructure. Build automation and tooling to support system reliability, performance monitoring, and observability. Collaborate with research, trading, and product teams to enhance critical systems. **Expectations:** - Junior‑level engineer with strong conceptual understanding of systems design and reliability. - Deliver robust, maintainable code in a fast‑paced, high‑availability environment. - Gain exposure to a professional trading platform and contribute to its growth. **Key Responsibilities:** - Architect and implement tools that enhance performance monitoring, logging, and alerting. - Extend and optimize the observability stack to provide actionable insights. - Develop and maintain automation scripts for deployment, scaling, and testing. - Work closely with traders, researchers, and other developers to troubleshoot and improve mission‑critical services. - Follow best practices for code quality, security, and compliance in a financial context. **Required Skills:** - Proficiency in Python and Linux system administration. - Experience writing and maintaining Terraform configurations. - Familiarity with observability platforms (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and monitoring concepts. - Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and fault‑tolerance. - Ability to write clean, well‑documented code and perform unit/integration testing. - Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience). - Certifications in cloud/DevOps (e.g., AWS Certified Developer, Terraform Associate) are a plus but not mandatory.

London, United kingdom

On site

13-01-2026

Company Name

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business

Job Title

SRE - Multi-Strat Hedge Fund - £200k

Job Description

Job Title: SRE – Multi‑Strategy Hedge Fund Role Summary: Lead the creation and expansion of a robust Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) program within the Core Data Services team, focusing on infrastructure scaling, process optimization, and end‑to‑end observability. Expectations: ‑ Deliver measurable improvements in system reliability, deployment speed, and incident response. ‑ Establish industry‑leading best practices that align with the firm’s rapid European expansion. ‑ Grow the SRE maturity model from foundational concepts to a mature, automated state. Key Responsibilities: - Scale cloud infrastructure (primarily AWS) to meet evolving performance and resilience demands. - Design, implement, and maintain end‑to‑end observability and monitoring solutions using Prometheus and Grafana. - Automate deployment pipelines and recovery processes to reduce manual effort and operational risk. - Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (engineering, security, ops) to embed reliability into every workflow. - Continuously review and refine SRE processes, tools, and metrics for ongoing improvement. Required Skills: - Proficiency in Python for scripting and automation. - Deep experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation, etc.). - Strong background in monitoring stack: Prometheus, Grafana, alerting frameworks. - Hands‑on knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and infrastructure as code. - Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). - Relevant certifications (e.g., AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer) are a plus.

London, United kingdom

On site

16-01-2026