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.
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