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Python Software Engineer

Client: Boutique Hedge Fund

Location: Montreal (Hybrid)

Compensation: Up to $275,000 CAD Base + Bonus

Overview

A boutique hedge fund is seeking a talented Python Software Engineer to join a technology-driven team building next-generation trading and research platforms. This is a deeply engineering-focused role, offering the opportunity to work on sophisticated distributed systems that underpin systematic trading strategies. The team is made up of exceptional engineers and researchers that hail from big tech, startups, and quantitative finance, united by a shared focus on performance, scalability, and clean system design.

The Role

As a Python Software Engineer, you will work across a broad range of greenfield and core platform projects, owning design and development decisions while collaborating closely with quantitative researchers and traders.

Key responsibilities include:

- Designing and developing Python-based research platforms, tools, and libraries for backtesting, simulation, and strategy analysis
- Building robust, production-grade software to support AI and Machine Learning models.
- Implementing quantitative models and signals, translating research ideas into performant, maintainable Python code




- Designing and automating data pipelines for large-scale financial datasets using tools such as Pandas and NumPy
- Collaborating with researchers, traders, and DevOps teams to deploy Python systems into production (APIs, microservices, containerised environments)

What’s on Offer

- Market-leading compensation and bonus structure
- The opportunity to work with technology years ahead of competitors
- Exceptional career progression and learning opportunities from elite engineers, researchers, and traders
- A highly technical, low-bureaucracy setting with strong engineering ownership
- Exposure to a wide range of quantitative strategies and trading systems

Requirements

- 3+ years’ experience as a Python Software Engineer or in a closely related role
- Strong commercial experience with Python, Linux, and Git
- Experience building distributed, scalable, and robust systems is preferred
- Solid understanding of high-level system design and architecture
- Strong academic background in a STEM discipline
- A curious, technology-driven mindset with a strong desire to learn and improve

If you are a Python Software Engineer interested in working within a trading environment, please apply directly or email for more information.

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📌 Python Software Engineer - Hybrid Working - Up to $275,000 CAD Base (+ Bonus) (Laval)
🏢 Hunter Bond
📍 Laval