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title: 'Quantitative Developer, Commodities at Winton'
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# Quantitative Developer, Commodities at Winton

- **Company:** Winton
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-05-26
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/winton/jobs/4875778101

## Job description

## About Winton

Winton is a research-based investment management company with a specialist focus on statistical and mathematical inference in financial markets. The firm researches and trades quantitative investment strategies, which are implemented systematically via thousands of securities, spanning the world's major liquid asset classes. Founded in 1997 by David Harding, Winton today manages assets for some of the world’s largest institutional investors.

We employ ambitious professionals who want to work collaboratively at the leading edge of investment management.

We are seeking an experienced quantitative developer to join the Investment Management & Research group at Winton. The role sits within our Fundamental Commodities strategy, where you will work closely with the Senior Portfolio Manager. Within our collaborative environment, you will design and build the systems and tools that underpin the firm's trading and research.

Your focus will initially be on software development: adding functionality required for new trading strategies and maintaining the existing signal pipeline. Over time, you will become more involved in research, eventually running projects independently.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Develop reliable and performant trading systems and strategies
- Design and optimise trading infrastructure to provide a seamless path from research to live trading
- Partner with the Portfolio Manager to develop frameworks for data validation and monitoring

What we’re looking for:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
- 5+ years of commercial development experience, with strong skills in Python.
- Hands-on experience with building and deploying data pipelines
- Familiarity with modern infrastructure (CI/CD, Kafka, Airflow)
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Detail orientated, with a commitment to best engineering practices
- The ability to prioritise, plan and deliver to projects in a timely manner

What would be useful:

- Experience of developing trading systems for commodity derivatives in a systematic hedge fund
- Experience of working closely with researchers and portfolio managers
- Basic knowledge of statistical modelling in a financial context
- Experience with parallel & concurrent processing, e.g. Dask
- Familiarity with containerised cloud development, deployment and management (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS)

## Equal Opportunity Workplace

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

## About Winton

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Winton is a quantitative investment management firm that designs and trades systematic investment strategies across global liquid asset classes to generate absolute returns for institutional clients.
- **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrapped, not venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 1997
- **Founders**: Sir David Harding

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Quantitative Investment Management / Hedge Funds / Systematic Trading
- **Target customers**: Institutional investors (pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments, financial advisers) seeking absolute returns and portfolio diversification.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: To generate returns for clients across a range of market environments through original research, rigorous statistical analysis, and deep experience of markets.

## Products & Services
- **Flagship Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund**: A diversified systematic strategy across trading frequencies, asset classes (equities, commodities, FX, fixed income), and instruments (exchange-traded and OTC).
- **Trend-Following CTA Strategies**: A pioneer in trend following since 1997, offered as standalone or within multi-strategy programmes.
- **Systematic Alternatives Platform**: Scalable investment platform offering tailored solutions for institutional investors, including offshore, onshore, and single-investor fund formats.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private firm)
- **Key Metric**: $18 billion in assets under management [winton.com](https://www.winton.com/)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Serves the world’s largest institutional investors and financial advisers globally. Offices across four continents (London, Abu Dhabi, and others).
- **Growth Signals**: Expansion into new investment strategies (e.g., MENA Equities Quantitative Researcher role). High employee retention (8 years average tenure). 43% of employees are Winton shareholders [winton.com](https://www.winton.com/working-at-winton).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Pioneer in systematic investing**: Founded in 1997, Winton is a long-established leader in trend-following and quantitative strategies, with a 25+ year track record.
- **Original research edge**: A consistent focus on R&D and methodological rigour is the core of their investment philosophy, differentiating them from peers.
- **Integrated, centralised platform**: Centralised data, execution, and operations infrastructure enables efficient strategy rollout across asset classes and trading frequencies, removing friction for researchers and portfolio managers.
- **High-performance, collaborative culture**: Emphasis on intellectual integrity, evidence-based decision-making, and cross-divisional collaboration (investment management, technology, business management).

## Strategic Focus
- **Multi-strategy expansion**: Actively hiring quantitative researchers and portfolio managers with expertise in new strategies (e.g., MENA equities, commodities) to expand beyond their core trend-following roots.
- **Technology and infrastructure investment**: Continually integrating the latest technologies (hybrid-cloud, containerised processes) to scale proprietary and open-source applications for data, execution, and post-trade activities.
- **Global reach**: Deepening presence across four continents and five time zones to support local client relationships and investment activities.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Collaborative, intellectually rigorous, and detail-oriented. The firm values “careful and considered decision-making” and open, supportive learning. Teams work across the stack and with business users directly, removing the need for product managers.
- **Work environment**: In-person focused office environment designed to maximise collaboration and creativity. Hybrid-cloud tech stack.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive benefits programme for employees and families; compensation scheme that rewards excellence; 43% of employees are shareholders.
- **Engineering culture**: Technology teams are responsible for the core infrastructure of investment strategies. They host regular Tech Talks, sponsor conference attendance, and support upskilling through training and courses. Developers work closely with business users, fostering strong long-term relationships.
- **Tenure and stability**: Average employee tenure of 8 years, indicating strong retention and a stable, supportive environment [winton.com](https://www.winton.com/working-at-winton).
- **Recruitment process**: Transparent and supportive—application, phone interview, technical assessment/case study, video/onsite interviews, then offer. The process is designed to let candidates showcase abilities rather than pass arbitrary tests.

## Sources
1. [winton.com](https://www.winton.com/)
2. [winton.com - Working at Winton](https://www.winton.com/working-at-winton)
3. [winton.com - About / What We Do](https://www.winton.com/about)
4. [winton.com - Career Opportunities](https://www.winton.com/opportunities)
5. [winton.com - Leadership](https://www.winton.com/leadership)

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