--- title: 'Senior Python developer at Quantlane' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-python-developer-quantlane-prague-s2nyv2z6dns7' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-05' --- # Senior Python developer at Quantlane - **Company:** Quantlane - **Location:** Prague, Czech Republic - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2024-02-07 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05 - **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/quantlane/b81e0692-6ac8-45ef-a474-a222c16ad085 ## Job description Our stack: Python 3.12 (asyncio, FastAPI, Django), Docker, PostgreSQL, GitLab, Apache Avro, Kubernetes, AWS, RabbitMQ, C/C++/Rust We're Quantlane, a proprietary trading firm built for traders. Our goal is to create a best-in-class ecosystem that helps traders unlock their full potential. At the heart of it is our own trading platform — software that enables both manual and algorithmic trading. 👨‍💻 How we work Our development team has 16 people. We work in an agile environment, develop iteratively, and take testing seriously. We currently have three specialized product sub-teams — Execution, Data, and Infrastructure — each focused on developing and running their core domain. 📊 Who we're looking for This role is for our Execution Platform team, where we have three experienced Python developers. We tackle challenging backend problems here — performance and platform optimization, scalability, and system robustness. 🔥 Want to help build a platform that has a real impact on our traders' success? Come join us! 🚀 What your day-to-day will look like: - Building backend applications in Python (asyncio, FastAPI, Django, RabbitMQ) - Maintaining and shipping new features to our internal execution platform - Evaluating and integrating third-party solutions - Deploying applications to production (Kubernetes + Argo CD) - Talking to traders and analysts — your internal customers — about the features they need - Taking turns with the rest of the team on platform support - Joining SCRUM ceremonies — but don't worry about pointless meetings where you wonder why you're there. For us, it's all about handling business priorities efficiently, not following SCRUM by the book. What we offer: - Snacks, 5 weeks of vacation, 5 sick days, and a Multisport card - Brand new, modern offices in Karlín - Hybrid setup — ideally 3 days on-site - Regular sessions with a company therapist / coach - English lessons with a native speaker - Internal training and contributions toward technical conferences A bit about you: - You have backend development experience, ideally in Python or one of the compiled languages (C/C++/Rust) - You know SW development best practices (Git, testing, KISS, DRY, YAGNI) - You're into high-performance applications, but you're equally comfortable with standard Python backends - You care about more than just writing code — you can give feedback to teammates, and you're open to taking ownership of a project - You think about the architecture of what you're building, you're not afraid to share your opinion in team discussions, but you're also open to other people's perspectives - Before diving in, you stop to think whether someone's already solved the problem — no reinventing the wheel - You have a decent level of English, which you'll need for communicating with some of our traders Ideally, you also: - Have experience designing high-performance or distributed system architectures - Know Rust - Have an interest in capital markets ## About Quantlane ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Quantlane is a proprietary trading firm that combines systematic precision with discretionary insight to trade across global capital markets. - **Entity Type**: Private (bootstrap-stage, no external funding disclosed) - **Headquarters**: Prague, Czechia - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Lukas Hnizdo (Partner & Co-Founder) – other co-founders not publicly listed ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Proprietary trading / capital markets - **Target customers**: Internal traders (the firm trades its own capital; not a client-facing broker) - **Mission**: “One House. Two Styles. One Edge. By uniting discretionary insight with systematic precision, we turn data into scalable edge.” [quantlane.com](https://quantlane.com/about) ## Products & Services - **Proprietary Trading Platform**: A technology stack built in-house that supports both discretionary and systematic trading strategies across multiple venues and asset classes globally. The platform covers research, monitoring, risk management, compliance, and large-scale execution. [quantlane.com](https://quantlane.com/who-we-are) ## Market Standing - **Valuation**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – not publicly available (private firm); Total Funding – none known (bootstrapped) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors identified; the firm is privately held - **Growth Signals**: - Headcount grew 40% year-over-year to 26 employees (as of early 2026) [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/quantlane) - Offices in Prague (HQ), Switzerland, and Spain - Technical staff makes up 34% of the workforce, indicating a strong engineering focus - LinkedIn follower base grew 42.4% year-over-year to ~1,250 ## Competitive Advantages - **Hybrid trading approach**: Unifying discretionary (human judgment) and systematic (algorithmic) trading under one roof, a rare combination that allows for diversified edge. - **Technology-driven culture**: Heavy investment in Python, Django, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and monitoring tools (Grafana, Prometheus, ELK) – a tech stack typical of high-frequency / quantitative firms. - **Flat, autonomous environment**: Employees are given responsibility and trust to make decisions with calculated risk. [quantlane.com](https://quantlane.com/career) - **Prague base with global reach**: Low-cost, high-talent location in Europe with access to global markets. ## Strategic Focus - **Grow capital, grow talent, enjoy the journey**: The firm explicitly states that its edge is its people. Current priorities include hiring a Head of Data / Trading Data Platform lead and expanding the engineering and research teams. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/quantlane) and [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/quantlane) - **Scaling systematic edge**: Continued investment in data infrastructure and algorithmic research to turn data into scalable trading advantages. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Collaborative, trust-based environment where employees are empowered to take ownership. The firm emphasises “calculated risk” and learning. - **Hybrid work**: Roles in Prague are hybrid (office + remote). Global team operates as one unit across time zones. - **Tech-forward**: Engineers work with modern tools (Python, Kubernetes, Airflow, React) and are involved in the full trading lifecycle. - **AI in hiring**: The recruitment process may use AI tools to review applications, but final decisions are made by humans. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/quantlane) - **Diverse team**: Mix of traders, quants, and developers; 11% of employees are in research roles. - **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the small, growing size (26 people) suggests high impact and visibility. ## Sources 1. [Quantlane About Page](https://quantlane.com/about) 2. [Quantlane Who We Are](https://quantlane.com/who-we-are) 3. [Quantlane Careers](https://quantlane.com/career) 4. [Quantlane LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/quantlane) 5. [Quantlane Jobs on Lever](https://jobs.lever.co/quantlane) ## Other roles at Quantlane - [Data engineer (Python)](https://feeny.ai/job/data-engineer-python-quantlane-prague-p01bephn3pnt) — Prague, Czech Republic