Full Stack Python/TypeScript Developer (Sports Betting Hedge Fund)
Venture Up is seeking a Full Stack Python/TypeScript Developer for a London-based sports betting hedge fund. The role involves building and supporting systematic trading models, developing asynchronous Python backend services, and creating responsive frontend features with React and TypeScript. This position offers significant remote work flexibility and a lucrative compensation package.
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Full stack Python Developer – Sports betting Hedge fund – London
Option to work from home up to 4 days a week or fully remote.
Full stack Python Developer is required for a leading provider of sports betting brokerage software worldwide based in London. The successful Full stack Python/TypeScript Developer will be to joining a small, tight-knit team, working closely with the quantitative researchers and alongside other extremely talented and driven engineers to build and support systematic trading models. The successful fullstack python/typescript developer will write high-quality asynchronous Python code to interact with external websites and APIs, build responsive, data-rich frontend features using React and TypeScript, participate in architectural discussions and propose platform improvements, work in a Linux environment using Docker and Kubernetes and follow Agile practices using Scrum, GitLab, and Jira.
Essential Skills:
- 2+ years of Python experience in a commercial environment, with strong asynchronous programming skills
- 2+ years of frontend development experience with React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain polished, responsive user interfaces
- Experience with REST APIs and modern web frameworks, such as FastAPI
- Practical experience with PostgreSQL or similar relational databases
- Proficiency with HTML5, CSS3, and modern frontend build tools
- Strong Linux and Git skills
Desirable skills:
- AWS or cloud platform experience
- WebSocket and real-time data handling
- DevOps tooling (Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible)
- Data science packages (pandas, numpy, matplotlib)
- Modern C++ knowledge (C++17 and later)
- Interest in sports betting, financial services or trading platforms
Benefits:
- Working alongside other extremely talented and driven engineers
- Extremely lucrative salary, bonus and benefits
- Greenfield C++/Python work, both challenging and rewarding
- Option to work from home up to 4 days a week or fully remote.