Hays Specialist Recruitment

Scientific Software Engineer - Research Platforms

EC2V 6DN

Key information

Pay
£1,000 to £1,100 a day
Hours
Full-time
Contract
Contract
Posted date
12 Oct 2026
Closing date
26 Oct 2026

About this role

I am currently working with a London-based financial-services client who are actively seeking a Scientific Software Engineer to work on the development of a business-critical research and analytics platform.

Rate

Up to £1100pd Umbrella

Duration

Initial 6-month contract

Location

London-based hybrid working

Key requirements

  • Strong Python software engineering experience building production-grade applications, platforms or products
  • Experience working within quantitative research, portfolio analytics, factor investing, risk, scientific computing or similar analytical environments
  • Proven experience taking research, models, notebooks or prototypes and producing them into scalable software solutions
  • Experience building systems that support data analysis, simulations, computational research or quantitative workflows
  • Strong engineering mindset with the ability to challenge requirements, drive best practice and build reliable, enterprise-scale products rather than one-off solutions

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