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Salary: £600-800k target range Summary:My client is one of the world's most prestigious hedge funds. They have a unique and exciting opportunity for an experienced, hands-on Team Lead to contribute to their continued success. As the London lead you will mentor and manage a small team of quantitative developers; providing guidance and driving technical direction. You'll bring passion and enthusiasm to the design, architecture and implementation of low-latency C++ systems that are not only robust, resilient and accurate, but also exceptionally fast and efficient. The successful Team Lead will be an exceptional communicator, with the confidence to face off to the central trading teams to optimize the firm's overall execution performance. You will need to be a strong technologist, but also very commercially-minded and have the ability to work closely with the business and have a passion for the trading industry. Skills and Experience Required: 12+ years' experience in hands-on software development, with 7+ years in front-office, financial services firmsProven track record as a senior contributor or technical leadDeep-level OO programming skills in C++, including C++17/20 and multithreading/asynchronous environmentsStrong understanding of data structures and algorithms, as well as low-latency & real-time system designBachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering or other quant field Rewards and Incentives: Significant salary + bonus and growthGreenfield work / big impact in a highly visible and high-profile area of the businessVery collaborative culture, ideas are implemented Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond t