Return

Role Description Return is hiring a developer who will build the software that powers our commodity trading. Your primary focus will be to build and maintain the tools the desk relies on every day: - Market connections - Data pipelines - Forecasting and time-series workflows - Systems that help us understand and improve PnL You will own your work from idea to production. We expect you to be strong in Python and comfortable with: - APIs and backend fundamentals - Cloud - Docker - Basic DevOps A working understanding of commodity trading, time-series and forecasting, and the statistics behind quant work will help you move fast and ask the right questions. You do not need to be a trader, but you should be able to talk to one. We work AI-natively and expect you to use AI-assisted coding to prototype quickly, while having the judgment to validate what those tools produce rather than trust them blindly. An eye for automating repetitive workflows goes a long way here. Our tech stack/toolset is straightforward: - Python - PostgreSQL - TigerData - dbt - Dagster - Grafana - Terraform - Self-hosted + cloud compute We tend to keep meetings to a minimum to provide at least five hours of uninterrupted coding time per day. We practice code reviews and apply automated and manual testing. Our platforms are often deployed multiple times per day. Qualifications - Strong in Python - Comfortable with APIs and backend fundamentals - Experience with cloud and Docker - Basic DevOps knowledge - Understanding of commodity trading, time-series, and forecasting - Ability to communicate with traders Requirements - Ability to reason about system design and architecture - Experience in building and operating reliable data pipelines - Judgment to validate AI-assisted coding outputs Benefits - Remote work options available for EU residents - Swift but thorough hiring process - Opportunity to meet the team in Amsterdam