26 to 50 of 166 Low Latency Jobs in the UK

C++ Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Durlston Partners
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
hybrid position, open to candidates based in London or has the right to work in London. You will be part of a highly collaborative, low-ego engineering culture that prioritises performance, innovation, and impact. Working alongside some of the brightest minds in quantitative trading and systems engineering, you will … build and optimise ultra-low latency, high-throughput systems that operate at scale. Key Responsibilities: Design and implement high-performance C++ systems for low-latency trading Optimise existing code for speed and reliability under production workloads Collaborate closely with traders, researchers, and fellow engineers to develop ...

Head of Development, EMEA IT, IT

Hiring Organisation
CLSA Global Markets Pte Ltd
Location
London, UK
Development to work within the front office development team that will work on its trading platforms. Examples of projects include building high-capacity OMS, low latency EMS platform and market connectivity. This is a rare opportunity to work on engineering an end-to-end in-house built platform … supporting global front office business. The ideal candidate would be motivated by leveraging cutting-edge high throughput, low latency technologies to resolve challenges in trading platforms. In effect, someone who will find the correct solution to an engineering problem when left on their own because they like ...

Qantative Developer (OTC Pricing)

Hiring Organisation
Forward Role
Location
East London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Exchange Trading Quant Developer London | Hybrid | Digital Assets | Low-Latency Trading A leading institutional digital asset market maker is hiring an Exchange Trading Quant Developer to build and optimise the core systems behind its global trading infrastructure. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on real-time … trading systems, exchange connectivity, and low-latency performance. You'll work closely with traders and quant teams to improve execution quality, build scalable infrastructure, and ensure trading systems perform under serious market pressure, the kind where milliseconds quietly decide everything. If you enjoy building high-performance systems ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
United Kingdom
Have you built low-latency, high-performance systems and want to work at the cutting edge of crypto trading infrastructure? Senior Software Engineer (C++) – Crypto Trading 💸💹 Salary: up to £185k + bonus + RSUs Location: Fully Remote We are delighted to be continuing our partnership with a globally … join a globally distributed Trading Technology team, working on critical backend services including matching engines, market data gateways, and APIs, all within a low-latency, high-throughput environment serving millions of users and institutions worldwide. They are looking for the following experience in Senior Software Engineers: Strong C++ ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£165,000 - £185,000 per annum
Have you built low-latency, high-performance systems and want to work at the cutting edge of crypto trading infrastructure? Senior Software Engineer (C++) - Crypto Trading Salary: up to £185k + bonus + RSUs Location: Fully Remote We are delighted to be continuing our partnership with a globally … join a globally distributed Trading Technology team, working on critical backend services including matching engines, market data gateways, and APIs, all within a low-latency, high-throughput environment serving millions of users and institutions worldwide. They are looking for the following experience in Senior Software Engineers: Strong C++ ...

Java Developer Crypto Exchange Connectivity - Home Based

Hiring Organisation
VERTECH GROUP (UK) LTD
Location
Central London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Java Developer Crypto Exchange Connectivity (Low Latency) Location: Home Based/1-2 days per month in London Salary: Circa £180,000 £200,000 + bonus + benefits Java Developer required for a small trading technology firm focused on crypto markets, working directly on exchange connectivity and lowlatency trading systems Youll be working directly on live trading systems, solving real-world problems around exchange behaviour, performance and connectivity, in a collaborative team of experienced engineers Key experience: Strong development background in Java (or C/C++) Experience working in low latency or performance-critical ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
United Kingdom
unique opportunity to work on the core of a world-class trading platform, developing systems that demand extreme performance, reliability, and scalability in a low-latency, high-throughput environment. What you’ll be working on: Designing and building components of a high-performance trading engine Developing lowlatency, highly available backend services Scaling systems to handle large volumes of real-time transactions Enhancing performance across critical infrastructure (CPU, memory, network) Collaborating with distributed teams across a modern, multi-language stack Tech environment: C++ (core language) Linux systems Exposure to Go, Rust, Python Distributed systems & concurrent programming ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£130,000 - £160,000 per annum
unique opportunity to work on the core of a world-class trading platform, developing systems that demand extreme performance, reliability, and scalability in a low-latency, high-throughput environment. What you'll be working on: Designing and building components of a high-performance trading engine Developing lowlatency, highly available backend services Scaling systems to handle large volumes of real-time transactions Enhancing performance across critical infrastructure (CPU, memory, network) Collaborating with distributed teams across a modern, multi-language stack Tech environment: C++ (core language) Linux systems Exposure to Go, Rust, Python Distributed systems & concurrent programming ...

C++ HFT Developer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Software Engineer – Low Latency/Trading Systems London | Office-Based | Permanent A high-performing proprietary trading firm is looking to hire a Software Engineer to join its core engineering team building the systems that power live trading across global electronic markets. This is a strong opportunity … tuning and continuous platform improvement. What You’ll Be Doing Develop and maintain core trading systems used across multiple asset classes Build high-performance, low-latency software in a production trading environment Work closely with quantitative researchers to support research and execution tooling Design scalable and resilient systems ...

Principal Java Engineer

Hiring Organisation
RE Partners
Location
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK
Shit.” Principal Java Developer We are seeking an experienced and opinionated Principal Java Engineer to join our high-performing engineering team, working on low latency, high-throughput systems in the payments processing domain. This hybrid role is based in the UK and offers the opportunity to build scalable … SpringBoot expertise, and thrive in a collaborative yet opinionated engineering culture, we want to hear from you. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and optimize low-latency, high-throughput backend systems using Java. Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices that power secure payment workflows. Work with messaging standards ...

Principal Java Engineer

Hiring Organisation
RE Partners
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
their goals. Principal Java Engineer We are seeking an experienced and opinionated Principal Java Engineer to join our high-performing engineering team, working on low latency, high-throughput systems in the payments processing domain. This hybrid role is based in the UK or US and offers the opportunity … SpringBoot expertise, and thrive in a collaborative yet opinionated engineering culture, we want to hear from you. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and optimize low-latency, high-throughput backend systems using Java. Build and maintain RESTful APIs and microservices that power secure payment workflows. Work with messaging standards ...

Rust Developer

Hiring Organisation
XPERT-CAREER LTD
Location
London, UK
Employment Type
Full-time
experienced Rust Developer to join its high-performance engineering team. In this role, you will play a key part in designing, developing, and maintaining low-latency, mission-critical trading systems. This opportunity offers the chance to work on highly complex technical challenges, optimise algorithms for speed and efficiency … engineers, quantitative analysts, and operations teams to deliver reliable solutions Contribute to system architecture and design, ensuring scalability, resilience, and efficiency Optimise applications for low latency, high throughput, and concurrent processing Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues within mission-critical systems Requirements Proven commercial experience in Rust development ...

Rust Developer

Hiring Organisation
XPERT-CAREER LTD
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£700 per day
experienced Rust Developer to join its high-performance engineering team. In this role, you will play a key part in designing, developing, and maintaining low-latency, mission-critical trading systems. This opportunity offers the chance to work on highly complex technical challenges, optimise algorithms for speed and efficiency … engineers, quantitative analysts, and operations teams to deliver reliable solutions Contribute to system architecture and design, ensuring scalability, resilience, and efficiency Optimise applications for low latency, high throughput, and concurrent processing Troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues within mission-critical systems Requirements Proven commercial experience in Rust development ...

Team Lead C++

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
Title: Engineering Lead (C++) - Low Latency/Trading Systems Location: London (Hybrid) Overview Our client is a global fintech operating at scale across trading, risk, and market connectivity. They are hiring an Engineering Lead (C++) to take ownership of a business-critical platform sitting at the heart … time trading and risk management. This is not a pure management role. You will remain hands-on while leading the evolution of a complex, low-latency system that directly impacts trading performance. The Opportunity You will lead a team responsible for a real-time exposure and hedging platform ...

Principle Machine Learning Engineer

Hiring Organisation
5V Video
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
This Role? Leading global streaming/sports platform Real ownership of ML systems at scale (millions of users) Solving complex real-time + low latency AI problems The Company/Product You’ll be working on a cutting-edge platform transforming how fans experience live sport using … + personalisation Building solutions across Computer Vision, ML, and Generative AI Turning live video + sports data into real-time predictions and insights Designing low-latency, high-scale ML systems in production Driving end-to-end MLOps (CI/CD, monitoring, retraining, deployment) Integrating ML outputs into personalisation ...

Senior C++ Developer (Hybrid, UK-Based)

Hiring Organisation
Hoptroff
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£80000 - £100000/annum
lead the design, development, and optimisation of C++ software within our Linux-based timing systems. Day to day, you will: Design, build, and optimise low-latency, high-precision C++ at the heart of our timing products - code where performance, determinism, and jitter really matter Make architectural decisions … idioms and confident with C++20/23 features such as concepts, ranges, coroutines, and constant expressions (constexpr/consteval) A track record of delivering low-latency, performance-sensitive systems on Linux - production code where determinism, throughput, and tail latency matter Strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms ...

Senior C# Developer (Contract) - Front Office Engineering | Hedge Fund

Hiring Organisation
Undisclosed
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
supporting all aspects of market data processing and trading activity. The environment is fast‐paced, collaborative, and highly technical, where code quality, performance, and lowlatency systems are top priorities. Engineers work across domains, contribute to architectural discussions, and help shape scalable, robust systems. We have partnered with … working in front‐office or trading‐technology environments, or on business‐critical systems Pragmatic, delivery‐focused mindset Commitment to high‐quality engineering practices and lowlatency, high‐performance systems Low‐ego, high‐performing self‐starter who values ownership, teamwork, and delivering commercial, pragmatic solutions As a long ...

Senior C# Developer - Head of Core Platform | Hedge Fund | London

Hiring Organisation
Undisclosed
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
supporting all aspects of market data processing and trading activity. The environment is fast‐paced, collaborative, and highly technical, where code quality, performance, and lowlatency systems are top priorities. Engineers work across domains, contribute to architectural discussions, and help shape scalable, robust systems. We have partnered with … critical systems Ability to lead by doing—hands‐on while guiding a team Pragmatic, delivery‐focused mindset Commitment to high‐quality engineering practices and lowlatency, high‐performance systems Low‐ego, high‐performing self‐starter who values ownership, teamwork, and delivering commercial, pragmatic solutions Why Apply This ...

Senior Quant C++ Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
United Kingdom
with a trading technology firm hiring for a Quant Developer to sit directly alongside traders and quant researchers, focused on developing and optimising ultra-low-latency trading strategies within a high-performance C++ environment. The role is heavily engineering-focused and would suit someone who enjoys working close … trading stack, owning and improving tick-to-trade performance, and writing production-grade modern C++ in latency-sensitive systems. Key areas: Designing and optimising low-latency trading strategies Translating research models into production systems Profiling and performance optimisation across critical paths Multithreading, concurrency and lock-free programming ...

Software Engineer (Junior, Mid & Senior) – Systematic Trading/Elite Hedge Fund) - £80-150k plus bonus

Hiring Organisation
Hunter Bond
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
front-office role with immediate impact on PnL, collaborating closely with world-class quants, researchers, and technologists. Key Responsibilities Design and develop low-latency, high-throughput trading systems and research infrastructure Work closely with quantitative researchers to translate models into production-grade systems Optimise performance across distributed systems … algorithms, data structures, and system design Desirable Experience Exposure to systematic trading, quantitative finance, or data-intensive environments Experience with distributed systems, concurrency, and low-latency optimisation Familiarity with Linux-based systems and modern DevOps practices Why This Role? Work alongside some of the brightest minds in quantitative ...

Embedded Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Experis UK
Location
Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Embedded/Low-Level Software Engineer – Defence & Security Newcastle SC Cleared/Eligible The Opportunity Work at the cutting edge of low-level and embedded systems, developing high-performance, secure software for mission-critical Defence & Security applications. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy working close … hardware in real-time and resource-constrained environments. What You’ll Do Develop and optimise software in low-level languages (C, C++, Rust) Build systems for embedded, real-time, and constrained environments Interface with hardware using protocols such as SPI, I2C, UART, and CAN bus Design and deliver high ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Understanding Recruitment
Location
United Kingdom
working on the core framework and performance-critical components that underpin the trading engine. Your responsibilities will include: Designing and building low-level systems that support high-frequency transaction processing Developing robust, reusable components used across the trading platform Engineering for low latency, high throughput, and system … functional teams to deliver scalable technical solutions 🧠 What They’re Looking For Strong experience building production systems in C++ Background working on high-performance, low-latency, or high-throughput systems Solid understanding of multithreading, concurrency, and memory management Experience working in Linux-based environments Familiarity with distributed systems ...

C++ Software Engineer - Relocation to Amsterdam

Hiring Organisation
Elevate Partners
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
systems driving millions of trading decisions daily across global markets. The successful candidate will join a highly collaborative engineering environment focused on building ultra-low latency, high-performance systems that directly impact trading performance. The engineering team develops software operating within the latency-critical layer … data handling, trading algorithms, execution systems, and advanced hardware integrations. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain high-performance C++ applications within a low-latency trading environment Build scalable and reliable software solutions for trading, execution, and hardware development teams Work closely with traders, quantitative researchers ...

C++ Low-Latency Developer - Leading HFT Firm | London

Hiring Organisation
Selby Jennings
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
markets, where performance is measured in nanoseconds and innovation drives competitive advantage. You'll be part of a team that designs and builds ultra-low latency trading systems deployed across global exchanges. Your work will directly impact trading performance, and you'll be empowered to push the boundaries … what's possible in software and hardware optimisation. Key Responsibilities Architect and implement high-performance C++ systems with extreme latency sensitivity. Optimise every layer of the stack - from CPU cache and memory allocation to kernel bypass and network I/O. Collaborate with traders, quants, and infrastructure engineers ...

Trading Support Engineer - Ultra Low Latency Trading Platform - Up to £75k + Bonus

Hiring Organisation
Saragossa
Location
City of London, Greater London, UK
Trading Support Engineer - Ultra Low Latency Trading Platform - Up to £75k + Bonus Support the biggest names in FX and Equity trading on the fastest proprietary OTC trading platform in the world today. You'll directly interact with Traders to troubleshoot and provide immediate fixes to complex technical … Python to be able to automate trading workflows. AWS exposure would be nice, but none of the critical trading infra is hosted here for latency reasons. You'll need at least 1-2 years supporting live trading environments. If this is in the FX or Equities world, even better. ...