19 of 19 Performance Engineering Jobs in the UK

Head of Engineering

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Associates (UK) Limited
Location
Central London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Head of Engineering - Fully Remote - £100,000-£150,000 I'm currently partnered with one of the biggest names in their industry - a genuinely market-leading organisation with world-renowned clients - and they are looking for an exceptional Head of Engineering to join them during a hugely exciting … period of growth. This is a standout opportunity for a senior engineering leader who still enjoys staying hands-on. The role is a true 50/50 split between leadership and coding, giving you both strategic influence and deep technical involvement. The position is fully remote across ...

Senior Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Beamost Ltd
Location
Leeds, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
established trading-related application and drive its ongoing development. You will manage and enhance the existing codebase, deliver new features, ensure reliability and performance, and help evolve the system as the business grows. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys autonomy, technical responsibility, and working … latency, high-performance applications. What Youll Do Maintain, extend, and optimise an existing Python-based trading application Add new features and improve current capabilities with a focus on performance, reliability and clean architecture Build and optimise real-time pipelines handling high-frequency data Improve latency, throughput, and reliability ...

Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
Salary negotiable
lifecycle (encryption, secrets management, logging). Collaborate with product, QA, SRE, and architecture teams to deliver high-quality features in iterative releases. Contribute to performance tuning, resilience testing, and SLAs/SLOs for real-time processing. Write clean, testable code with unit, integration, and contract tests; participate in code … Experience with Hazelcast, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, or Confluent Platform. Knowledge of security in payments: OAuth2/OpenID Connect, mTLS, HSMs, tokenisation. Background in performance engineering (JMH, Gatling, k6) and chaos/resilience testing. Cloud experience (AWS/GCP/Azure) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform/Ansible ...

Senior Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
AJ BELL BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Location
Salford, Greater Manchester, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£75,000
facing investment experiences. Your will be joining a cross functional development team which has a philosophy of continuous improvement, and a strong focus on engineering excellence. We are a growing team focussed on providing our customers with innovative web and app based tools and services to help them grow … well as providing a robust experience in production. What to expect: Agile methodologies and a passion for continuous improvement and building a high-performance engineering team Guide and mentor the team to design and deliver high quality products Consider architectural and non-functional requirements and work with ...

Graduate Quant Software Engineer (C++ / Java – Trading Systems) | £55,000–£77,000

Hiring Organisation
IT Graduate Recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£55,000 - £77,000 per annum, OTE
Software Engineer (C++/Java – Trading Systems) | £55,000–£77,000 | Hybrid (London/Remote) Build technology that powers real trading. Join a high-performance engineering team developing low-latency, resilient backend systems used in live trading environments. You’ll work on complex technical challenges from … just writing code in the background. This is a fast-growing fintech where strong engineers progress quickly into Senior, Low-Latency, or Quant-Engineering tracks within 12–24 months. What You’ll Do Design, build, and optimise backend components of real-time trading and risk systems Develop clean, efficient ...

Software Development Manager - Remote

Hiring Organisation
Reed Technology
Location
Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£70000 - £90000/annum
ideal role for someone who wants to stay close to coding and architecture while guiding technical direction, mentoring teams, and driving modern engineering practices to deliver their ambitious product roadmap. Key Responsibilities: Lead several development teams and their leads to deliver high-quality, roadmap-driven software. Provide hands … architectural input to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and secure for both cloud and on-prem environments. Champion modern engineering practices, streamline development workflows, and drive continuous improvement. Convert business and user needs into clear, actionable technical specifications. Define and enforce coding standards, implement code reviews, and maintain quality ...

Software Development Manager - Remote

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£70,000 - £90,000 per annum, Inc benefits
ideal role for someone who wants to stay close to coding and architecture while guiding technical direction, mentoring teams, and driving modern engineering practices to deliver their ambitious product roadmap. Key Responsibilities: Lead several development teams and their leads to deliver high-quality, roadmap-driven software. Provide hands … architectural input to ensure solutions are robust, scalable, and secure for both cloud and on-prem environments. Champion modern engineering practices, streamline development workflows, and drive continuous improvement. Convert business and user needs into clear, actionable technical specifications. Define and enforce coding standards, implement code reviews, and maintain quality ...

DevSecOps Engineer, London, Hybrid, Up to £100K

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
modern finance operates. By pairing deep technical expertise with scientific thinking, you will design platforms that empower advanced research, accelerate discovery and support ambitious engineering at scale. The teams thrive in an environment built for curiosity, rigour and long-term innovation. As a DevSecOps Engineer … written through to deployment, without slowing down delivery. You'll help design, build and maintain secure, scalable and resilient systems that support our engineering community, while continuously shaping best practices across applications, infrastructure and services. Your experience Proficient programming ability in at least one language (Python preferred) Proven experience ...

SQL Server Developer - Performance Tuning Specialist

Hiring Organisation
WellData Limited
Location
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Title: SQL Server Developer - Performance Tuning Specialist Location: Completely Remote role, can be Located anywhere in the UK! Salary: Depending on experience We're proud to be a trusted leader in SQL development services, and in database, server, cloud, and application services. We enjoy helping our clients, many … connected and supported. About the role: WellData is seeking an enthusiastic, self-motivated, and dynamic SQL Server Developer with a proven track record in performance tuning and optimization. If you thrive on solving complex database challenges and making systems run faster and smarter, this role is for you. ...

Hybrid Cloud & Network Security Architect

Hiring Organisation
Vanquish Technologies Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £700 per day
Core Networking Enterprise LAN/WAN/SD-WAN architecture and design. Routing & switching (L2/L3), Wi-Fi controllers/enterprise deployments. Network performance engineering (capacity planning, QoS, traffic engineering). Security Expertise Firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, secure segmentation, Zero Trust architecture. Threat detection/ ...

C++ Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Ncounter LTD
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
C++ Software Developer, Risk Technology £160,000 to £170,000 Join a high-performance engineering group responsible for the systems that sit at the heart of a global trading operation. This team owns the core risk platform, handling everything from trade intake and real time position tracking … under load, propagate risk metrics across internal systems and support a front office that depends on accuracy and speed. You will work in an engineering culture that values clarity, simplicity and strong design. Expect to collaborate with colleagues across regions, refine performance at a system level and contribute ...

C++ Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Ncounter
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£160,000 - £170,000 per annum
C++ Software Developer, Risk Technology £160,000 to £170,000 Join a high-performance engineering group responsible for the systems that sit at the heart of a global trading operation. This team owns the core risk platform, handling everything from trade intake and real time position tracking … under load, propagate risk metrics across internal systems and support a front office that depends on accuracy and speed. You will work in an engineering culture that values clarity, simplicity and strong design. Expect to collaborate with colleagues across regions, refine performance at a system level and contribute ...

C++ Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Ncounter Limited
Location
EC2N, Broad Street, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£160000 - £170000/annum plus Bonus & Package
C++ Software Developer, Risk Technology £160,000 to £170,000 Join a high-performance engineering group responsible for the systems that sit at the heart of a global trading operation. This team owns the core risk platform, handling everything from trade intake and real time position tracking … under load, propagate risk metrics across internal systems and support a front office that depends on accuracy and speed. You will work in an engineering culture that values clarity, simplicity and strong design. Expect to collaborate with colleagues across regions, refine performance at a system level and contribute ...

Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Oscar Technology
Location
Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£40,000 - £50,000 per annum
exciting opportunity has arisen for a skilled Software Engineer to join a growing Agile development team, working on advanced software solutions for complex engineering applications. This is a technical development role with a strong focus on modern C++ and software engineering best practices. You will be involved … Great communication skills Desirable Strong Maths/Physics background React and JavaScript The Company This is a well-established organisation recognised for delivering high-performance engineering software used worldwide. Their teams are highly collaborative, technically driven, and committed to pushing the boundaries of precision and performance. They provide ...

Spotfire Consultant

Hiring Organisation
Staffworx Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
deep technical expertise in Spotfire s visual and scripting frameworks, alongside the ability to reverse-engineer, redesign and optimize data models for scalable, high-performance reporting in Power BI. This role is critical to navigating functional parity, data transformation and performance alignment between platforms, working closely with business … align source data, dataflows and model transformations. Work with business stakeholders to define functional parity, consolidate multiple versions and recommend optimisations. Provide guidance on performance engineering approaches in Power BI, including model size reduction, incremental refresh, composite models, DirectQuery/Import trade-offs. Support UAT by validating that ...

Enterprise Networks & Security Architect

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
City of London, London, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Temporary
Salary
Salary negotiable
/SD-WAN architecture and design. Proficiency in routing & switching (L2/L3), and Wi-Fi controllers/enterprise deployments. Expertise in network performance engineering, including capacity planning, QoS, and traffic engineering. Strong background in security, including firewalls, VPNs, IDS/IPS, secure segmentation, and Zero Trust architecture. ...

C++ Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Ncounter LTD
Location
City, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 100,000 Annual
C++ Software Developer, Risk Technology £160,000 to £170,000 Join a high-performance engineering group responsible for the systems that sit at the heart of a global trading operation. This team owns the core risk platform, handling everything from trade intake and real time position tracking ...

Principal FPGA Design Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Expert Employment
Location
Enfield, Enfield Town, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£60.00 - £80.00/hour Full package
lead complex FPGA developments from system requirements through to fully verified hardware. This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role within a high-performance engineering team. Key Responsibilities Lead FPGA architecture and end-to-end VHDL design Define system-level requirements and implement robust solutions Develop test ...

Global Head of Platforms (DevOps)

Hiring Organisation
XACT PLACEMENTS LIMITED
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Global Head of Platforms (DevOps) Location: UK (Global Scope) High-Growth Cybersecurity Scale-Up | Elite Engineering Leadership | Global Impact Were partnering with one of the most exciting, fast-scaling cybersecurity innovators in the market currently. A research-driven, venture-backed scale-up protecting some of the worlds largest enterprises … helps organisations understand exactly how they could be compromised in real time . They think like attackers, innovate like researchers, and execute like high-performance engineers. Now, theyre looking for a standout leader to shape and scale their global platform capability. ?? The Role: Global Head of Platforms (DevOps) This ...