1 to 25 of 33 Performance Optimisation Jobs in the City of London

C++ Trading Platform Developer

Hiring Organisation
Radley James
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
looking for a C++ Trading Platform Developer to join its London-based team. This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of high-performance engineering and digital asset markets, building and scaling a global trading platform that operates across dozens of exchanges worldwide. The environment combines the technical … platform spanning multiple continents, covering: Real-time market data capture Order entry and connectivity across numerous exchanges Robust networking and monitoring systems Scaling and performance optimisation of core infrastructure The tech stack is primarily C++ and Python, running on Linux across both development and production. The focus ...

Senior Front End Developer

Hiring Organisation
Liberty
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
would be beneficial. Key Responsibilities: Lead front-end development across LibertyLondon.com (Salesforce Commerce Cloud) and the Fabrics site (WordPress), ensuring high standards of quality, performance, and maintainability. Translate design systems, wireframes, and high-fidelity designs into robust, scalable, and accessible front-end solutions. Own and influence front-end architectural … discovery and planning process. Design, build, and deploy MVT and A/B complex experiments using Dynamic Yield, collaborating with analytics and optimisation teams to improve conversion and usability. Support HTML email development, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and responsiveness across clients and devices. Champion front-end best practices, including performance ...

Senior Full Stack Engineer - Remote

Hiring Organisation
Birchwell Associates Ltd
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
product-focused environment where engineering decisions have direct impact at scale. The team operates at pace, with a strong emphasis on ownership, performance, and continuous iteration. The Role - Remote Europe (CET 3 We are seeking Senior Backend focused Full Stack Engineers to join a fully remote, cross-functional team … Responsibilities Design, build, and maintain scalable backend systems Work on high-traffic applications used by a global user base Contribute to architecture and performance optimisation Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Design, and DevOps Take ownership of features from concept through to deployment Requirements 5+ years ...

Senior Data Engineer (Ref: 196438)

Hiring Organisation
Forsyth Barnes
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
leadership position focused on building robust, scalable, and governed data solutions using modern cloud technologies. The Role Own the end-to-end design, build, optimisation, and support of scalable Spark/PySpark data pipelines (batch and streaming) Define and implement lakehouse architecture standards (medallion model: bronze, silver, gold), including … reconciliation) Drive CI/CD best practices for data platforms (infrastructure as code, automated testing, versioning, environment promotion) Mentor engineers on distributed data processing, performance optimisation, and cost efficiency Collaborate with data science, product, and compliance teams to translate requirements into scalable data solutions Required Skills & Experience Strong ...

Cloud Engineer

Hiring Organisation
83zero Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£70,000
responsibilities: Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure (primarily Azure and GCP) Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines and automation Implement monitoring, alerting, and performance optimisation Ensure security, compliance, and system reliability Troubleshoot production issues and provide operational support Collaborate with architects, developers, and stakeholders Champion DevOps culture ...

Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Lorien
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
including Azure Databricks, Azure Data Lake Storage, and Azure Data Factory. Advanced proficiency in SQL, Python, and Spark (PySpark), with a strong focus on performance optimization and distributed processing. Proven experience in CI/CD practices using industry-standard tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps). Strong understanding ...

Senior Software Developer

Hiring Organisation
Spectrum It Recruitment Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
that support real-world trading strategies. As a senior member of the team, you will contribute both technically and strategically, helping shape development standards, performance optimisation, and system scalability. You will primarily work within a C# .NET SQL Server ASP.NET ecosystem, developing high-performance, reliable, and maintainable … applications. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain high-performance applications in C# and .NET Lead architectural discussions and contribute to technical direction Build scalable, reliable systems to support automated trading and research Develop and optimise database solutions (SQL Server or equivalent) Improve performance, reliability, and automation across systems ...

Senior Data Engineer - Microsoft Fabric

Hiring Organisation
Harvey Nash
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£90,000
architecture, develop scalable analytics solutions, and stay hands-on. Responsibilities include delivering Fabric solutions (OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouses, Power BI), leading architecture and performance optimisation, and enabling advanced analytics and machine learning with Fabric and Azure ML. Key skills and responsibilities, Demonstrated hands-on experience with Microsoft Fabric … leadership and effective stakeholder engagement. Design and deliver comprehensive Fabric solutions, including OneLake, Lakehouse, Warehouses, and Power BI. Lead architectural design, capacity planning, and performance optimization efforts. Facilitate advanced analytics and machine learning initiatives utilising Fabric and Azure ML. Implement governance, security, and DevOps best practices. Mentor engineers ...

Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Affinity Labs
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Contribute meaningfully to product and architecture discussions; be heard in debate and align to unified decisions. Own operability: CI/CD, monitoring/alerting, performance optimisation, safe rollbacks. Build and integrate AI features (LLM/agent workflows, RAG/vector DB integration, eval hooks, cost/safety guardrails ...

Core Engineer (C++)

Hiring Organisation
NJF Global Holdings Ltd
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
looking to work on problems that genuinely test the limits of performance, scale, and engineering craft? We are building a small, elite team of systems engineers to design and evolve the core infrastructure that powers a highly sophisticated trading platform. This is not application level development. This is deep … work on performance critical systems where nanoseconds matter, correctness is non negotiable, and your decisions directly impact real world outcomes. You will be working on the foundations of the trading stack, including market data, execution, simulation, and internal infrastructure. The problems are hard, the standards are high ...

Python Developer

Hiring Organisation
Radley James
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
providing Python-based solutions that directly impact the profitability of the business. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced, high-performance environment where you can push the boundaries of technology in financial markets. Key Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain highly efficient Python-based applications … commodities trading, risk management, and real-time data analysis. Build scalable, high-performance data pipelines to process large datasets from multiple sources, including real-time market data and fundamental data. Implement robust APIs and microservices to integrate trading systems, analytics platforms, and external data providers. Optimize performance ...

Contract Android Engineer - Central Government Project (Inside IR35)

Hiring Organisation
Morson Edge
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£450 - 500 per day
handling sensitive data Desirable Skills: Experience with modern Android architecture (e.g., MVVM, Clean Architecture) Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing Performance optimisation and app scalability experience Experience working on high-traffic or mission-critical applications What You'll Bring: A strong focus on delivery ...

Java Consultant

Hiring Organisation
Stanford Black Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
ALERT 🚨 – Lead Java Contractor 💻 Java/Distributed Systems/Event-Driven Architecture – Trading & Portfolio Tech 🕑 10+ years building high-performance, data-intensive trading systems 📍London (front-office, high-impact engineering environment) 💰 Highly competitive day rate Highlights: 🔷 Lead the design and build of scalable trading & portfolio management systems … desk 🔷 Work directly with portfolio managers and traders to deliver real-time, business-critical technology 🔷 Architect event-driven, distributed systems with strong focus on performance, resilience, and observability 🔷 Drive technical direction across microservices, data streaming, and system design in a fast-moving environment The Role: Join a high-calibre ...

Head of Networks - Data Center

Hiring Organisation
AirSearch
Location
City of London, Greater London, UK
skilled network engineers, define the enterprise networking roadmap, and collaborate with cross-functional teams — including Security, Infrastructure, and IT Operations — to deliver a high-performance, high-availability network platform that underpins mission-critical business and customer operations. Key Responsibilities Strategic Leadership Define and execute the strategic vision for enterprise … continuous improvement initiatives, driving innovation, automation, and standardisation in network design and operations. Architecture, Design & Delivery Oversee the end-to-end design, implementation, and optimisation of LAN, WAN, SD-WAN, VPN, and wireless solutions across all environments. Manage enterprise routing, switching, VLAN segmentation, firewall policies, telephony systems (ISDN/ ...

Software Developer (React) - Up to £120,000 + Bonus + Package

Hiring Organisation
Hunter Bond
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
people genuinely love what they work on Friendly, tight-knit engineering culture Flat structure with clear and achievable progression Exposure to cutting-edge tooling, performance optimisation, and large-scale systems ...

Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Searchability NS&D
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
with core data engineering tools and technologies (e.g. ETL/ELT pipelines, data warehouses, orchestration tools) Strong understanding of data modelling, data quality, and performance optimisation Desirable Experience Experience with Palantir (Foundry, Gotham) Willingness and aptitude to learn Palantir technologies on the job Background working in defence, government ...

Frontend Developer

Hiring Organisation
Spait Infotech
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
v8+) Proficiency in JavaScript (ES6+) , HTML5, CSS3 Experience with REST APIs integration Familiarity with version control tools like Git Knowledge of responsive design and performance optimization ...

Global Banking & Markets - Software Engineer - Vice President - London

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Docker), and JVM tuning for containerized workloads. Observability & Operations: Application instrumentation (metrics, distributed tracing, structured logging) and production support in high‐availability environments. Data & Performance: Data modeling, SQL/NoSQL databases, caching strategies, and performance optimization in latency‐sensitive systems. Security: Enterprise security patterns; authentication protocols, mutual ...

Quantitative Developer (C++ Crypto)

Hiring Organisation
Hawksman Technology
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
build, and optimise ultra-low-latency trading and execution infrastructure across global crypto markets (CEX and DEX venues) Develop and maintain C++23-based high-performance systems for trading, order routing, and real-time market data processing Contribute to the design and optimisation of exchange connectivity layers , including … environments Integrate with centralised exchanges, decentralised protocols, and on-chain data infrastructure Diagnose production bottlenecks across networking, kernel, and application layers, and implement robust performance improvements Collaborate with global quant, trading, and infrastructure teams on cross-venue execution architecture Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics ...

IOS Developer

Hiring Organisation
Experis
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract, Work From Home
Contract Rate
£400 - £401 per day
Collaborating closely with Product, Design, Backend, QA, and DevOps teams to deliver new features and enhancements Troubleshooting and resolving issues to ensure optimal app performance, security, and quality Participating in code reviews, architecture discussions, and staying updated with the latest iOS technologies and Apple guidelines Managing your workload independently … Proven experience in building and maintaining iOS applications with Swift and/or Objective-C Strong understanding of iOS development best practices, security, and performance optimisation Excellent communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across teams Ability to manage tasks independently and contribute to technical discussions Familiarity ...

Senior Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Novatus Global
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Ensure pipelines are auditable, lineage-aware, idempotent, and resilient in regulated environments. Implement robust data quality controls including testing, validation, monitoring, and alerting. Drive performance optimization across Spark and Snowflake workloads. Partner with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Regulatory teams to translate requirements into scalable technical designs. Contribute … your partner, and your child(ren) Employee Assistance Program Enhanced parental leave (maternity & paternity) Professional qualification sponsorship Accelerated career progression based on performance, not tenure Holiday entitlement increases with tenure Flexible hours with core collaboration time Paid volunteering leave Gym & fitness discounts Quarterly socials, and office snacks & drinks Interest ...

Mobile Engineer - IOS & Android

Hiring Organisation
Robert Half
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
region‐specific UX Ensuring parity and consistency between mobile and web experiences Integrating mobile applications with backend services via GraphQL APIs Optimising application performance, reliability, and stability in real‐time environments Working closely with backend and frontend engineering teams to deliver shared features Contributing production‐ready, maintainable mobile code …/or Android (Kotlin) Experience integrating with GraphQL‐based APIs Experience building transactional, pricing, or e‐commerce‐driven user journeys Strong understanding of mobile performance optimisation and stability best practices Comfortable working in fast‐paced, evolving product environments Excellent collaboration and communication skills when working within cross‐functional ...

Data Centre Architect

Hiring Organisation
Infoplus Technologies UK Ltd
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
From £450 to £500 per day
teams to ensure design to run alignment. Reliability, Capacity & Resilience Design DC architectures for high availability, redundancy, DR, and fault tolerance. Support capacity planning, performance optimisation, and lifecycle management. Participate in failure analysis, RCA reviews, and corrective architecture enhancements. Ensure infrastructure designs minimise single points of failure. Operational ...

Staff DevOps Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Humanoid
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
like VLA. As a Staff Engineer, you will lead the design and evolution of our multi-GPU, cross-cloud platforms, driving architecture, reliability, and performance at scale. This role sits at the intersection of DevOps, MLOps, and distributed systems, enabling cutting-edge AI in real-world environments. What … scalable multi-GPU infrastructure across cloud environments (AWS, GCP, etc.) Own architecture and long-term technical direction of model training platforms Drive reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency at scale Define and implement best practices for infrastructure, DevOps, and MLOps across the organization Build and evolve infrastructure-as-code ...

Full Stack Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Formula
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
processing and analysing live content in real time. As the platform scales, they’re hiring a Full-Stack Engineer to design and deliver high-performance systems across real-time data pipelines, modern frontend applications, and AI-enhanced product features. What You'll Do as a Full-Stack Engineer: Design … providers. Regular use of AI tools and coding assistants to increase development velocity and automate workflows. Strong engineering fundamentals including testing, documentation, security, and performance optimisation. Comfort working in fast-moving environments where ownership, clarity, and delivery are expected. Nice to Have’s as a Full-Stack Engineer: Experience ...