Proprietary Trading Jobs in London

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New Trading Team's 1st C++ Quant Developer | HFT

London Area, United Kingdom
Augmentti
Are you ready to be part of something truly special as the first quant developer for a brand-new trading team? In short: We’re working with an elite global trading firm known for its success in high-frequency trading (HFT) but operating under … the radar (they aren't the typical firm you hear about). They’re setting up a brand-new trading desk in London, led by a top PM with a proven track record. This is a rare opportunity to be the first quant developer on the team and … , Electronic Trading, E-Trading, Systematic Trading, High-Frequency Trading, HFT, High Frequency, Startup, Scaleup, Prop Trading, Execution, Algo Trading, Quant Trading, Parallel Computing, Optimisations, Low-Latency, Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Market Data, Connectivity, Trading More ❯
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New Trading Team's 1st C++ Quant Developer | HFT

london, south east england, united kingdom
Augmentti
Are you ready to be part of something truly special as the first quant developer for a brand-new trading team? In short: We’re working with an elite global trading firm known for its success in high-frequency trading (HFT) but operating under … the radar (they aren't the typical firm you hear about). They’re setting up a brand-new trading desk in London, led by a top PM with a proven track record. This is a rare opportunity to be the first quant developer on the team and … , Electronic Trading, E-Trading, Systematic Trading, High-Frequency Trading, HFT, High Frequency, Startup, Scaleup, Prop Trading, Execution, Algo Trading, Quant Trading, Parallel Computing, Optimisations, Low-Latency, Algorithms, Distributed Systems, Market Data, Connectivity, Trading More ❯
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Desktop Trade Support Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Quant Capital
Desktop Trade Support Engineer – Global Proprietary Trading Firm Location: London Compensation: Exceptional Package + Performance Bonus Quant Capital is partnered with one of the world’s most sophisticated proprietary trading firms as they expand their core engineering team in London. With over 30 years … opportunity is ideal for an End-user Support or Trade Support Engineer who thrives in high-performance environments, understands the demands of a trading floor, and is excited by the pace and complexity of modern market infrastructure. The Opportunity: Joining a globally distributed team of expert technologists, you … complex issues under time pressure Highly autonomous, intellectually curious, and able to manage competing priorities with composure Desirable (but not essential): Prior experience in proprietary trading, hedge funds, or market-making firms Windows Server and Active Directory administration Exposure to Microsoft SCCM or similar enterprise tools Experience More ❯
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Desktop Trade Support Engineer

london, south east england, united kingdom
Quant Capital
Desktop Trade Support Engineer – Global Proprietary Trading Firm Location: London Compensation: Exceptional Package + Performance Bonus Quant Capital is partnered with one of the world’s most sophisticated proprietary trading firms as they expand their core engineering team in London. With over 30 years … opportunity is ideal for an End-user Support or Trade Support Engineer who thrives in high-performance environments, understands the demands of a trading floor, and is excited by the pace and complexity of modern market infrastructure. The Opportunity: Joining a globally distributed team of expert technologists, you … complex issues under time pressure Highly autonomous, intellectually curious, and able to manage competing priorities with composure Desirable (but not essential): Prior experience in proprietary trading, hedge funds, or market-making firms Windows Server and Active Directory administration Exposure to Microsoft SCCM or similar enterprise tools Experience More ❯
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Trading Systems Support Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Radley James
A leading proprietary trading firm, specializing in high-frequency and algorithmic trading across global financial markets are looking to hire a Trading Support Engineer. Role Overview: As a Trading Systems Support Engineer, you will be the first point of contact for … real-time trading system issues, ensuring maximum uptime and performance. You will work closely with traders, developers, and infrastructure teams to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in a fast … paced environment. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical skills and an interest in financial markets. Key Responsibilities: Provide support for proprietary trading applications, ensuring minimal downtime. Monitor and troubleshoot trading system performance, network connectivity, and order flow. Investigate and resolve trade More ❯
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Trading Systems Support Engineer

london, south east england, united kingdom
Radley James
A leading proprietary trading firm, specializing in high-frequency and algorithmic trading across global financial markets are looking to hire a Trading Support Engineer. Role Overview: As a Trading Systems Support Engineer, you will be the first point of contact for … real-time trading system issues, ensuring maximum uptime and performance. You will work closely with traders, developers, and infrastructure teams to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in a fast … paced environment. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong technical skills and an interest in financial markets. Key Responsibilities: Provide support for proprietary trading applications, ensuring minimal downtime. Monitor and troubleshoot trading system performance, network connectivity, and order flow. Investigate and resolve trade More ❯
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C++ Software Engineer London, England, United Kingdom

London, United Kingdom
Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
XTX Markets is an algorithmic trading firm that actively trades tens of thousands of instruments on over eighty venues with a daily volume of almost three hundred billion USD. We partner with counterparties, exchanges, and e-trading venues globally to provide consistent liquidity in the Equity … techniques and state-of-the-art research infrastructure to analyse large data sets across markets quickly and efficiently, to maximise the effectiveness of our proprietary trading algorithms. The models that drive our trading strategies have evolved considerably over the last 10 years, from econometric methods … The Role We are hiring a software engineer to join our exchange trading development team (ETD) which covers all of XTX's proprietary trading technology. We take trading ideas from our Quant Research team and turn them into reality using the most appropriate More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Senior Developer (Trading Systems)

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
X4 Technology
Role: Senior Developer (Trading Systems) Tech stack: C#.NET and SQLServer Domain: Trading Location: London (hybrid - 3 days per week) Compensation: £80,000-90,000, 20-30% bonus, 10% pension and much more X4 Technology are partnered with a high-growth, well-capitalised trading house … in London, offering a unique opportunity for a Senior Developer (Trading Systems) to join … their global team of 400. In this key position within their technology group, you'll help drive the innovation and evolution of vendor and proprietary trading platforms - developing solutions to support key functions like trade capture, market connectivity, STP, risk, pricing and settlement. You'll also contribute More ❯
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Senior Developer (Trading Systems)

london, south east england, united kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
X4 Technology
Role: Senior Developer (Trading Systems) Tech stack: C#.NET and SQLServer Domain: Trading Location: London (hybrid - 3 days per week) Compensation: £80,000-90,000, 20-30% bonus, 10% pension and much more X4 Technology are partnered with a high-growth, well-capitalised trading house … in London, offering a unique opportunity for a Senior Developer (Trading Systems) to join … their global team of 400. In this key position within their technology group, you'll help drive the innovation and evolution of vendor and proprietary trading platforms - developing solutions to support key functions like trade capture, market connectivity, STP, risk, pricing and settlement. You'll also contribute More ❯
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Portfolio Manager - Cash Equities

London Area, United Kingdom
Algo Capital Group
Portfolio Manager - Cash Equities HFT: A leading proprietary trading firm is seeking a skilled PM to develop strategies for their Cash Equities desk. This role entails conducting microsecond-level market analysis, developing ultra-low latency trading signals, and implementing high-performance systematic strategies into production. … with researchers and engineers to optimize strategy performance and execution speed, with great opportunities for progression. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain ultra-low-latency trading systems for maximum efficiency in strategy execution Enhance alpha generation through innovative ultra-low latency signal development and strategy implementation Communicating with Risk & Trading … company and generate PnL. If you're ready to make a significant impact in HFT and are eager to progress within a leading proprietary trading firm, this role is for you. Please apply now to learn more. More ❯
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Equity ETF Trader (London)

London, United Kingdom
Old Mission
Old Mission is a global proprietary trading firm that leverages state-of-the-art technology and research to identify and execute profitable trading strategies across multiple asset classes around the world. Our offices in Chicago, New York, and London are all composed of naturally-curious … s growth. Summary: Old Mission is seeking an Equity ETF Trader to join our growing team in London. This role involves pricing and trading a wide variety of equity ETFs, monitoring market conditions and developing new trading strategies. This ETF trader will work closely with our … trading and technology teams to optimize trading performance and contribute to the future growth of the desk. Responsibilities: Make markets in Equity ETFs across various international trading platforms. Analyze market trends and conditions to identify new trading opportunities. Develop and implement trading More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Application Support Engineer £130,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
Client: FinTech trading Salary: Up to £130,000 + Bonus/Benefits Location: London (Hybrid) My client are a completely tech driven proprietary trading firm, looking to expand their Application Support team, and would like someone with prior front office experience to provide technical support … and engineering functions in support of their proprietary and third party trading systems. This role will be highly technical with a large focus on automation! responsibilities: Ensure readiness of the global trading platform for both pre-trading and post-trading activities. … Monitor and support the entire transaction flow across the trading platform. Promptly identify, analyse, and resolve alerts and issues, or escalate them to minimize disruptions in trade flow and prevent outages. Collaborate extensively with the trading community, back office operations, brokers, exchanges, development teams, and infrastructure More ❯
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Application Support Engineer £130,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

london, south east england, united kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
Client: FinTech trading Salary: Up to £130,000 + Bonus/Benefits Location: London (Hybrid) My client are a completely tech driven proprietary trading firm, looking to expand their Application Support team, and would like someone with prior front office experience to provide technical support … and engineering functions in support of their proprietary and third party trading systems. This role will be highly technical with a large focus on automation! responsibilities: Ensure readiness of the global trading platform for both pre-trading and post-trading activities. … Monitor and support the entire transaction flow across the trading platform. Promptly identify, analyse, and resolve alerts and issues, or escalate them to minimize disruptions in trade flow and prevent outages. Collaborate extensively with the trading community, back office operations, brokers, exchanges, development teams, and infrastructure More ❯
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Senior Software Engineer - Trading Systems | Rust

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Switch Tech Talent
Role: Senior Software Engineer – Trading Systems 🌍 Location: London - hybrid (meet once a month) 💰 Salary: £150,000 to £200,000 + Guaranteed and Performance Bonus' 🛠 Key Skills: Rust, Trading Systems/Exchanges, Crypto/Blockchain An innovative fintech start-up, backed by significant private investment, is looking … for an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to build its next-generation trading platform from scratch. Combining traditional finance expertise with blockchain innovation, the company offers a unique opportunity to shape critical financial infrastructure at the earliest stage. You will need … hands-on experience in trading system engineering, ideally gained within crypto/blockchain start-ups, investment banks, hedge funds, market makers, or proprietary trading firms. Key Responsibilities: Design, build, and optimise low-latency, high-throughput backend trading systems. Develop and maintain trading More ❯
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Senior Software Engineer - Trading Systems | Rust

london, south east england, united kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Switch Tech Talent
Role: Senior Software Engineer – Trading Systems 🌍 Location: London - hybrid (meet once a month) 💰 Salary: £150,000 to £200,000 + Guaranteed and Performance Bonus' 🛠 Key Skills: Rust, Trading Systems/Exchanges, Crypto/Blockchain An innovative fintech start-up, backed by significant private investment, is looking … for an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to build its next-generation trading platform from scratch. Combining traditional finance expertise with blockchain innovation, the company offers a unique opportunity to shape critical financial infrastructure at the earliest stage. You will need … hands-on experience in trading system engineering, ideally gained within crypto/blockchain start-ups, investment banks, hedge funds, market makers, or proprietary trading firms. Key Responsibilities: Design, build, and optimise low-latency, high-throughput backend trading systems. Develop and maintain trading More ❯
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Java GUI Engineer

London, United Kingdom
DV Trading LLC
America and in Europe. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and … firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser. Overview: We are looking for a Java Software Developer to help us expand, productize and optimize our trading software stacks (in particular our exchange stack and trading infrastructure). Responsibilities: Participate in design, implementation, and deployment of trading systems and supporting applications Work on cross-functional teams across trading, quants and development to troubleshoot and solve complex problems Integrate and certify with exchanges and other third parties Monitor production trading systems and optimize performance for latency and throughput Requirements: Bachelor's Degree More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Head Of Trading

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bloc Recruitment
Lead/Head of Trading Engineer (Low-latency Trading) Tech: Go, Rust, TDD Salary up to £200,000 + Bonus Remote - Possible London Meetings (Paid) 1 day a month/quarter Exciting opportunity to join a privately funded FinTech, who are powering the future of Open … into token forms products on chain. Background - Proven experience in trading system engineering, ideally within investment banks, hedge funds, market makers, or proprietary trading firms. - Hands-on expertise in building and maintaining trading infrastructure, including market data feed handlers, algo execution engines, backtesting … modern development practices (TDD, CI/CD, SOLID principles) and experience writing clean, modular, and efficient code. - Deep knowledge of financial markets and trading mechanisms, including order routing, execution optimization, and trade reconciliation across multiple venues. - Experience with crypto trading venues and derivatives, including perpetual swaps More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Senior Software Engineer – Quant Full Stack & Infrastructure (Team Lead)

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Trireme
performance team. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of finance and technology, has led engineering teams, and has built and maintained robust trading systems and developer tooling across cloud-native architectures. Location: London | Dubai | Hybrid (Subject to Candidate) Key Responsibilities: Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable … trading platforms and internal developer tools. Collaborate with quant researchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to deliver performant solutions. Maintain and optimize trading infrastructure (low-latency systems, data pipelines, monitoring, etc.). Manage a team of software engineers, mentor junior developers, and drive best practices across the … Strong understanding of Git/GitHub , CI/CD workflows, code branching strategies, and code ownership. Prior work in a fintech, hedge fund, or proprietary trading firm environment. Crypto-native a plus Infrastructure & DevOps: Production experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment strategies. Hands-on with AWS More ❯
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Senior Software Engineer – Quant Full Stack & Infrastructure (Team Lead)

london, south east england, united kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Trireme
performance team. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of finance and technology, has led engineering teams, and has built and maintained robust trading systems and developer tooling across cloud-native architectures. Location: London | Dubai | Hybrid (Subject to Candidate) Key Responsibilities: Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable … trading platforms and internal developer tools. Collaborate with quant researchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to deliver performant solutions. Maintain and optimize trading infrastructure (low-latency systems, data pipelines, monitoring, etc.). Manage a team of software engineers, mentor junior developers, and drive best practices across the … Strong understanding of Git/GitHub , CI/CD workflows, code branching strategies, and code ownership. Prior work in a fintech, hedge fund, or proprietary trading firm environment. Crypto-native a plus Infrastructure & DevOps: Production experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment strategies. Hands-on with AWS More ❯
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Python Engineer Trading

London Area, United Kingdom
Quant Capital
Python Engineer Trading £150,000 Plus Bonus 3 days Hybrid Our client is one of the largest Quant Investment managers globally, with around £20 billion under management. They are mainly quant based but have High frequency and systematic exposure. The role sits with the trading team … evangelise and prototype new technologies and through doing so you will help shape the architecture. Manage the day-to-day technology requirements of our proprietary trading systems. Accelerate trading and research analysis workflows by utilizing and expanding on in-house infrastructure and improve productivity Write More ❯
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Python Engineer Trading

london, south east england, united kingdom
Quant Capital
Python Engineer Trading £150,000 Plus Bonus 3 days Hybrid Our client is one of the largest Quant Investment managers globally, with around £20 billion under management. They are mainly quant based but have High frequency and systematic exposure. The role sits with the trading team … evangelise and prototype new technologies and through doing so you will help shape the architecture. Manage the day-to-day technology requirements of our proprietary trading systems. Accelerate trading and research analysis workflows by utilizing and expanding on in-house infrastructure and improve productivity Write More ❯
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Production Support Engineer (VP/Associate)

London, United Kingdom
Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Infrastructure Solutions. Our offerings include, amongst others, trading, lending, strategic advisory services, institutional-grade investment solutions across passive, active and venture strategies, proprietary bitcoin mining and hosting services, network validator services, and the development of enterprise custodial technology. Galaxy's CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz leads a … implement fixes and enhancements. What You'll Do: Provide production support across various cryptocurrency business lines and functions, including client trading, lending, proprietary trading, trade settlement, and risk management (VP level) Lead and manage the local production support team in London Monitor system health and … Proven ability to work well in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and prioritize tasks effectively Bonus Points: Experience working with cryptocurrency or FX trading platforms Experience working with global counterparts across time zones Knowledge of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency protocols Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools Relevant certifications More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Quant Trader - PM

London, United Kingdom
Marlin Selection Ltd
Position Overview : We are seeking an experienced Quant Trader or Portfolio Manager with a proven track record in running algorithmic and AI-driven trading strategies. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of successful experience in developing and executing systematic trading strategies across global … markets. We are looking to commit AUM to the chosen trading strategy, offering a percentage of the management fee and net profit in return. Key Responsibilities : Develop, implement, and optimize algorithmic trading strategies across multiple asset classes. Manage and execute trades based on AI-driven models … strategies with broader portfolio goals and risk parameters. Provide detailed reporting and analysis of strategy performance, including risk metrics and profitability. Maintain and enhance proprietary trading infrastructure, including AI models and algorithmic frameworks. Stay updated on the latest trends and technologies in quantitative finance, algorithmic trading More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Python Software Engineer

City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Quant Capital
Python Engineer Trading £150,000 Plus Bonus Our client is one of the largest Quant trading firms globally. The role sits within a trading team on the bleeding edge of technology as well as execution. This is an environment of science and intellectuals. The … evangelise and prototype new technologies and through doing so you will help shape the architecture. Manage the day-to-day technology requirements of our proprietary trading systems. Accelerate trading and research analysis workflows by utilizing and expanding on in-house infrastructure and improve productivity Write More ❯
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Python Software Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Quant Capital
Python Engineer Trading £150,000 Plus Bonus Our client is one of the largest Quant trading firms globally. The role sits within a trading team on the bleeding edge of technology as well as execution. This is an environment of science and intellectuals. The … evangelise and prototype new technologies and through doing so you will help shape the architecture. Manage the day-to-day technology requirements of our proprietary trading systems. Accelerate trading and research analysis workflows by utilizing and expanding on in-house infrastructure and improve productivity Write More ❯
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Proprietary Trading
London
10th Percentile
£119,500
25th Percentile
£132,500
Median
£140,000
75th Percentile
£148,750
90th Percentile
£157,500