22 of 22 Proprietary Trading Jobs in the UK

Chief Operating Officer

Hiring Organisation
Emerald Zebra Recruitment & Executive Search
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Operations Manager/Chief Operating Officer Our client is a proprietary trading firm and alternative investment manager focused on quantitative and fundamental sports trading. With professionals based across Europe, Asia and the US, they combine deep research with proprietary, technology-driven methodologies to trade major public … available; candidates must already hold the right to work in the UK Languages: Russian speaker ideal About the Business Our client is a proprietary trading firm and alternative investment manager focused on quantitative and fundamental sports trading. With professionals based across Europe, Asia and the US, they ...

Market Data Manager

Hiring Organisation
MW recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Market Data Manager to join a leading proprietary trading firm at the forefront of global financial markets. This is a high-impact role for someone who combines strong market data expertise with a passion for technology, automation and AI. Working … About You You'll have between four and eight years' experience within Market Data, Market Data Operations, Vendor Management or Licensing gained within a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, investment bank, exchange, market data vendor, fintech or similar financial markets environment. You'll possess a strong understanding ...

Head Of Market Data

Hiring Organisation
MW recruitment
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Competitive salary
exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Head of Market Data to join a highly successful proprietary trading firm at the forefront of global financial markets. This is a pivotal leadership role offering the opportunity to shape the firm's market data strategy, commercial direction and governance … best in class. About You You'll bring 7+ years experience within Market Data Management, Market Data Licensing or Vendor Management gained within a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, investment bank, exchange, financial technology business, market data vendor or consultancy. You'll possess an in-depth understanding ...

Senior Software Engineer, C++

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
guide the development of our in‐house trading technology and optimize it to achieve market‐leading performance and reliability. Our proprietary trading platform includes everything from venue connectivity (feed handlers and ordering gateways) to trading engines to shared platforms that enable … What you need to succeed BSc, MSc, or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent 5+ years post‐graduation professional C++ software development experience (proprietary trading industry preferred) Ability to write clean, reliable, and highly scalable code Good knowledge of algorithms and data structures Experience in parallel ...

Senior Software Engineer - Systematic Trading Infrastructure

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
diagnostics, and post-trade analysis. The ideal candidate has experience building end-to-end systematic trading systems in a hedge fund or proprietary trading environment. We are also highly interested in strong software engineers from technology companies or adjacent domains who have built complex, data … hands-on software engineering experience designing, building and operating systems with high complexity. Prior experience in equity stat-arb in a hedge fund, prop trading or systematic trading environment is strongly preferred. Familiarity with the end-to-end systematic trading stack, including data, research ...

Practice Director, Quantitative Trading, AI & Capital Markets

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Doing Building the go-to-market strategy for this practice from the ground up Mapping and winning clients across hedge funds, prop trading firms, market makers, investment banks, and capital markets technology businesses Personally billing while building your team and pipeline Creating a repeatable delivery model using dedicated … training, and mentoring a future team of consultants Working across Salt's full offering: permanent, contract, executive search, and advisory Client Universe Hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, market makers, investment banks, asset managers, crypto trading firms, exchanges, AI‐first investment firms, fintechs, and capital markets ...

Graduate Trading Desk Operations Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Quant Capital
Location
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Trading Desk Engineer Operations Engineer - Quant Trading 2026 Start Our client is a top-tier global proprietary trading firm that leverages the latest technology, sophisticated algorithms and deep knowledge to trade in capital markets globally. This is an environment of science and intellectuals. … problems. You will interface with various groups within the business to ensure that all trades are reflected accurately in all systems. Specifically, the Trading Desk Engineer Operations Engineer will be involved with research, rapid development execution of trade orders, automation of processes, and personal projects. This position sits ...

Senior C++ Programmer

Hiring Organisation
IT Search & Select
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
Salary
£80,000
C++ Engineer to join its core development team. Youll work on high-performance trading and market-data systems used by hedge funds, proprietary trading firms and global investment banks technology where microseconds matter and engineering quality directly impacts trading outcomes. This role offers … global markets. About the Role As a Senior C++ Engineer, you will design, implement and optimise performance-critical software that powers front-office trading workflows. Youll work closely with quants, traders and other engineers to deliver robust, low-latency solutions for pricing, execution, market-data processing and exchange ...

Graduate Trading Desk Operations Engineer- (2026 Start)

Hiring Organisation
Quant Capital
Location
Cardiff, United Kingdom
Graduate Trading Desk Operations Engineer - Quant Trading (2026 Start) Start August 2026 Quant … Capital is urgently looking for a Graduate Trade Desk Operations Analyst to join our high profile client. Our client is a top-tier global proprietary trading firm that leverages the latest technology, sophisticated algorithms and deep knowledge to trade in capital markets globally. This is an environment ...

Market Data Engineer

Hiring Organisation
McGregor Boyall Associates Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
McGregor Boyall are working with one of the world's largest proprietary trading firms: a market maker active across 70+ exchanges globally. They're hiring a Software Engineer to own the reference data layer that sits beneath every trading decision the firm makes. … with data modelling - Prior experience working within market data teams within a leading financial services organisation. Market making is ideal, but hedge funds, prop trading, asset managers or top investment banks are also of interest McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate ...

Java Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
London A well-established quantitative trading firm is hiring a Java Software Engineer to join the team responsible for their proprietary trading and execution platform. The firm operates across algorithmic execution and systematic investing, serving institutional clients globally. This is a hands‐on engineering role … heart of a live, high‐stakes trading system, with real ownership from day one. This position is onsite, in their London office. What you’ll do: Own and deliver the roadmap for the firm’s core trading and execution platform Work directly with execution brokers ...

Senior Quantitative Researcher (Global Macro/RV) – Pioneering Multi-Strat Fund – London – Base up to 500K GBP, TC MM+ GBP

Hiring Organisation
Hunter Bond
Location
England, United Kingdom
founded in the late 1990s. Developing and deploying quantitative, quantamental and discretionary strats for Rates, Futures/FX, Equities, Commodities, Credit and Vol. Trading focus on Mid-frequency (MFT) strategies with holding periods of days to weeks. Role: Quantitative Researcher for Alpha Gen (Cross-Asset). Responsible … having holistic impact and supporting north of 200 investment professionals. Required skills: 1yr+ alpha signal generation experience from a competitor fund, market-maker or proprietary trading firm only. Advanced degree in a highly scientific, quantitative or computational discipline (examples include STEM and Machine Learning). Exceptional research ...

Front End Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
technology, automation, and innovation to provide clients worldwide with a sophisticated, unified platform to manage their investment portfolios. We serve individual investors, hedge funds, proprietary trading groups, financial advisors, and introducing brokers. Our culture is driven by problem-solving, efficiency, and continuous improvement. We look for individuals … relooking for a talented Front-End Engineer to take a hands-on delivery role across our most critical platform initiatives —continuously improvingour trading UIs in Vue . We are also open to strong server-side engineers with a genuine interest in front-end technologies who are looking ...

Senior Market Data Analyst - Man Group plc

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
onboarding, metadata curation, and governance as required. Key Competencies 5+ years' experience in a market data, data operations or data management role at a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, bank, exchange, or data/technology vendor. Hands-on administration of Bloomberg and LSEG entitlements. Familiarity with security ...

Senior Market Data Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
data onboarding, metadata curation, and governance as required. Required 5+ years’ experience in a market data, data operations or data management role at a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, bank, exchange, or data/technology vendor. Hands‐on administration of Bloomberg and LSEG entitlements. Familiarity with security ...

Quant Developer (C++)

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Position Overview As a member of collaborative team, develop and maintain critical high-performance trading and signals logics and supporting infrastructure. Work side-by-side with quant researchers and traders, assisting in implementation of trading strategies and research projects. Collaborate with technology teams providing strategy & signals … long-term strategic objectives 2+ years experience working in trading floor environment, implementing fully automated trading strategies (execution or prop trading Experience in effective collaboration with quant researchers and traders, responsible for trading model design and operation; proven ability to: convert abstract ...

Senior Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Traders is looking for a Senior Research Engineer to join us in our London office. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business. We value quick‐witted, creative minds and challenge … make full use of their capacities. As a Senior Research Engineer, you will be responsible for helping to lead the development of our trading model research framework and using it to conduct research to develop models for trading in production. You'll expand the framework ...

Senior Research Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Traders is looking for a Senior Research Engineer to join us in our London office. This is a unique opportunity to join a leading proprietary trading firm with an entrepreneurial and innovative culture at the heart of its business. We value quick-witted, creative minds and challenge … make full use of their capacities. As a Senior Research Engineer, you will be responsible for helping to lead the development of our trading model research framework and using it to conduct research to develop models for trading in production. You'll expand the framework ...

Java Software Engineer — Real-Time Trading Platform

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Durlston Partners LLP is seeking a Java Software Engineer to join their London office, focusing on proprietary trading and execution platforms. This hands-on role offers real ownership from day one, working with algorithmic execution and systematic investing for institutional clients globally. The ideal candidate will have ...

Senior Institutional Crypto Sales Executive

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
growing digital asset trading and execution business seeking an experienced sales professional to drive new business across institutional clients, hedge funds, and proprietary trading firms. You will own the full sales cycle, build relationships with sophisticated market participants, and work directly with founders to grow ...

Machine Learning Quant - Start Up

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
Central London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
They are aiming to launch next year and are currently hiring in Miami, London and Milan. Description -- Role: expected to contribute to production grade proprietary trading systems, deploy state of the art AI/ML, develop novel AI/ML models, experiment with and develop novel trading ...

Network Engineer (High Frequency Trading)

Hiring Organisation
Hamilton Barnes 🌳
Location
Cardiff, United Kingdom
space? Do you enjoy working with brilliant minds, cutting-edge tech, and systems that push the limits of speed and performance. Network Engineer – Prop Trading Firm (London) You will design, optimize, and support a global low-latency network environment. This role will be hands-on engineering with ...