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join and lead a high-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: Remote | Dubai | London 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 stack. Ensure high code quality through code reviews, CI/CD, test automation, and Git-based workflows. Own … and SQL (Postgres, MySQL). 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, GCP, and Azure for compute More ❯

and architecture team. The team is responsible for providing technical analysis that drives the evolution and growth of CME's core trade execution systems that power our electronic trading platforms CME Globex, EBS Direct and BrokerTec Stream. Our systems need to be both low latency and have high reliability while continuously delivering new features. The role will initially … similar. Relevant experience could also substitute Great, but not required: Experience in Financial Markets (e.g. Futures, Options, Cash, OTC, exchange-based, FCM, brokerage, middle and back office, private equity, proprietary trading) Knowledge of financial products, electronic trading, order management, market data, clearing, or post-trade processing Understanding of acceptance test driven development (ATDD), behavior driven More ❯

Social network you want to login/join with: Low latency Java Developer - Algo Trading Up to £160,000 p/… a Leading London-based trading firm has an outstanding opportunity for a Java Developer to join their low latency trading team. Our client quant prop trading house with performance figures of 22%. They are currently looking to expand their high and intraday trading presence across FX, equities and commodities. The Java … Developer will: Work closely with the Head of Trading and the Quant Team and assist in design and development of new trading algorithms, mainly in Java Help engineer a new greenfield low latency trading platform Work on connectivity to Financial Exchanges Develop utility applications and excel tools to help with trading activities More ❯

Top proprietary trading firm with a significant presence in London is seeking to hire an experienced FPGA Developer to join their engineering team. As an FPGA Developer embedded in a small team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying some of the fastest, most sophisticated trading systems in the world. You will … be intricately involved in creating next generation FPGA solutions to support ultra-low latency trading systems across the firm. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in in System Verilog or VHDL, as well as software engineering. The candidate must have a keen interest in using software engineering methodologies to improve the efficiency of the hardware development … A Bachelor of Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar 5+ years professional experience as an FPGA Developer either in or outside of the finance/trading industry Experienced and well-versed in System Verilog or VHDL (Python, C, Tcl, and bash a plus) Experience in one or more of the following areas: Hardware Architecture, RTL More ❯

Job title: C++ Software Engineer Client: Elite Prop Trading Firm Salary: £70,000 - £350,000 Base (+ Bonus) Location: London/Hybrid My client are seeking a C++ Software Engineer who will play a critical role in developing and optimizing high-frequency trading systems, ensuring they operate at peak performance with minimal latency. This is an … most cutting edge technologies and boast a world class technical team where you will work and learn from the best. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ trading applications. Optimize code for maximum speed and efficiency, minimizing latency. Implement and enhance trading algorithms in collaboration with quantitative researchers and traders. Develop and maintain low-latency More ❯

Overview Susquehanna International Group is looking for a Research Engineer/Quantitative Developer with strong Python and PyData skills to join our Options trading desk. Our Strategy Innovation group is a team of developers who are focused on implementing options strategies and building research tools to help optimize those strategies. We work in a data-rich environment and … Leverage the PyData stack (Python, NumPy, Pandas, etc.) to build applications/tools used in our research environment Write, test, and optimize Python code to implement and improve trading algorithms, backtesting frameworks, and data processing pipelines Identify performance bottlenecks in existing code and algorithms to ensure high efficiency and scalability What we're looking for At least 5+ … work together to create competitive edge through best-in-class technical solutions. Growth: For many of our roles, we don't expect you to have prior industry experience in proprietary trading or financial services to succeed at Susquehanna International Group. We're looking for people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to More ❯

25.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: ? Graduate Software Engineer/Quant Dev/Quant Researcher ? Location: London (Hybrid) ? Salary: Up to £160,000 + Bonus + Full Benefits ? Client: Elite Proprietary Trading Firm Just graduated and eager to dive into the world of high-performance tech and quantitative finance? Join a leading global trading firm where … access to cutting-edge technology and mentorship from top-tier engineers and quants, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects, shaping the future of trading tech. What You’ll Be Doing ? Develop and enhance state-of-the-art trading systems and infrastructure ? Design and implement your own quantitative models ? Collaborate with top More ❯

the reliability, performance, and scalability of systems that are critical to our sports analytics infrastructure. In this role, you will: Provide technology support to the business during major trading events (Major Sporting Events) Be the primary point of contact for traders/quants/developers for technology related issues. Provide off-office hours support when necessary (Follow-The … work together to create competitive edge through best-in-class technical solutions. Growth: For many of our roles, we don't expect you to have prior industry experience in proprietary trading or financial services to succeed at Susquehanna International Group. We're looking for people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to … NoSql databases/messaging brokers (MongoDB/Redis/RabbitMQ/Kafka or similar) - implementefficient, scalable, and reliable cloud data solutions About Susquehanna Susquehanna is a global quantitative trading firm founded by a group of friends who share a passion for game theory and probabilistic thinking. We have incorporated this approach into our culture, where you will find More ❯

Desktop Trade Support Engineer – Global Proprietary Trading Firm Location: London Compensation: Up to £90,000 + 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 of consistent success, our client sits at the … unconstrained by external pressures. This 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’ll provide mission-critical support … and the ability to triage 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 designing or supporting scalable VDI More ❯

Graduate Software Developer/Quantitative Developer/Quantitative Researcher Location: London (Hybrid) Salary: Up to £160,000 + Bonus + Full Benefits Client: Elite Proprietary Trading Firm Kickstart Your Career Just graduated and eager to dive into the world of high-performance tech and quantitative finance? Join a leading global trading firm where innovation is … access to cutting-edge technology and mentorship from top-tier engineers and quants, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects, shaping the future of trading tech. What You’ll Be Doing Develop and enhance state-of-the-art trading systems and infrastructure Design and implement your own quantitative models Collaborate with top More ❯

Overview We are currently seeking a Production Engineer for one of our automated trading desks. As a part of this team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with trading strategy and infrastructure development teams and be an important part of getting new technologies and strategies configured and deployed. You will work directly with our … technologists, traders and quantitative research analysts to develop tools to monitor and support the production environment on a highly automated trading desk as well as developing and maintaining software build tools on Linux. You will have the opportunity to learn market microstructure and how the system setup and system risk relates to the trading. In this role you … work together to create competitive edge through best-in-class technical solutions. Growth: For many of our roles, we don't expect you to have prior industry experience in proprietary trading or financial services to succeed at Susquehanna International Group. We're looking for people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to More ❯

Social network you want to login/join with: Core C++ Developer - Revolutionary High Frequency Trading Firm, slough col-narrow-left Client: Mapped Location: slough, United Kingdom Job Category: Other - EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Views: 1 Posted: 31.05.2025 Expiry Date: 15.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: This role could be based in either Singapore … London or New York. Candidates with relevant C++ experience may be considered for junior developer roles. Company Overview Our client is a fast-growing high-frequency trading (HFT) firm specializing in cutting-edge strategies across digital assets and traditional markets. With a strong emphasis on technology, research, and innovation, the firm fosters a collaborative environment … where entrepreneurial thinkers can thrive. They are expanding rapidly and offer outstanding opportunities for high-caliber talent to make an impact. Job Summary The Core C++ developer will optimize proprietary trading systems by building ultra-low-latency infrastructure, enhancing execution speed and ensuring robust system reliability. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in C++, systems programming More ❯

Title: Senior Quantitative Researcher/Sub-Portfolio Manager Location: New York/London Team: Systematic Trading Strategies About the Role: Seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Quantitative Researcher or Sub-Portfolio Manager to join our systematic trading team. The successful candidate will play a key role in the full lifecycle of alpha research and strategy … development, with the potential to manage risk capital independently or transition into a lead PM role over time. Key Responsibilities: Design, research, and implement systematic trading strategies across global equities, futures, FX, or other liquid asset classes Conduct high-quality alpha signal research using alternative data, statistical techniques, and machine learning when appropriate Develop and test robust portfolio … a standalone PM role or run a sub-portfolio within defined risk limits Requirements: 5+ years of experience in quantitative research or trading at a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or top-tier investment bank Proven track record of alpha generation or contribution to profitable strategies Deep understanding of statistical modeling, time-series analysis, and More ❯

Job Title: Application Support Client: FinTech trading Salary: Up to £120,000 + 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 teams. Supervise automated processes, scheduled jobs, and routine reports. Create tooling and automate processes where necessary to optimise workflows/inefficiencies Liaise with Dev and Infrastructure More ❯

company seeking to hire a Java Software Engineer expanding their team in 2025. The Java Software Engineer will be a key contributor to the development and enhancement of proprietary trading systems and surrounding ecosystem's. The Java Software Engineer will be required to have worked on the development of electronic trading systems. The Java … Software Engineer will: Enhance and develop core features trading platform software. Build trading engines, micro-services, low-latency tools. Work to develop solutions around new products requested by trading and front-office teams. Work within their TDD and BDD environment. Research and look to continuously improve the systems and introduce new technology. The Java … Software Engineer qualifications: A degree in a STEM-related subject. At least eight years of commercial Java experience. Experience working on the development of electronic trading software is required for this position. Java concurrency is essential. FIX Protocol - FIX Connectivity - ITCH experience - desirable. The team works closely with quants so ideally, the Java Software Engineer will see a More ❯

across teams, and build out the systematic infrastructure within the business. Key Responsibilities: Quantitative Research & Strategy Development: Conduct rigorous quantitative research to identify market inefficiencies and develop systematic trading strategies. Utilize statistical, econometric, and machine learning techniques to model macroeconomic relationships and forecast asset prices. Data Analysis & Signal Generation: Analyse large and complex datasets, including macroeconomic indicators, market … alternative data sources, to extract predictive signals. Employ advanced data science methodologies to enhance the robustness and accuracy of models. Model Implementation & Optimization: Collaborate with the technology and trading teams to build and implement quantitative infrastructure, models and strategies in a live trading environment. Continuously optimize and refine models to adapt to changing market conditions. Risk … successful quantitative trading strategies, preferably within a global macro context. 3-5 years’ experience in a high-performance trading environment, such as a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or investment bank. Due to demand, we are advertising this role anonymously. If you would prefer to speak to someone before submitting a CV, please More ❯

petabytes of storage, and almost 10 petabytes of RAM. This cutting-edge infrastructure supports state-of-the-art Deep Learning models that process trillions of data points, driving trading algorithms that handle $300 billion across 80+ exchanges daily. They are one of the youngest, yet most innovative and successful algo trading firms on the planet. All … an exceptional C++ Engineer to join their most critical engineering group across the whole firm. This elite team of engineers is responsible for developing all of their on-exchange proprietary trading technology—the single biggest driver of the firm’s revenue. As part of this team, you’ll be among the highest-paid engineers in the company … an exabyte-scale distributed filesystem to custom compilers for massively parallel computation, your work will be challenging and complex. At every turn, it will contribute to the core trading stack and have a direct impact on the success of the firm. Work with the Best : Collaborate with some of the most talented engineers, researchers, and quants in the More ❯

are partnered with a stealth-mode trading technology firm who are seeking a visionary Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the build of a proprietary prop trading platform from the ground up. The company is developing an AI-powered system that merges advanced data science, algorithmic trading, and intuitive interfaces to drive next … roadmap, architect the entire platform, and build a high-performing distributed engineering team. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on delivering a secure, scalable, and intelligent trading system from scratch. Key Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end architecture and development of a greenfield trading platform Oversee integration of real-time market data, broker APIs … and strategy deployment via a custom DSL Build interactive trading interfaces (React/TypeScript) Drive DevOps, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred), and cybersecurity Hire, mentor, and manage a distributed engineering team across multiple jurisdictions Ensure compliance with financial industry standards and audit readiness What We're Looking For 10+ years in tech leadership, with 5+ in More ❯

Social network you want to login/join with: Enterprise Applications Engineer | Global Prop Trading Firm, slough col-narrow-left Client: Techfellow Limited Location: slough, United Kingdom Job Category: Other - EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Views: 1 Posted: 06.06.2025 Expiry Date: 21.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: [Up to c. £200k Comp Package (or equivalent … Hybrid Working] Do you thrive at the intersection of infrastructure, scripting, and enterprise platforms - and want to drive smart automation across a global tech estate? A leading quantitative trading firm is expanding its Enterprise Applications team and looking for an adaptable engineer to help optimise, integrate, and extend key third-party tools. This hands-on role blends systems More ❯

Paragon Alpha are partnered with a technology driven proprietary trading firm that specializes in systematic alpha research and electronic market-making on various exchanges. Trading across multiple trading venues and asset classes, they attribute their success to their cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art low latency infrastructure platform. they are looking … Central to this role is to heavily contribute to the development of their own true HFT set up, and the design/development of their in-house low latency proprietary software stack and their core research platform. Stack: C++, Python, AWS, Cloud Computing The ideal candidate will also have some DevOps or infrastructure experience. This firm provides a great More ❯

C++ Software Engineer (Low Latency) Salary: £150k-200k Total Comp: £300k-500k (dependent on experience and performance) A leading proprietary trading firm is seeking a C++ Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize low-latency trading systems. This role involves working closely with research, systems, and operations teams to implement and enhance automated trading algorithms. Core responsibilities: Develop and maintain high-performance C++ trading software including infrastructure and connectivity driving trading in the nanosecond limitations. Optimize system performance with focus on low latency, performance, stability and low-error tolerance Candidates will need to be extremely proficient with low level C++ showcasing expertise across areas such as low latency … multithreading, lockless programming and concurrency. Prior finance/trading experience is not a requirement. More ❯

Job Category: Other EU work permit required: Yes Job Views: 5 Posted: 14.06.2025 Expiry Date: 29.07.2025 Job Description: Job title: Senior Test Analyst Client: Trading/Prop Trading Salary: Up to £650 P/D Location: London/Hybrid Duration: 6 Months (Rolling) This is a great opportunity for a QA Tester to join one of … the most successful trading firms in the world, working directly on the trading floor alongside top traders and software engineers. As a key member of the core team, you will work on real-time streaming data and systems enabling the execution of algorithmic trading strategies based on market behavior patterns. You will be part More ❯

Kingdom Job Category: Other - EU work permit required: Yes col-narrow-right Job Views: 4 Posted: 31.05.2025 Expiry Date: 15.07.2025 col-wide Job Description: Quantitative Trader – High-Frequency Trading - Futures A leading trading firm is seeking a High Frequency Futures Trader to join their hugely successful desk. You will have the opportunity to leverage advanced technology … risk to optimise profits Ensure strategies produce excellent return on capital Designing, developing and managing profitable systematic trading strategies in Futures (Sharpe 2+) Qualifications Experience at a proprietary trading firm, bank, or hedge fund Previous experience working with languages such as C++ or Python Demonstrate excellent track record HFT and Futures background Proven experience in … developing strategies Excellent communication and collaboration abilities Bachelor’s degree required in related field, such as computer science, or economics If you are looking to join a leading Trading Firm whilst leveraging advanced technology, then this is the role for you. For more information, please apply #J-18808-Ljbffr More ❯

and ideally has coverage on MSCI. With the primary role of the position being alpha signal generation, a demonstrable track record working within a leading Hedge Fund or Prop Trading from in this space is required and there will be an expectation to independently develop and present senior PM’s with trade opportunities. Candidate Requirements: 5+ years of More ❯

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 on the bleeding edge of technology as well as execution. This is an environment of science and intellectuals. The firm is known globally for its attitudes and rigour … You will be encouraged to 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 performance sensitive code and user More ❯