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Co-founder & Head of Quantitative Trading Research

Hiring Organisation
Job Board Direct
Location
City of London, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
+ cash salary (subject to successful fundraising) Company stage: Early-stage fintech, quantitative trading startup About this opportunity We are building a proprietary quantum-inspired and AI-enhanced FPGA-accelerated high-speed trading platform focused on FX arbitrage strategies We are seeking a hands … modelling Excellent analytical skills and ability to conduct independent research Co-founder & Head of Quantitative Trading Research - Preferred Experience Direct experience in proprietary trading, HFT, market making or statistical arbitrage Demonstrable track record of developing strategies used in live trading, Familiarity with ...

C++ Software Engineer (DV Commodities - London) New London

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
America, Europe and Asia. 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 … include two broker dealers, a cryptocurrency market making firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser. Overview: We are building out the next generation of our proprietary electronic trading platform — a greenfield, event-based trading and market data system covering pricing, execution, and risk management ...

Co-founder & Head of Quantitative Trading Research - #JBD8713

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
+ cash salary (subject to successful fundraising) Company stage: Early-stage fintech, quantitative trading startup About this opportunity We are building a proprietary quantum-inspired and AI-enhanced FPGA-accelerated high-speed trading platform focused on FX arbitrage strategies We are seeking a hands … modelling Excellent analytical skills and ability to conduct independent research Co-founder & Head of Quantitative Trading Research - Preferred Experience Direct experience in proprietary trading, HFT, market making or statistical arbitrage Demonstrable track record of developing strategies used in live trading, Familiarity with ...

C++ Developer – High Frequency Trading (HFT Systems)

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Context You will join a High Frequency Trading/Low Latency Trading environment within one of our partners (investment banks, proprietary trading firms or market makers). The teams design, build and operate latency-sensitive trading systems directly connected to exchanges … C# in trading, control or monitoring systems Experience with market data feed handlers or order gateways Prior exposure to market making or proprietary trading environments Experience with FPGA‐assisted or hybrid architectures Why Join MARGO Access to elite HFT and ultra‐low latency trading ...

Senior Software Engineer, C++

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, C++ , Core Platform

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 ...

Execution Developer (C++ / Low Latency

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
technical stakeholders and taking responsibility for delivery. A genuine interest in high-performance engineering and developing efficient, reliable software. Desirable Experience Previous experience within proprietary trading, market making, high-frequency trading or financial services. Experience developing exchange connectivity, order management or execution systems. Familiarity with … layers. Previous trading experience is not essential. The Opportunity You'll join a highly skilled, collaborative engineering team within an established global proprietary trading business. The environment offers a high degree of technical ownership, with engineers having a direct influence on how systems are designed ...

Graduate Software Engineer (DV Commodities) New London

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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 … over 35 desks, with traders and staff located in London, New York, Chicago, Houston, and Dubai. Responsibilities: Build and improve a variety of proprietary trading tools to support the trading desks across the business Collaborate with other developers, tech leaders, traders, and researchers to outline ...

Graduate Software Engineer (DV Commodities) London

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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 … over 35 desks, with traders and staff located in London, New York, Chicago, Houston, and Dubai. Responsibilities: Build and improve a variety of proprietary trading tools to support the trading desks across the business Collaborate with other developers, tech leaders, traders, and researchers to outline ...

Senior Trading System Developer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
founded in 2018 and have grown to a 15 person strong team, managing over $150m USD in a basket of fully delta-neutral trading strategies. Our diverseteam members are fully dedicated to building out our globally deployed, 24/7 availability trading platform, which allows … concurrency and data structures Understanding of the trading lifecycle and electronic trading systems, gained in a bank, hedge fund, proprietary trading firm or similar Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the discipline to test and measure before optimising Clear communicator who works ...

Realtime Analytics and Controls Developer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Realtime Analytics and Controls Developer London, England, United Kingdom The Firm XTX Markets is a leading algorithmic trading firm which uses state-of-the-­art machine learning technology to produce price forecasts for over 50,000 financial instruments across equities, fixed income, currencies, commodities and crypto. It uses … techniques and state-of-the-­art research infrastructure to analyse large data sets across markets quickly and efficiently, to maximize the effectiveness of our proprietary trading algorithms. We are actively seeking new methods and ideas. The models that drive our trading strategies have evolved considerably ...

Senior Software Engineer - Systematic Trading Infrastructure

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 ...

DeFi Algorithmic Trader| Trading Team

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Westren Capital is a London-based proprietary trading firm specialising in digital asset markets. Our DeFi Algorithmic Trading team builds and runs systematic strategies across cryptocurrency and decentralized finance markets. The team works across both centralized exchanges and on-chain protocols, trading products … such as spot, perpetual futures, options, and other digital asset instruments. The role combines quantitative research, trading, and engineering. Team members analyse large datasets, study market behaviour, develop alpha signals, and build automated trading systems designed to operate in fast-moving and fragmented markets. A strong ...

Electronic Trading Network & Systems Engineer

Hiring Organisation
James Joseph Associates Limited
Location
City of London, South East, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent Contract, Hybrid
client is a prestigious buy-side electronic trading business. Additional headcount has been approved for a Senior Low Latency Network & Systems Engineer to help develop and optimise its high-performance trading infrastructure. This is an opportunity to work on technically demanding infrastructure where network performance, system … continuously improve system performance and resilience. SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Essential experience: You will have experience supporting latency-sensitive trading environments, including HFT, proprietary trading, electronic market making or similar high-performance financial systems. Strong experience engineering and optimising Linux-based infrastructure in high-performance ...

Senior Software Engineer, Trading Team DRW · London, United Kingdom 22 hours ago

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 ...

Senior C++ Engineer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
performing team developing a global derivatives algorithmic trading platform. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with technologists, quants, and traders, optimizing proprietary trading technology for market-leading performance and reliability. You will contribute to the full stack, from venue connectivity to trading … communication through kernel bypass and connection handlingResearch exchange behavior to align platform operationsImplement solutions using exchange SDKs in C++, Rust, Python, and TypeScriptImplement trading algorithms based on requirements from traders and quantsTranslate trading requirements into robust software implementationsImprove stability, reliability, and performance of the trading ...

Trade Support Engineer Chicago Trading Company · London, United Kingdom

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Chicago Trading Company (CTC) is a premier proprietary trading firm specializing in options market making. Our collaborative culture fuels innovation in quantitative research, systematic trading strategies, and cutting-edge trading technology. For over three decades CTC has provided critical liquidity across … motivated, technically adept Trade Support Engineer. In this high-impact role, you’ll collaborate directly with traders and developers to troubleshoot critical live trading issues, manage complex incidents, and ensure the stability and resilience of production trading systems. You will be relied upon for swift problem ...

Quantitative Trading & Research - Quantitative Developer - Associate or Vice President

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Join a pioneering team at the forefront ofsystematic trading innovation.The Quantitative Trading & Research (QTR) group is responsible for systematic trading across FX, Rates, Commodities, Credit, Equity and a wide range of markets. Within QTR, AI Market Lab brings together quantitative research, modern artificial intelligence … market microstructure, backtesting pitfalls, transaction costs, and the operational needs of live quantitative strategies. Experience in environments operating real-time systems (hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, market maker, exchange, or financial institution). #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Senior Front Office Support Engineer Schonfeld · London, United Kingdom 14 hours ago

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
ownership: Triage, diagnose, and resolve real-time trading issues across our Order Management System (OMS)/Execution Management System (EMS), Bloomberg, and proprietary trading and execution tools/systems. Stakeholder management: Act as the technology "first responder" - our liaison and primary bridge between our front … around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income. Our Culture At Schonfeld ...

Senior Front Office Support Engineer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
ownership: Triage, diagnose, and resolve real-time trading issues across our Order Management System (OMS)/Execution Management System (EMS), Bloomberg, and proprietary trading and execution tools/systems. Stakeholder management: Act as the technology "first responder" - our liaison and primary bridge between our front … around the world, seeking to capitalize on inefficiencies and opportunities within the markets. We draw from decades of experience and a significant investment in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics to invest across four main strategies: Quant, Tactical, Fundamental Equity and Discretionary Macro & Fixed Income. Our Culture At Schonfeld ...

Graduate Software Engineer, London Mako Trading · London, United Kingdom a week ago

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
looking for inquisitive problem solvers to join our team as a Graduate Engineer Mako is a leading options market maker with a global trading footprint. It has been at the forefront of options market making for over 20 years, from the open outcry trading pits … implemented in C++ and runs on Linux. The Front Office engineering team is responsible for designing and implementing all aspects of Mako’s proprietary trading system. This includes algorithms, pricing models, user interfaces and connectivity to most major derivatives venues and third‐party trading platforms. ...

Trading Systems Engineer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
# Trading Systems EngineerAnnual base salary: £160,000 – £200,000 GBP## Role overviewWestren Capital is a London-based proprietary trading firm specialising in digital asset markets. This role sits within our Trading Technology team, building and supporting the systems that connect our trading strategies to venues, exchanges, and liquidity sources across digital asset markets.Where our platform and pricing teams focus on the core trading engine, this role owns the layer around it: exchange connectivity, trade capture, monitoring, and the tools that let traders and engineers see what the system ...

C++ Trading Platform Developer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
EngineeringFull-timeOn-site London# C++ Trading … Platform DeveloperAnnual base salary: £160,000 - £200,000 GBP1. |2. |3. C++ Trading Platform Developer## Role overviewWestren Capital is a London-based proprietary trading firm specialising in digital asset markets. This role sits within our Trading Technology team, building the platform our trading ...

Quantitative Software Engineer (DV Commodities) New London

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Quantitative Software Engineer (DV Commodities) London About Us : DV Trading, LLC is a proprietary trading firm with over 200 employees trading equities, fixed income, FX and commodity products. DV Commodities is a rapidly growing division that specializes in trading crude … building the tools that power our commodities trading. You will work directly with traders and quants to turn ideas into production-grade quant trading tools, fundamental analysis models, and analytics, and you will own them from prototype through daily use. Job Responsibilities: Work alongside traders, quants and other ...

Quantitative Software Engineer (DV Commodities) London

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Trading, LLC is a proprietary trading firm with over 200 employees trading equities, fixed income, FX and commodity products. DV Commodities is a rapidly growing division that specializes in trading crude oil, refined products, natural gas, and other commodities across … building the tools that power our commodities trading. You will work directly with traders and quants to turn ideas into production-grade quant trading tools, fundamental analysis models, and analytics, and you will own them from prototype through daily use. Job Responsibilities: Work alongside traders, quants and other ...