1 to 25 of 42 Proprietary Trading Jobs in the UK

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 ...

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

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Description Join a pioneering team at the forefront of systematic 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 … 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). ABOUT US J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice ...

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 ...

Electronic Trading Network & Systems Engineer

Hiring Organisation
James Joseph Associates Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
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 ...

Electronic Trading Network & Systems Engineer

Hiring Organisation
James Joseph Associates
Location
EC2N, Broad Street, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£150000 - £170000/annum Circa 40-80% Bonus + Bens
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 ...

C++ developer

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Senior C++ Engineer, you will be a member of a small, high performing team responsible for global derivatives algorithmic trading platform. Working closely with … technologists, quants and traders to develop our in‐house trading technology and optimise 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Quantitative Software Engineer (DV Commodities)

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 ...

Algo Market Maker - Commodities - De-fi

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
This is an opportunity to take ownership of trading strategies, P&L and the technology supporting execution, while working closely with a proprietary trading desk and specialist engineers. The Role You will build and operate market-making and arbitrage strategies across tokenised commodities and their … traditional market equivalents. Combining trading judgement with strong technical capability, you will manage risk, optimise execution and develop reliable trading infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include: Developing and running algorithmic arbitrage strategies between tokenised metals and liquid commodity futures. Providing liquidity in tokenised metals, managing quotes ...

Senior C++ Engineer — High-Performance Trading Platform

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Senior C++ Engineer to contribute to our global derivatives trading platform. You will collaborate with quants and traders to enhance our proprietary trading technology. The ideal candidate has over 5 years in C++ development within finance, and possesses strong problem-solving skills. Duties include developing … software for exchange communication, implementing trading algorithms, and improving trading engine performance. Join our collaborative team environment! #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Python Risk Developer - Vice President

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. Job Overview The Commodities trading business at Citi has grown significantly in the last 10 years to become one of the leading industry players. It is a federated business model that … Freight, Exotics and Indices. This role is within the London Commodities Risk Technology team, focussing on our front-office trading platform. This proprietary trading platform is currently going through an exciting re-engineering phase and we are seeking to build out the development team. This ...

IT Manager UK

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
SFORS trades in the global financial markets and are among the key proprietary trading players and pre-market trading leaders. Our company owes its 20 years of success in the stock market to constantly investing in talent development, trading technologies, progressive risk management … models, and effective trading strategies - all of which drive trader success. SFORS operates exclusively with proprietary funds, without any third-party investments. Currently, we are looking for IT Manager to take ownership of the local IT function in our UK office. The role combines ...

Risk Developer DV Trading · London, United Kingdom 7 hours ago

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 … participate in code reviews and design discussions. Requirements: 4+ years of professional experience as a full‐stack developer, preferably in the financial industry or proprietary trading. Strong proficiency in Python for data processing, backend logic, and model integration. Solid DevOps experience: Docker, CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions ...

Risk Developer 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 … participate in code reviews and design discussions. Requirements: 4+ years of professional experience as a full‐stack developer, preferably in the financial industry or proprietary trading. Strong proficiency in Python for data processing, backend logic, and model integration. Solid DevOps experience: Docker, CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions ...

Quant Developer New London

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Markets brings together market making, high-touch OTC trading, and treasury solutions for clients across the crypto ecosystem, alongside our own proprietary trading activity. We provide liquidity across more than 60 exchanges globally, execute bespoke and complex trades with dedicated coverage, and support clients with … market expertise, and our own capital, translates most directly into results. Role Overview: Join a high-performance team at the intersection of trading and technology. You will work closely with traders and engineers to design, test, and implement strategies across market-making, prop, and OTC, and contribute ...

FPGA Engineer | Low Latency Trading

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Westren Capital is a London-based proprietary trading firm specialising in digital asset markets. We develop trading technology in-house, and this role sits on the low-latency execution path. We hire from Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and related fields, not for credentials … willingness to discard ideas that do not survive contact with reality. We operate in small, highly collaborative teams where research, engineering, and trading are tightly coupled. Outcomes matter. Not narratives, not backtests that look good in isolation, but strategies that hold up live. Compensation and progression reflect that ...

Trading Systems Engineer, Cumberland Mining DRW · London, United Kingdom 2 weeks ago

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Python and Bash Are comfortable with SQL Are comfortable with Linux and the command-line Have a service-oriented mindset Have experience with proprietary trading systems and troubleshooting production incidents resulting from internal (proprietary software/systems) or external factors (markets, data feeds, telecommunication lines … someone who thrives in high-pressure situations while working alongside traders, developers and other engineering teams Have experience developing proprietary process automation and monitoring tools to streamline software configuration and rollout procedures Are tenacious in solving complex technical problems Are passionate about high quality work and relentlessly pursue continuous ...

Senior Network Engineer (Remote) - Banking & Finance

Location
United Kingdom
Looking for a role with plenty of growth opportunities? Join a global proprietary trading firm specialising in futures trading across international markets, backed by a fast-growing group with deep experience in derivatives markets across global financial exchanges. With traders and researchers in India, Europe … Provide technical leadership and direction to a distributed network engineering team Support and mentor junior network engineers Manage and troubleshoot multicast connectivity supporting trading environments Work extensively with Arista networking infrastructure Support internal network infrastructure across offices, data centres and colocations Work alongside third‐party providers supporting ultra ...

Director Data & Analytics API Experience - Data Services

Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
most important trading venues, including derivatives exchanges, FX/FI platforms. The trading participants include leading investment banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, investment managers, and retail traders, as well as additional stakeholders such as independent software vendors (ISVs) and data redistributors. ...