1 to 25 of 27 Systematic Trading Jobs in the UK

Senior Software Engineer - Systematic Trading Infrastructure

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
back testing, production strategy deployment, execution integration, real-time monitoring, 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 … built complex, data-intensive systems with high standards for correctness, reliability, scalability, and long-term maintainability. Responsibilities Architect, implement, and maintain production infrastructure for systematic trading strategies Build and optimize large-scale data pipelines for research and production use Develop and maintain research, simulation, and back testing ...

Head of Engineering - Options

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
United Kingdom
digital assets. We're actively building it. Mission statement We are looking for a Head of Engineering/Engineering Lead with strong experience in systematic options trading to lead our Options Engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the Options Engineering team, driving … continuous improvement across the trading infrastructure, and supporting the evolution of our systematic options trading platform. This includes areas such as automated quoting, execution, risk controls, pricing workflows, and production reliability. We are primarily looking for candidates based in European time zones ...

Quantitative Trading & Research - Rates - Quantitative Developer - Vice President

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Join a collaborative, fast‐paced team where your code powers systematic trading in global Rates markets. You will help transform research into robust, production‐grade strategies and platforms. Work closely with quantitative researchers and traders to design, build and evolve execution capabilities. Grow your impact by shaping … Quantitative Developer, Rates – Vice President in the Rates Quantitative Trading and Research team, you design and deliver production systems that enable systematic trading at scale. You partner with researchers and traders to translate ideas into resilient, performant algorithms and execution platforms. You thrive ...

Junior Quant Developer - Multi-Strat Systematic Trading Fund

Hiring Organisation
Radley James
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Junior Quant Developer – Multi-Strategy Systematic Trading Location - London (or NYC) A leading investment firm specialising in multi-strategy systematic trading is seeking a Junior Quant Developer to join its front-office execution team in London. The firm integrates diverse strategies across asset classes … Junior Quant Developer (0–4 years of experience), you will: Develop and enhance high-performance trading systems. Optimise execution algorithms for systematic trading. Contribute to research and simulation frameworks. Key Requirements Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or closely related field Interesting internship(s) within trading ...

E-Trading Quant

Hiring Organisation
Bank of America
Location
Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Job Description: You will be responsible for the development, implementation, and optimisation of systematic trading and pricing models across precious metals markets. The role requires a strong understanding of the dynamics between futures and spot markets … from research into production, ensuring robustness, scalability, and performance in live trading environments. Responsibilities: Develop and enhance quantitative models for pricing and systematic trading across precious metals products Analyse the relationship between futures and spot markets, including basis dynamics, liquidity considerations, and EFP mechanisms Design ...

Principal SQL Developer

Hiring Organisation
Prism Digital
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Principal SQL Developer – Trading Desk | SQL Server, C#/.NET, Concurrent SQL environment | 25-Year Systematic Hedge Fund Location: City of London (office-based, Monday-Friday) Salary: £120,000 base (flexibility up to £180,000 depending on experience) Bonus: Up to 100% of base salary (performance-based … historically paid) Hours: 8:00am - 6:00pm Our client, an algorithmic trading hedge fund with a 25-year track record in systematic trading, are hiring a Principal SQL Developer to join their trading desk tech team. It’s a 20-person business with ...

Java Software Engineer - Systematic Trading

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Java Software Engineer - Systematic Trading London | £120,000-£160,000 + bonus Java, Trading Execution, Python The Role This is a hands‐on Java engineering role sitting close to the trading desk, focused on the evolution of a proprietary execution platform used … live markets. The work is visible, commercially relevant, and directly tied to trading performance. You will own key components of the execution stack and play a central role in improving how orders interact with the market. What You Will Be Doing Owning and developing core parts ...

Senior Quantitative Developer – Systematic Rates Trading

Hiring Organisation
Saragossa
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Want to work at a hedge fund that is expanding within systematic trading? This is a high-impact role where you’ll collaborate closely with traders and portfolio managers to develop cutting-edge trading systems and execution strategies. The firm has been heavily investing … systematic trading, making this an exciting opportunity to be part of a growing and highly technical team. In this role, you’ll be responsible for building and optimising trading systems for rates and fixed-income markets. You’ll work on implementing advanced mathematical models, pricing ...

Executive Director, Quant Developer - Credit Trading Quant

Hiring Organisation
Standard Chartered Bank
Location
Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Job Summary We are looking for a quantitative developer to join our Credit Trading Quant team, which works in the front office, delivering technological solutions for Credit Trading into production. The team owns the analytics … delivery, and realised business impact. We develop the foundational platform and analytics that enable performant e-trading for credit flow. We research systematic trading ideas that predict the future of financial markets, applying scientific techniques to find patterns in large, noisy and rapidly changing real ...

Software Engineer (Systematic Hedge Fund)

Hiring Organisation
Radley James
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Software Engineer – Java/Python London (On-site) This is a hands-on software engineering role within a systematic hedge fund where technology sits at the core of the business. The systems you build directly support trading, research, and core operations, and your work will have real … Python and MATLAB Take ownership of work from concept through deployment Collaborate with engineers and non-technical stakeholders to solve business problems Learn how systematic trading strategies and financial markets operate in practice Contribute to modern engineering practices including CI/CD, testing, and monitoring What ...

Quantitative Strategist - Credit

Hiring Organisation
Standard Chartered Bank
Location
Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full Time
LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly. Job Summary We are looking for a quantitative strategist to join our Credit Trading Quant team, which works in the front office, delivering technological solutions for Credit Trading into production. The team owns the analytics … delivery, and realised business impact. We develop the foundational platform and analytics that enable performant e-trading for credit flow. We research systematic trading ideas that predict the future of financial markets, applying scientific techniques to find patterns in large, noisy and rapidly changing real ...

Rust Developer - Electronic Trading Platform

Hiring Organisation
James Joseph Associates Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent, Work From Home
role in a small team with a democratic and hands on manager. with our client, focused on building and enhancing technology for electronic and systematic trading. You will work closely with experienced traders, quantitative researchers and other software engineers to develop, improve and optimise trading systems used … performance, execution quality and system behaviour. REQUIRED - SKILLS/EXPERIENCE: Commercial experience developing software in Rust. Demonstrable professional software development experience within electronic, systematic, or a similar trading platform environment. Experience gained in any asset class, provided it involves front office latency critical trading ...

Trading Support Analyst

Hiring Organisation
Tardis Group
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Role We are partnering with a leading proprietary trading firm that applies a scientific and mathematical approach to every aspect of its trading activities. As a Trading Support Analyst, you will join the trading team to provide real-time support for automated … reliability. You will monitor live trading, resolve issues, and help ensure the smooth running of systems, while developing a strong understanding of systematic trading and execution optimisation. You will also gain exposure to the firm’s end-to-end trading stack, including proprietary ...

Platform Engineer: £140,000 + Bonus (AI Trading firm)

Hiring Organisation
Hunter Bond
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Title: Platform Engineer Client: Fintech trading Salary: £140,000 + Bonuses & Benefits Location: Montreal I'm partnering with a leading systematic trading and technology firm that builds cutting edge infrastructure powering high performance, data intensive research and trading platforms. Leveraging technologies such ...

Quantitative Developer

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Software Engineering, Systematic Trading & Research London, UK Quantitative Developer Systematic Hedge Fund Up to £150k base + excellent bonus + potential sign-on A successful Systematic Hedge Fund with excellent returns based in Central London is looking for a Python Quant Developer to join their … Quantitative Development Team which helps researchers and portfolio managers implementing and optimising their signals and trading algorithms. Our client has a flat structured, transparent and collaborative environment. You will have plenty of opportunity to grow and have an important impact on the business and PnL. Responsibilities Implement ...

Software Quant Developer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
leading quantitative trading firm is looking for a Research Software Developer to join one of their research teams focused on automated electronic trading strategies. The role is centred around researching and developing predictive signals and trading models, continuously iterating and improving strategies to drive … collaborative, whilst also capable of working autonomously Highly motivated with a strong results-driven mindset Interested in or already experienced within systematic trading Comfortable applying statistics and machine learning techniques to noisy real-world datasets Technically strong from a software engineering perspective, particularly in Java, C++ ...

C++ Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Durlston Partners
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
Frequency Trading Looking for a C++ Engineer with strong commercial experience in low latency or ultra-low latency systems, to join a systematic trading firm operating at the cutting edge of high-frequency trading. Role Overview: You will work across the full trading system stack, building and optimising the infrastructure that powers live trading at scale. Design and implement high-performance C++ systems targeting sub-microsecond and nanosecond-level latency Optimise production code for speed, reliability, and throughput under live market conditions Collaborate directly with traders, quant researchers ...

Senior AI / ML Data Scientist - VP

Hiring Organisation
Morgan McKinley
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
Salary negotiable
business and successful candidates will be expected to demonstrate measurable progress and impact quickly. Interesting opportunity for individuals coming from: front-office banking systematic trading quant research applied AI/ML electronic trading hedge funds advanced predictive analytics environments Interview process includes technical deep-dives ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Axon Labs
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
About the Company Axon Labs is a next-generation systematic trading and research lab. We combine machine learning, neuroscience-inspired architectures (the Axon Cognitive Architecture), and high-performance engineering to build decision engines that run in live markets, where reliability and precision translate directly into performance. … have direct influence over architecture from day one. Responsibilities Production infrastructure across multi-region cloud and latency-sensitive environments Reliable systems for live trading, multi-venue market data ingestion, and research compute Deployment pipelines that ship strategy and model changes quickly and safely Observability across data quality, execution ...

Python Quant Developer for Systematic Trading

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Durlston Partners LLP is seeking a Python Quantitative Developer to join their successful Systematic Hedge Fund based in Central London. This role involves implementing and optimizing trading algorithms and collaborating with PM Teams and researchers. With a flat, transparent structure, the successful candidate will have opportunities ...

Quantitative Developer

Hiring Organisation
Mondrian Alpha
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
scientific rigour, experimentation, and evidence-based decision-making sit at the heart of the business. Headquartered in London, they operate at the intersection of systematic trading, machine learning, large-scale distributed compute, and performance engineering. Despite C# and Python being their core stack, the firm is deliberately … Researchers and solve some of the most challenging real-world problems in the industry, spanning high-frequency signal research, global market impact, and trading-driven price formation. The dedicated engineering function was formally established earlier this year, meaning the team is in a genuine build phase with significant ...

Java Trading Engineer - High-Impact Platform

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Overview Vertus Partners is looking for a Java Software Engineer specializing in Systematic Trading in Greater London. In this role, you will develop core aspects of an execution platform that impacts trading performance. You'll collaborate closely with traders and researchers to improve system reliability … performance. Responsibilities Develop core aspects of an execution platform that impacts trading performance. Collaborate closely with traders and researchers to improve system reliability and performance. Qualifications Strong background in Java and experience in electronic trading environments. Compensation The position offers a competitive salary ...

Java Trading Engineer — High-Impact Platform

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Vertus Partners is looking for a Java Software Engineer specializing in Systematic Trading in Greater London. In this role, you will develop core aspects of an execution platform that impacts trading performance. You'll collaborate closely with traders and researchers to improve system reliability … performance. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in Java and experience in electronic trading environments. The position offers a competitive salary of £120,000-£160,000 plus bonuses and flexible working options. #J-18808-Ljbffr ...

Principal Engineer (Python)

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Quantitative Developer, Software Engineering, Systematic Trading & Research London We are working with a scientifically-driven asset management firm, researching and developing state-of-the-art scientific investment processes. These apply to investors, both as an alternative and a complement to the traditional discretionary bond markets. They … well-established, but fairly early-stage (less than 200 employees) trading firm based in London, dedicated to becoming a leading figure. Looking for a Principal Engineer, need a "go to person" for Finance & Tech questions. This will be a nice mixture of leadership/hands-on responsibilities within ...

Java Trading Platform Engineer — Flexible Hours

Hiring Organisation
Jobleads-UK
Location
Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Search Place Limited is seeking a Java Software Engineer specializing in Systematic Trading in Greater London. In this role, you will develop core aspects of an execution platform that impacts trading performance, collaborating closely with traders and researchers to enhance system reliability and performance. ...