15 of 15 Systematic Trading Jobs in the UK

Electronic Trading Developer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
hire a Senior Trading Systems Developer to help build and optimise high-performance trading infrastructure supporting market making, OTC, systematic trading, and electronic execution environments. This role sits at the intersection of low-latency software engineering and infrastructure optimisation, focused on maximising throughput …/OpenOnload, or RDMA Strong Linux systems knowledge including scheduling, memory management, and performance tuning Experience within electronic trading, market making, HFT, systematic trading, FX, or crypto environments Nice to Have eFX or ultra-low latency pricing systems experience FIX or SBE protocol knowledge Distributed ...

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 ...

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 ...

Senior HFT Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Harrington Starr
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
With offices spanning North America, Europe and offshore financial centres, the business combines deep quantitative research with cutting-edge engineering to develop and deploy systematic trading strategies across multiple time horizons. The environment is made up of highly analytical engineers, researchers and technologists from backgrounds including computer … decisions across networking, hardware utilisation and performance engineering. The role offers strong ownership and exposure to some of the most technically challenging problems within systematic trading and low-latency engineering. Develop and optimise C++ software for high-performance trading systems Build infrastructure supporting research, backtesting ...

Quantitative Developer

Hiring Organisation
IT Search & Select
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£100,000 - £130,000 per annum
boutique, high-performance hedge fund in London is seeking a Quant Developer to join a small, elite team building the next generation of systematic trading strategies and research infrastructure. This is a role for someone who wants ownership, visibility, and the ability to directly influence PnL. … Responsibilities Develop and maintain quant research infrastructure , backtesting frameworks, and simulation tools Build data pipelines for market, alternative, and proprietary datasets Implement and optimise systematic trading models in collaboration with researchers Improve execution workflows, latency, and reliability Contribute to architecture decisions across the full stack of quant ...

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 ...

Senior Quant Software Developer : Elite Quant Fund : Python/C++ : £150-200k base plus huge bonus

Hiring Organisation
Hunter Bond
Location
London Area, United Kingdom
partnering with one of London’s most selective and highest-performing quantitative investment funds to appoint a Senior Quant Software Developer to their core systematic trading group. This is a confidential mandate for a team renowned for world-class engineering standards, scientific rigour, and a culture built … C++, with a focus on writing clean, performant production code Strong understanding of core CS fundamentals (algorithms, distributed systems, profiling, testing) Experience in a systematic trading environment or quantitative data domain is highly advantageous, though not essential A problem-solver with the ability to work collaboratively ...

Senior Headhunter Quant & Trading Technology

Hiring Organisation
Anson Mccade
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£65,000
Senior Headhunter - Quant & Trading Technology £Up to £65,000 GBP uncapped commission Onsite WORKING Location: Central London, Greater London - United Kingdom Type: Permanent Senior Headhunter - Quant & Trading Technology Build a desk at the sharp end of global finance. Anson McCade is a 26-year established executive … performance and P&L. We specialize in placing: • Quant Developers (C++, Python, low-latency specialists) • Trading Systems Engineers • Platform & Infrastructure Engineers supporting systematic trading • Execution, electronic trading, and market connectivity specialists • High-performance computing and distributed systems engineers These are engineers building ...

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 ...

Rust Developer - Electronic Trading Platform

Hiring Organisation
James Joseph Associates
Location
EC2N, Broad Street, Greater London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
£100000 - £170000/annum 40-80% Bonus + Pension + Benefits
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 ...

Senior Quantitative Developer / Research & Data Eng. - LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM

Hiring Organisation
Park Lane Recruitment Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Full-Time
Salary
£250,000 - £600,000 per annum
only Salary Details: Annual Salary - £250,000 - £600,000 Other Compensation - Base + Bonus Job Description Quantitative Developer/Senior Research & Data Engineer - Systematic Trading (London) About the Opportunity An established quantitative investment organization managing multi-billion-dollar assets is expanding its London engineering team. The firm … high-performance engineering organization.This is an opportunity to work alongside world-class quantitative researchers, traders, and technologists while building the core platforms that power systematic investment strategies. Engineers in this group own critical systems end-to-end and play a direct role in enabling research, simulation, data processing ...

C++ Software Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Durlston Partners
Location
City of London, London, 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 ...

Quantitative Developer

Hiring Organisation
Fionics
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Quant Developer — C++/Python (Backtesting & Research Production) London | Full-time | On-site Systematic prop firm combining deep learning and quantitative research to trade global markets. Small, technical team — every hire directly impacts strategy and P&L. The Role Translate Python research into production C++. Build and optimise backtesting … finance or data-intensive environments Comfortable with Python for analysis and tooling Builder mindset - ship fast, iterate, own problems Why Here Deep learning meets systematic trading Small team, high autonomy, visible impact from day one Ideas move from concept to live trading quickly All applications ...

Machine Learning Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Stanford Black Limited
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
partnering with a high-performing, research-driven team in a systematic trading environment, tackling complex, real-world prediction and optimisation challenges. This role sits at the intersection of machine learning research, mathematical modelling, and high-performance computing, with a focus on designing, testing, and deploying models ...