VP, Java Electronic Trading Enginee
🚀 VP, Java Electronic Trading Engineer | London
Currently partnering with a rapidly growing electronic trading firm looking to expand its core trading technology team in London.
This role sits at the heart of the trading platform and offers the opportunity to build highly scalable, low-latency systems supporting institutional trading workflows.
You'll be working on:
â–ª Order management systems
â–ª Market connectivity infrastructure
â–ª Pricing and distribution platforms
â–ª High-performance messaging systems
â–ª Mission-critical trading applications
Key requirements:
✔ Excellent Core Java development skills
✔ Strong understanding of multithreaded and concurrent programming
✔ Experience developing low-latency trading systems
✔ Linux-based development environments
✔ Application profiling and performance optimisation
✔ Strong ownership mentality and ability to work independently
Desirable experience:
â–ª Electronic trading or eFX platforms
â–ª FIX, SBE, or institutional messaging protocols
â–ª Aeron, 29West, or similar low-latency messaging technologies
â–ª Distributed systems and fault-tolerant architectures
â–ª Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud-native deployments
This is an opportunity to join a team of builders working on highly visible trading systems with significant scope for technical ownership and impact.
London-based.
Feel free to reach out for a confidential discussion.