Quant Developer | Rust | High-Performance Trading | London
Sector: Rust Engineer, Quantitative Analyst, Quantitative ResearcherReference: AG- 07Quant Developer | Rust | High-Performance Trading | LondonWant to move from a large bank or trading firm to a start-up where you can take real ownership of the technology? A fast-growing, recently funded trading technology start-up is looking for an experienced Quant Developer to join its engineering team in London.
The company is building high-performance trading infrastructure across modern financial markets, using Rust at the core of its technology. It's an opportunity to work on technically demanding systems where performance, reliability and speed are critical.
You'll be joining a small, ambitious team where engineering has a direct impact on the business. They're looking for someone who combines strong software engineering ability with genuine industry experience, and who wants more influence over the systems they build and the direction they take.
Having recently secured significant new investment, the business is entering an exciting stage of growth. For someone coming from a larger bank, hedge fund or trading firm, it's a chance to take the experience they've built in an established environment and apply it somewhere they can have a much bigger impact. About youExperience in quantitative development, electronic trading or market makingStrong software engineering fundamentals, ideally with experience in Rust, C++ or pythonUnderstanding of trading systems, pricing, execution or market dataComfortable working on performance-critical, production-grade systemsInterested in taking greater ownership within a smaller, fast-moving teamKeen to work with modern technologies and help shape a growing engineering functionWhat you'll be doingBuilding and optimising high-performance trading systems in RustDeveloping core infrastructure across pricing, execution and market dataWorking closely with the trading team to solve complex technical problemsTaking ownership of key systems and contributing to architectural decisionsImproving system performance, reliability and scalabilityHelping shape the technology as the business continues to growWhat's on offer?
Up to £250k and other benefitsLondon-basedOpportunity to work with Rust in a performance-critical environmentGreater ownership and influence than a typical role in a larger financial institutionDirect exposure to the trading business and its technical challengesRecently funded start-up with ambitious growth plansOpportunity to help shape the engineering team and core technologyIf you're a Quant Developer looking for serious technical challenges, greater ownership and the opportunity to make a real impact in a growing trading business, I'd be keen to speak with you.