14 of 14 Contract Low Latency Jobs in the UK

Contract Algo Trading Java Developer - eTrading, low latency, Java APIs, Multithreading, FIX

Hiring Organisation
Scope AT Limited
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
GBP Annual
Contract Algo Trading Java Developer - eTrading, low latency, Java APIs, Multithreading, FIX Our Investment Banking client is looking for an Algo trading Java developer to join the team to work on new initiatives and support for business critical algorithmic trading engines. The team provides innovative solutions for low … touch, low latency trading, which includes FIX connectivity, low latency market connectivity, smart order routing, algorithmic trading and internal crossing. The requirement is for a core Java developer. The team is working on a number of algorithmic engines that support benchmark algos, smart order routing ...

Middleware Advanced Applications Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Reed
Location
Central London, London, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£700 - £720 per day, Inc benefits
seeking a Middleware Engineer advanced applications developer to join our specialised middleware and application platform support team within the Global Investment Bank's dedicated low-latency infrastructure. This role is pivotal in supporting electronic trading systems across Forex (FX) and Fixed Income (FI) markets. The successful candidate will … possess deep technical expertise in middleware and a practical understanding of trading workflows and ultra-low latency requirements. Required Skills & Qualifications: Essential Skills: Knowledge of Solace PubSub+ platform. Hands-on experience configuring message VPNs, queues, topic endpoints, bridges, and DMR. Proven ability to tune ultra-low latency ...

Senior FX e Trading Java Developer

Hiring Organisation
Atrium Workforce Solutions Ltd
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£843 - £1,000 per day
week in London Contract Type: Contract Duration: 12 months initial Rate: £ per day Inside IR35 About the role Contribute to a new, cutting-edge, low-latency FX e-trading platform - delivering high-performance, resilient, and secure systems. Partner closely with product, trading, and infrastructure teams to deliver features … from UI and desktop container experiences to low-latency backend services. Lean into the latest AI coding tools to accelerate delivery, strengthen code quality, and enhance developer experience. What you’ll do Architect and implement scalable, event-driven, and microservices-based backend components, including APIs, market data, order ...

Senior Java Engineer - FX eTrading

Hiring Organisation
Pontoon
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£800 - £900/day
event-driven, microservices-based backend components, including APIs, market data, order/risk workflows, and real-time streaming capabilities. Optimise Performance: Focus on improving latency, throughput, and reliability across the entire stack. Implement observability practises (metrics, tracing, logging) and conduct performance profiling. Establish Best Practises: Champion engineering excellence through … implementation plans. Skills & Experience: Professional Experience: Strong background in software engineering with deep expertise in Core Java, multithreading/concurrency, and performance tuning. Low Latency Expertise: Proven experience in low latency design and patterns that enhance trading performance. Distributed Systems: Experience in designing and operating distributed ...

Quantitative Developer (232979-1)

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
Docklands, London, Australia
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£750 - £800/day
including Monte Carlo methods (with variance reduction), Tree/lattice methods, PDE approaches, and curve construction (bootstrapping/interpolation). High-Performance Engineering: Deliver low-latency, high-performance implementations optimised for large books and intraday risk. Codebase Evolution: Review, debug, and optimise existing quantitative codebases for correctness, stability ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
DNS Info Ltd
Location
Glasgow, Glasgow City, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
certificate lifecycle (cert-manager, HSM/KMS) Strong CS fundamentals - networking (L3-L7), distributed systems, data structures & algorithms Experience building high-volume, low-latency, resilient infrastructure services Nice to have: TypeScript/React experience for operator dashboard development AWS infrastructure experience (EKS, MSK, Lambda, Direct Connect, Network Firewall ...

Platform Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Pracyva ltd
Location
Glasgow, Glasgow City, City of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£400 - £450/day
certificate lifecycle (cert-manager, HSM/KMS) Strong CS fundamentals - networking (L3-L7), distributed systems, data structures & algorithms Experience building high-volume, low-latency, resilient infrastructure services BS/MS degree in Computer Science, related technical field, or equivalent with 8+ years of industry experience Nice to have ...

Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies Recruitment
Location
City of London, London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£450 - £500/day Market Rate/ Negotiable
backend engineer owning complex services in production. Production-level expertise in Go and/or Java. Experience building or maintaining high-volume, low-latency distributed systems. Strong API design skills. Hands-on experience with AWS cloud-native deployment. A systems-thinking approach to performance, correctness, and failure modes ...

Backend Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Randstad Technologies
Location
London, South East, England, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contractor
Contract Rate
£450 - £500 per day
backend engineer owning complex services in production. Production-level expertise in Go and/or Java. Experience building or maintaining high-volume, low-latency distributed systems. Strong API design skills. Hands-on experience with AWS cloud-native deployment. A systems-thinking approach to performance, correctness, and failure modes ...

Network Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Huxley Associates
Location
Chester, Cheshire, North West, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
Up to £600 per day
business functions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Desirable Experience Experience within Financial Services, Banking, or Capital Markets. Understanding of stock exchange connectivity and low-latency trading networks. Exposure to network automation and software-driven infrastructure. Knowledge of regulatory, governance, and compliance requirements within financial institutions. Strategic planning ...

Proxy SME

Hiring Organisation
Huxley Associates
Location
Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£600/day
business functions. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Desirable Experience Experience within Financial Services, Banking, or Capital Markets. Understanding of stock exchange connectivity and low-latency trading networks. Exposure to network automation and software-driven infrastructure. Knowledge of regulatory, governance, and compliance requirements within financial institutions. Strategic planning ...

Proxy SME

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £600/day
What We're Looking For: Strong implementation, architecture, and engineering experience across routing, switching, and security technologies. Ability to translate high-level architectures into low-level, technically viable plans. Proficiency in deploying and manipulating dynamic routing protocols and firewall rules. Business analysis skills and strategic thinking capabilities. Excellent verbal … written communication skills. Knowledge of the stock exchange and low-latency trading network connectivity. Ability to maintain focus in a dynamic business environment. Willingness to embrace and promote software development for automating network processes. Understanding of the financial institution culture and compliance landscape. If you are ready ...

Proxy SME Engineer

Hiring Organisation
Adecco
Location
Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Contract Rate
£500 - £550/day Inside IR35
across: Proxy technologies (policy, SSL, traffic handling) Routing, switching, and firewalling DMZ/secure network design Experience delivering: Production implementations and large-scale deployments Low-level design to live build execution Strong troubleshooting capability within complex enterprise environments Comfortable working in a fast-paced, change-driven environment Nice … Have Automation experience (Python/Ansible/APIs) Financial services or regulated environment experience Exposure to low-latency or trading network environments Adecco is a disability-confident employer. It is important to us that we run an inclusive and accessible recruitment process to support candidates of all backgrounds ...

C Engineer (Real-Time Full Tick Re-platform

Hiring Organisation
Hays
Location
London, United Kingdom
Employment Type
Contract
Your new role You'll step in as a Senior C++ Engineer, leading the design and rollout of observability across real-time, latency-sensitive platforms. This is a hands-on role where you'll shape how customer experience, system reliability, and operational insight are measured end-to-end. … engineering - metrics, tracing, logging, profiling, telemetry pipelines. Strong C++ engineering background in real-time or high-performance environments. Understanding of customer-experience measurement for low-latency systems. Experience building or operating large-scale monitoring platforms. Knowledge of OpenTelemetry, eBPF, GitOps, automation, and CI/CD-integrated observability. Familiarity ...