1 to 25 of 43 Permanent Electronic Trading Jobs in the South East

Are you ready to be part of something truly special as the first quant developer for a brand-new trading team? In short: We’re working with an elite global trading firm known for its success in high-frequency trading (HFT) but operating under the radar (they … aren't the typical firm you hear about). They’re setting up a brand-new trading desk in London, led by a top PM with a proven track record. This is a rare opportunity to be the first quant developer on the team and help shape the future … of their trading stack with the freedom to innovate while sharing in the potential for massive rewards. What makes this unique? Exceptional Financial Upside : Think big – you’re looking at compensation in the range of £500k, £750k, £1m+ as the team scales. This is your chance to join at More ❯

of Compliance Advisory to join its dynamic London-based team. This is a high-impact role within the Compliance function, focused on advising the Electronic Trading business and guiding the firm through the evolving regulatory landscape surrounding AI-driven trading technologies. Role Overview: As Director, you will … act as a strategic advisor to front office trading and technology stakeholders, ensuring that the firm’s electronic trading platforms and AI-enabled tools comply with relevant UK, EU, and global regulations. You will provide subject matter expertise on algorithmic trading, market abuse, best execution, and … data governance in relation to AI models and automated decision-making. Key Responsibilities: Provide real-time advisory to trading desks on compliance risks related to electronic and algorithmic trading. Advise on the development and deployment of AI and machine learning tools within trading, ensuring regulatory alignment. Interpret More ❯

Digital Markets Quantitative Researcher to join their team in London. Main Purpose of the Role: Commerzbank has a programme of developing its cross-asset electronic pricing and trading capability which requires an investment into quantitative trading techniques. Commerzbank is seeking to leverage its expertise in trading electronic FX into other asset classes. The role covers FX, Rates and Commodity flow products. Key Activities and Competencies: Improving electronic pricing, trading and risk-management of FX spot, FX swaps, Interest rate derivatives, Commodities and NDFs Integration of Futures markets into the electronic trading landscape for pricing, trading and risk-management. Collaboration with various stakeholder desks, including FX Spot, Forwards, NDFs, Commodities and Rates Specialist Knowledge: Previous experience as a quantitative trader/developer in electronic financial market products Experience of Java for development of latency sensitive trading systems Use More ❯

Exciting opportunity for a C++ Technical Lead with an Algo/Electronic Trading background to join this Global Energy Company. This is an exciting time to be joining this world-leading company as they transform themselves from a traditional Oil & Gas company into a leading name within the … Renewables sector. This includes the creation of an already highly successful new Power Trading desk within the Energy Trading team as well as new ventures into various innovative solutions around the supply of Renewables including wind farms, electric vehicle charging, solar panel heating and battery storage. These innovative … and ground-breaking initiatives utilising the very latest technology. This role is working in one of the company’s premier software development projects enhancing trading capabilities. You will be leading a team of highly skilled C++ developers in a self-contained team working closely with the Electronic Market More ❯

Senior Frontend Developer - JavaScript - React - TypeScript - London. Work on a greenfield development project - build a new trading platform starting in 2025. Are you an experienced frontend developer with a passion for designing and developing UIs in highly transactional financial services environments? Miller Maxwell is assisting a rapidly expanding electronic trading organization in their search for a Senior Frontend Developer to join their highly skilled engineering and frontend development team in London. This leading provider of options trading solutions is globally renowned for its reliability, speed, and exceptional customer service. As the organization expands its digital currency … trading divisions in 2024, this role offers a unique opportunity to be at the forefront of innovation. Key Responsibilities for the Senior Frontend Developer: Work on a key program of work starting in 2025 to build a brand new electronic trading platform. Build and adapt JavaScript libraries More ❯

Ingenii Search are seeking a highly skilled C++ Developer with expertise in low-latency electronic trading systems to join a Equities Algorithmic Trading team on a contract. This role involves designing, developing, and optimising cutting-edge trading algorithms for high-frequency and low-latency execution. The … in multi-threaded programming, and experience with performance optimisation at the hardware and software level. Duties: Design, develop, and optimize low-latency, high-throughput trading algorithms for equities. Implement and fine-tune high-performance C++ code for electronic trading strategies. Work closely with quants, traders, and infrastructure … teams to improve execution quality and trading performance. Utilise profiling tools and performance tuning techniques to ensure ultra-low-latency execution. Monitor and troubleshoot live trading strategies in production. Background: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field. Strong proficiency in More ❯

Trading Application Support Analyst – London - Hybrid role – £80,000 Harrington Starr is partnering with a cutting-edge trading platform operator, to hire a Trading Operations Analyst to join their European Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) team in London. This is a unique opportunity for someone with who … is eager to deepen their expertise in electronic trading operations across Equities and FX. Key responsibilities include: Managing client onboarding, account setup, FIX connectivity, and guiding certification processes. Monitoring live trading activity, platform performance, and ensuring smooth order and trade lifecycle events. Supporting regulatory and compliance workflows … including MiFID II adherence, trade reporting, and post-trade reconciliation. Ideal candidate experience: 1–3+ years in trading operations or client support at an MTF, trading venue, or trading firm. Knowledge of European equities and FX markets. Familiarity with FIX protocol, market data feeds, and trading More ❯

My client, a leading electronic trading firm, is seeking an elite application support engineer with very strong coding skills to join their team in London. The successful individual will have strong C++ or Java coding skills with 5+ years of hands-on experience supporting trading applications within More ❯

multinational bank is seeking a Product Manage r to join their Markets & Treasury division. This role involves leading the delivery and implementation of an electronic trading system for the Commodities business , ensuring seamless integration across systems and enhancing data accessibility. Start date - ASAP Location - London Hybrid - 3 days … in the office Duration - TBC Rate - Market Rate Key Responsibilities: Lead and plan the delivery and implementation of an electronic trading platform for the Commodities business. Manage stakeholder relationships and ensure alignment across all functions. Provide vision on scaling the product and developing business cases and policies. Key … Skills and Experience: Must have experience working with Order Management Systems (OMS) and Single-Dealer Trading Platforms (SDP). Strong project planning and vendor/platform relationship management skills . Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities. Ability to work in a fast-paced, multinational environment. Experience with commodities trading More ❯

Senior C++ Developer - High Frequency Trading, New Office Buildout (London) Overview: Our client is expanding with a new office in London and is seeking the first C++ developers to join this exciting venture. Founded in 2014, they are a quantitative investment firm that has assembled a team of researchers … technologists. By leveraging quantitative analysis and insights in financial markets, they excel in some of the most intricate and competitive products. As a growing electronic trading firm, they blend disciplines such as computer science, finance, systems engineering, and statistics. Their dedicated engineers and traders have developed some of … the fastest trading systems. Their competitive edge lies in their low latency trading platform. Supported by highly skilled programmers, they are utilising the latest technologies to build a fast, low latency, and robust trading infrastructure capable of handling transactions worth millions daily. Requirements: A degree in Computer More ❯

About Deeter Investments Deeter Investments is a founder‑led proprietary trading firm built around real‑time, data‑driven decision‑making. We prize curiosity, collaboration, and a bias for action. After years of discretionary success, we’re launching a dedicated algorithmic division—and we’re looking for a Head of … Quant Trading to architect and scale this effort from day one. Role Summary You will spearhead the development, optimization, and deployment of cutting‑edge algorithmic strategies and quantitative models. The position blends deep hands‑on technical work with high‑level strategic oversight across research, engineering, and trading operations. … Key Responsibilities Quantitative Strategy Development & Research Algorithm Design: Lead the creation and refinement of proprietary trading algorithms rooted in the firm’s market framework, leveraging advanced statistical and machine‑learning techniques. Modeling & Simulation: Build forecasting, signal‑generation, and risk models; run rigorous back‑tests and simulations to validate performance. More ❯

based fintech software vendor on an exciting growth journey after significant recent investment in new products, people, and capabilities. Our software is a modern trading and risk platform used by some of the world’s top banks, hedge funds, energy, and commodity traders to run their investing businesses. We … About the Position Orchestrade is looking for a new member to join our Energy & Commodity Business Analyst team. The team continually extends our leading trading, risk, and operations solutions to cover new business cases and traded products & instruments in energy trading across the oil, gas, power, certificates, and … management and organization skills with a keen eye for detail Good communication and presentation skills for client meetings 5+ years’ experience working within technology (trading systems) or in the energy space (on software vendor or client side) is a must-have Proven expertise in one of the following areas More ❯

experienced Trade Surveillance Specialists with a strong background in Surveillance Alert Reviews and expertise in either FICC or FX markets. This role involves monitoring trading and communications activity to identify potential market misconduct , ensuring compliance with regulations, and assessing risks related to workplace behaviour, client interactions, procedural compliance, price … be responsible for reviewing trade alerts, assessing the effectiveness of surveillance models, and ensuring that systems are optimally configured to detect market abuse, insider trading, and regulatory breaches . You will work closely with Front Office teams, compliance stakeholders, and clients , providing expert guidance on all aspects of trade … Also Involve: Proactively reviewing highly complex alerts to identify suspicious behaviour. Providing in-depth analysis of alerts using market data, source system data, and trading patterns . Understanding equities and fixed income market regulations , electronic trading concepts, and associated risks. Applying technical expertise to data and trade More ❯

for buy-sides/sell-sides on ION's FIX Network at an application level. These buy-sides/sell-sides use both ION trading solutions as well as 3rd party OMS/EMS solutions. The engineer engages directly with clients and external vendors in a fast-paced environment … Experience with SQL or other database management Knowledge of the financial markets About us We're a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we've achieved … the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world's central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk. • Over 800 of the world's leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world More ❯

Location: London Hybrid mode We are looking for a highly skilled Senior EFX Developer to join our technical team specializing in electronic trading solutions. We seek a professional with extensive experience in low-latency application development and solid knowledge of financial markets, particularly in Foreign Exchange (FX) . … protocol Experience with low-latency messaging technologies : Aeron, SBE, Protobuf, Agrona, Chronicle Functional understanding of financial markets, especially: FX products : Spot, Forward, NDF Pricing, trading, hedging , and liquidity management processes RFQ & Streaming protocols , market making, and order management Experience with distributed computing and distributed caching tools such as: Hazelcast … in demanding production environments If you're interested in working in a technically challenging environment, using cutting-edge technologies with a focus on critical trading systems, we look forward to your application. More ❯

and help develop an internal Cross-Asset risk system. This role gives you the opportunity to join one of the world's most acclaimed Trading firms, collaborate with an exceptionally talented team, and earn market-leading compensation packages. Responsibilities: Develop and optimise internal risk system spanning multiple asset classes … external databases, and electronic trading platforms. This involves upgrading systems, preserving data accuracy, and enhancing performance. Build pricing models for financial instruments based on derivatives. Design and maintain tools for back-testing complex trading strategies. Desirable Candidates: Bachelors or Master's degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics More ❯

A niche electronic trading quant fund based in London are now seeking a top end C++ Software Engineer to join it's growing team. You will have prior experience at an elite quant trading firm or similar company of equivalent scale/complexity. In this high performance … scale in advanced C++. Ideally Computer Science Degree or similar discipline with 1st class grade Commercial experience in C++ Software Engineering, performance software Financial trading, banking or hedge fund exposure Strong interest in working for a top end, high performance, tech-driven hedge fund Great work environment, WFH/ More ❯

The Opportunity: We are working with a Global Investment Bank that is embarking on a groundbreaking project to build an entire eTrading Rates platform from scratch. Key Responsibilities: Develop and implement a low-latency eTrading system using Core Java. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and build a high … performance trading platform. Ensure the system meets the highest standards of reliability, scalability, and performance. Must Have: Strong experience in Core Java development. Proven expertise in electronic trading systems (no preference on asset class Fixed Income is ideal). Experience Developing a low latency trading platform. More ❯

FX and/or Cloud knowledge to join top rated UK Bank. Understand connectivity between microservice applications. Configure monitoring tools Knowledge of the FX electronic trading space including Pricing distribution, liquidity providers, pricing aggregation and client connectivity FIX, XML, MQ, Kafka Kubernetes The successful candidate will have skills More ❯

Join a global investment bank as a React Developer in the front office FX eTrading team. This is a high-impact role on a greenfield program to modernise and scale a real-time trading platform. You'll work on cutting-edge technology, solving complex problems in a fast-paced … trading environment alongside world-class engineers. React Developer – FX eTrading | Global Investment Bank We are currently hiring an experienced React Developer to join the FX eTrading technology team within the front office of a global investment bank. This role is part of a major, multi-year transformation program aimed … in architecture discussions and contribute to performance tuning and optimisation. Required Skills & Experience Strong proficiency in React.js and modern JavaScript (ES6+) Deep experience building eTrading front-end applications in a fast-paced environment Knowledge of low-latency design principles and performance optimisation Experience with real-time data streaming technologies (WebSockets More ❯

trades on UK OTF (TCDS) and TSAF OTF (TSAF) Application monitoring for all key Post Trade systems used by Rates, Credit, FX and Bond trading desks. Perform testing with internal and external clients Man support desk between allocated hours Attend and fix any 1st and 2nd line Post Trade … Traiana etc.) Excellent knowledge of SQL Awareness of Windows networking and TCP/IP Awareness of WAN/LAN technologies Understanding and exposure to electronic trading platforms Understanding and exposure to OTC financial markets technology Experience of direct trading floor support Tradition do not accept agency CV More ❯

D.O.E Location: London (Hybrid) iO Associates is working with a global FinTech powerhouse that's leading the charge in delivering high-performance electronic trading platforms for institutional clients - and they're now looking for a Senior Full Stack Developer to join their growing engineering team! This is a … fantastic opportunity to take ownership of a cutting-edge trading product and play a key role in building scalable, client-facing solutions using modern JavaScript technologies. What you'll be doing: Designing and developing robust full stack applications using React.js (v16+) and Node.js Working directly with proprietary trading engines to create high-performance tools Building white-label trading platforms tailored to client needs Collaborating with global trading and research teams to deliver innovative features Contributing across the full software lifecycle, from design to production support What you'll get: Competitive salary plus bonus scheme Flexible More ❯

Position: Elastic Engineer (ELK stack/ILM) Industry: Investment Banking (Global Financial) Day rate contract position: 749/day (inside IR35) Initial contract length of 6 months Location: Central London Hybrid working: 3 days at their London office Our client More ❯

Position: ElasticSearch Consultant (ELK stack/ILM) Industry: Investment Banking (Global Financial) Day rate contract position: 700/day (inside IR35) Initial contract length of 6 months Location: Central London Hybrid working: 3 days at their London office Our client More ❯

and system functionality Working knowledge of networks and network infrastructure is desirable About us We're a diverse group of visionary innovators who provide trading and workflow automation software, high-value analytics, and strategic consulting to corporations, central banks, financial institutions, and governments. Founded in 1999, we've achieved … the Fortune 500 and 30% of the world's central banks, trust ION solutions to manage their cash, in-house banking, commodity supply chain, trading and risk. • Over 800 of the world's leading banks and broker-dealers use our electronic trading platforms to operate the world More ❯