Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry to analyze system bottlenecks. Develop SLA/SLO dashboards and integrate performance gates into CI/CD pipelines. Collaborate with DevOps and developers to tune JVM, Akka, thread pools, GC, caching, autoscaling, and database performance. Document test approaches, scenarios, results, and provide clear, actionable tuning recommendations. Tech Stack: Load Tools: Locust (Python), JMeter; k6 … or Gatling (nice to have). Languages: Python, Bash, Java (Maven/Gradle, JVMtuning basics). Infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform. Observability: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry. Architecture: Akka-based asynchronous Java microservices. If youre passionate about performance engineering and love optimizing systems that operate at global scale, wed love to hear from you. Apply now and be part More ❯
traders and quants to deliver performant pricing and hedging solutions. Lead components of system re-architecture and optimisation projects. Take ownership of end-to-end performance, from network to JVM tuning. Contribute to a high-performing, globally distributed engineering team. Technical Environment Core Java, Aeron, lock-free/concurrent programming High-performance messaging, distributed systems, and low-latency design … and automated hedging systems What We’re Looking For Proven experience designing or building low-latency trading systems (FX or other asset classes). Deep understanding of Java performance tuning, GC optimisation, and threading models. Ability to discuss design decisions and architecture in depth. Front-office experience and a strong understanding of electronic trading workflows. Why Apply? Greenfield build More ❯
traders and quants to deliver performant pricing and hedging solutions. Lead components of system re-architecture and optimisation projects. Take ownership of end-to-end performance, from network to JVM tuning. Contribute to a high-performing, globally distributed engineering team. Technical Environment Core Java, Aeron, lock-free/concurrent programming High-performance messaging, distributed systems, and low-latency design … and automated hedging systems What We’re Looking For Proven experience designing or building low-latency trading systems (FX or other asset classes). Deep understanding of Java performance tuning, GC optimisation, and threading models. Ability to discuss design decisions and architecture in depth. Front-office experience and a strong understanding of electronic trading workflows. Why Apply? Greenfield build More ❯
london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Vertus Partners
traders and quants to deliver performant pricing and hedging solutions. Lead components of system re-architecture and optimisation projects. Take ownership of end-to-end performance, from network to JVM tuning. Contribute to a high-performing, globally distributed engineering team. Technical Environment Core Java, Aeron, lock-free/concurrent programming High-performance messaging, distributed systems, and low-latency design … and automated hedging systems What We’re Looking For Proven experience designing or building low-latency trading systems (FX or other asset classes). Deep understanding of Java performance tuning, GC optimisation, and threading models. Ability to discuss design decisions and architecture in depth. Front-office experience and a strong understanding of electronic trading workflows. Why Apply? Greenfield build More ❯
