Market Making Jobs in the City of London

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Java Quant Developer – FX Low Latency Market Making

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Vertus Partners
Java Developer – FX Low Latency Market Making A leading hedge fund with a global presence, specialising in quantitative trading and market making across multiple asset classes is seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Developer to join their rapidly expanding FX business to help design and build ultra-low-latency trading systems that power their … electronic market making strategies. The Role As a Senior Java Developer in an FX market making team, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and optimising cutting-edge trading systems. You will work closely with quantitative researchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to deliver software that operates at microsecond latencies, scales globally, and … competitive edge in the markets. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain low-latency, high-throughput trading platforms in Java. Collaborate with quants and traders to translate market making strategies into robust, production-ready code. Optimise code and infrastructure for latency, performance, and reliability. Build and maintain connectivity to FX ECNs, liquidity providers, and venues. Implement monitoring, diagnostics More ❯
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Java Quant Developer – FX Low Latency Market Making

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Vertus Partners
Java Developer – FX Low Latency Market Making A leading hedge fund with a global presence, specialising in quantitative trading and market making across multiple asset classes is seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Developer to join their rapidly expanding FX business to help design and build ultra-low-latency trading systems that power their … electronic market making strategies. The Role As a Senior Java Developer in an FX market making team, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and optimising cutting-edge trading systems. You will work closely with quantitative researchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to deliver software that operates at microsecond latencies, scales globally, and … competitive edge in the markets. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain low-latency, high-throughput trading platforms in Java. Collaborate with quants and traders to translate market making strategies into robust, production-ready code. Optimise code and infrastructure for latency, performance, and reliability. Build and maintain connectivity to FX ECNs, liquidity providers, and venues. Implement monitoring, diagnostics More ❯
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Trade Support Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bonhill Partners
Trade Support Engineer | Production Support | Market Making London | £200,000 – £300,000 (Base + Performance Bonus) | 4 Days in Office We’re working with a leading market-making firm seeking an experienced Trade Support Engineer to join their London team. This is a hands-on, front-office support role within a fast-paced trading … ensuring uptime, data integrity, and low-latency performance. Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune Linux-based production environments, identifying and resolving issues to maintain optimal system performance. Manage and validate market data feeds to guarantee timely and accurate information delivery. Develop and maintain Python scripts and automation tools to streamline operational workflows and reduce manual intervention. Collaborate closely with traders … time trading environments. Solid understanding of market data sources (Bloomberg, Refinitiv/Reuters, ICE, etc.). Prior exposure to electronic trading, execution platforms, or market-making systems. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills; able to perform effectively under pressure in a front-office environment. Compensation & Benefits Total Compensation: £200,000 – £300,000 (Base + Performance More ❯
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Trade Support Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Bonhill Partners
Trade Support Engineer | Production Support | Market Making London | £200,000 – £300,000 (Base + Performance Bonus) | 4 Days in Office We’re working with a leading market-making firm seeking an experienced Trade Support Engineer to join their London team. This is a hands-on, front-office support role within a fast-paced trading … ensuring uptime, data integrity, and low-latency performance. Monitor, troubleshoot, and tune Linux-based production environments, identifying and resolving issues to maintain optimal system performance. Manage and validate market data feeds to guarantee timely and accurate information delivery. Develop and maintain Python scripts and automation tools to streamline operational workflows and reduce manual intervention. Collaborate closely with traders … time trading environments. Solid understanding of market data sources (Bloomberg, Refinitiv/Reuters, ICE, etc.). Prior exposure to electronic trading, execution platforms, or market-making systems. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills; able to perform effectively under pressure in a front-office environment. Compensation & Benefits Total Compensation: £200,000 – £300,000 (Base + Performance More ❯
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Head of Infrastructure

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Quant Capital
Head of Infrastructure – Trading Technology London – Hybrid £Competitive + Bonus Quant Capital is working with a global market-making firm looking for a Head of Infrastructure to lead the buildout and evolution of its trading platform across cloud and on-prem environments. This is a senior technical leadership role with full ownership of infrastructure strategy, delivery, and … and deployment with IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform/Ansible) Scale monitoring, cost optimisation and system reliability in production Background 7+ years in infrastructure leadership within trading, market-making or high-performance engineering environments Strong AWS architecture and hybrid (cloud + on-prem) experience Deep networking background: routing, switching, low-latency connectivity Strong understanding of reliability engineering and … Infrastructure Engineer with some light management and leadership skills to step into a Head role for a growing but small team and within a fast-paced market making business. More ❯
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Head of Infrastructure

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Quant Capital
Head of Infrastructure – Trading Technology London – Hybrid £Competitive + Bonus Quant Capital is working with a global market-making firm looking for a Head of Infrastructure to lead the buildout and evolution of its trading platform across cloud and on-prem environments. This is a senior technical leadership role with full ownership of infrastructure strategy, delivery, and … and deployment with IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform/Ansible) Scale monitoring, cost optimisation and system reliability in production Background 7+ years in infrastructure leadership within trading, market-making or high-performance engineering environments Strong AWS architecture and hybrid (cloud + on-prem) experience Deep networking background: routing, switching, low-latency connectivity Strong understanding of reliability engineering and … Infrastructure Engineer with some light management and leadership skills to step into a Head role for a growing but small team and within a fast-paced market making business. More ❯
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Java eTrading Strategist - Rates Front Office London

City Of London, England, United Kingdom
McGregor Boyall
electronic execution across the bank's global Rates business. The Role You will design, build, and optimise low-latency Java components supporting real-time pricing, algorithmic execution, and market connectivity . Working closely with quants and traders , you'll transform quantitative models and execution logic into robust, production-grade trading applications. The role requires deep technical expertise and … Rates pricing and execution. Partner with quants to integrate and enhance pricing models and execution algorithms . Develop and tune smart order routers, auto-quoting, and market-making components. Profile and optimise Java systems for throughput, GC efficiency, and predictable latency . Implement real-time monitoring, logging, and performance diagnostics . Collaborate across technology and trading teams … other asset classes such as Equities and FX. Preferred Technical Skills Core Java 11+ , multithreading, lock-free programming. Low-latency messaging (Aeron, Chronicle Queue, Kafka). Market-making and execution algo frameworks . Familiarity with distributed architectures and cloud-native Java . What's on Offer Direct front-office impact on the Rates eTrading desk. Close collaboration More ❯
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Java eTrading Strategist - Rates Front Office London

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
McGregor Boyall
electronic execution across the bank's global Rates business. The Role You will design, build, and optimise low-latency Java components supporting real-time pricing, algorithmic execution, and market connectivity . Working closely with quants and traders , you'll transform quantitative models and execution logic into robust, production-grade trading applications. The role requires deep technical expertise and … Rates pricing and execution. Partner with quants to integrate and enhance pricing models and execution algorithms . Develop and tune smart order routers, auto-quoting, and market-making components. Profile and optimise Java systems for throughput, GC efficiency, and predictable latency . Implement real-time monitoring, logging, and performance diagnostics . Collaborate across technology and trading teams … other asset classes such as Equities and FX. Preferred Technical Skills Core Java 11+ , multithreading, lock-free programming. Low-latency messaging (Aeron, Chronicle Queue, Kafka). Market-making and execution algo frameworks . Familiarity with distributed architectures and cloud-native Java . What's on Offer Direct front-office impact on the Rates eTrading desk. Close collaboration More ❯
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Software Engineer - Ultra-Low Latency Market Making - Prop Trading Desk

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Xcede Group
We are looking for a Software Engineer to the Ultra-Low Latency (ULL) Market Making team within this rapidly expanding Prop Trading firm based in London. This is a hands-on engineering role at the frontier of high-performance trading systems What You’ll Do Design and implement modern C++ (C++20/23) applications for ultra-low … level to minimize latency and maximize throughput. Engineer and maintain Linux-based systems tuned for high-frequency trading workloads. Develop and refine TCP/IP networking solutions for market connectivity. Collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers to deliver robust, production-ready systems. Explore opportunities to integrate AI/ML techniques into trading workflows, from signal generation to system … impacts performance and profitability. Collaborate with a world-class team of engineers, traders, and researchers. Push the boundaries of system-level optimization, hardware acceleration, and AI integration . Market leading compensation, benefits, and a culture that rewards innovation and technical mastery. If you’re passionate about building ultra-fast systems and excited by the challenge of combining software More ❯
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Software Engineer - Ultra-Low Latency Market Making - Prop Trading Desk

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Xcede Group
We are looking for a Software Engineer to the Ultra-Low Latency (ULL) Market Making team within this rapidly expanding Prop Trading firm based in London. This is a hands-on engineering role at the frontier of high-performance trading systems What You’ll Do Design and implement modern C++ (C++20/23) applications for ultra-low … level to minimize latency and maximize throughput. Engineer and maintain Linux-based systems tuned for high-frequency trading workloads. Develop and refine TCP/IP networking solutions for market connectivity. Collaborate with traders, researchers, and engineers to deliver robust, production-ready systems. Explore opportunities to integrate AI/ML techniques into trading workflows, from signal generation to system … impacts performance and profitability. Collaborate with a world-class team of engineers, traders, and researchers. Push the boundaries of system-level optimization, hardware acceleration, and AI integration . Market leading compensation, benefits, and a culture that rewards innovation and technical mastery. If you’re passionate about building ultra-fast systems and excited by the challenge of combining software More ❯
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Lead Systems Engineer - Market Making - Crypto

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Xcede Group
We are representing a cutting-edge Prop trading firm that is redefining market-making and liquidity provision in Crypto markets. Our client operates at the intersection of blockchain, algorithmic and automated trading, and distributed systems, and is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to architect and scale the infrastructure behind their high-performance Crypto operations. Role Overview As More ❯
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Lead Systems Engineer - Market Making - Crypto

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Xcede Group
We are representing a cutting-edge Prop trading firm that is redefining market-making and liquidity provision in Crypto markets. Our client operates at the intersection of blockchain, algorithmic and automated trading, and distributed systems, and is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to architect and scale the infrastructure behind their high-performance Crypto operations. Role Overview As More ❯
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Python Developer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
mthree
role where you’ll work closely with traders and developers to build cutting-edge, high-performance trading systems - leveraging big data and algorithmic models to analyse and predict market behaviour in real time. They’re looking for switched-on engineers who can … tackle complex problems and deliver business-critical, high-visibility projects in a fast-paced, front-office environment. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and support pricing, eTrading, and market-making systems. Collaborate with traders, sales, and quants to deliver performant, data-driven solutions. Enhance trading algorithms, data pipelines, and market connectivity. Integrate trading systems with upstream trade More ❯
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Python Developer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
mthree
role where you’ll work closely with traders and developers to build cutting-edge, high-performance trading systems - leveraging big data and algorithmic models to analyse and predict market behaviour in real time. They’re looking for switched-on engineers who can … tackle complex problems and deliver business-critical, high-visibility projects in a fast-paced, front-office environment. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and support pricing, eTrading, and market-making systems. Collaborate with traders, sales, and quants to deliver performant, data-driven solutions. Enhance trading algorithms, data pipelines, and market connectivity. Integrate trading systems with upstream trade More ❯
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Software Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
dnevo Partners
Software Engineer Location: London Experience: 2–7 Years Industry: Market Making/Proprietary Trading/Capital Markets **Please note applicants coming from a buy side/trading/capital markets background will be given a strong preference** Looking for software engineers to join a small but highly skilled, and collaborative, bringing together expert traders and software engineers. More ❯
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Senior Software Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
dnevo Partners
Software Engineer Location: London Experience: 5–7 Years Industry: Market Making/Proprietary Trading/Capital Markets **Please note applicants coming from a buy side/trading/capital markets background will be given a strong preference** Looking for software engineers to join a small but highly skilled, and collaborative, bringing together expert traders and software engineers. More ❯
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Software Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
dnevo Partners
Software Engineer Location: London Experience: 2–7 Years Industry: Market Making/Proprietary Trading/Capital Markets **Please note applicants coming from a buy side/trading/capital markets background will be given a strong preference** Looking for software engineers to join a small but highly skilled, and collaborative, bringing together expert traders and software engineers. More ❯
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Senior Software Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
dnevo Partners
Software Engineer Location: London Experience: 5–7 Years Industry: Market Making/Proprietary Trading/Capital Markets **Please note applicants coming from a buy side/trading/capital markets background will be given a strong preference** Looking for software engineers to join a small but highly skilled, and collaborative, bringing together expert traders and software engineers. More ❯
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Front Office Technical Team Lead

City of London, London, United Kingdom
CMC Markets UK Plc
on site per week . *** ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Partner closely with your front-end counterpart to ensure alignment across the stack, to support the firm's market-making business across ranging Equities, FX, Crypto & Commodities asset classes Lead the design, development, and maintenance of the infrastructure estate, microservices, web APIs, and the business logic delivery, keeping projects More ❯
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Senior Data Architect

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Radley James
A leading crypto market-making and trading firm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer/Data Architect with strong financial markets experience to lead the design and evolution of its core data platform. The role involves building scalable, reliable data systems supporting risk, P&L, regulatory reporting, and analytics across spot and derivatives trading. You’ll work … Office, Risk, Finance, Operations and Compliance, taking hands-on ownership of the firm’s data architecture and infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Design and evolve core data models covering trade, market, pricing, risk and finance data across streaming, lake/lakehouse and warehouse environments. Build and maintain streaming and batch pipelines to capture, reconcile and deliver trusted market … or Finance. Strong programming in Python, Java and SQL (Rust a plus). Proven experience building streaming and batch ETL/ELT pipelines at scale. Strong understanding of market/trade data lifecycles and time series concepts. Experience with AWS and cloud-native data services. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Experience with crypto or digital asset More ❯
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Senior Data Architect

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Radley James
A leading crypto market-making and trading firm is seeking a Senior Data Engineer/Data Architect with strong financial markets experience to lead the design and evolution of its core data platform. The role involves building scalable, reliable data systems supporting risk, P&L, regulatory reporting, and analytics across spot and derivatives trading. You’ll work … Office, Risk, Finance, Operations and Compliance, taking hands-on ownership of the firm’s data architecture and infrastructure. Key Responsibilities Design and evolve core data models covering trade, market, pricing, risk and finance data across streaming, lake/lakehouse and warehouse environments. Build and maintain streaming and batch pipelines to capture, reconcile and deliver trusted market … or Finance. Strong programming in Python, Java and SQL (Rust a plus). Proven experience building streaming and batch ETL/ELT pipelines at scale. Strong understanding of market/trade data lifecycles and time series concepts. Experience with AWS and cloud-native data services. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Desirable Experience with crypto or digital asset More ❯
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Cloud Platform Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Harrington Starr
Join a leading options market maker with a global trading footprint! Position : Cloud Platform Engineer Industry : Financial services Work Type : Full-time, On-site Location : London, UK Salary : Up to £70,000 basic salary What You’ll Be Doing: Build and scale a cloud foundation, including networking, IAM, security, and “everything as code” with Terraform/Terramate. Implement More ❯
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Cloud Platform Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
Harrington Starr
Join a leading options market maker with a global trading footprint! Position : Cloud Platform Engineer Industry : Financial services Work Type : Full-time, On-site Location : London, UK Salary : Up to £70,000 basic salary What You’ll Be Doing: Build and scale a cloud foundation, including networking, IAM, security, and “everything as code” with Terraform/Terramate. Implement More ❯
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Trade Application Support Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
dnevo Partners
Trade Application Support Engineer Location: London Experience: 1–7 Years Industry: Market Making/Proprietary Trading/Capital Markets **Applicants who come from should come from a buy side/trading/capital markets environment will be given strong preference** Responsibilities Act as the first point of escalation for any technical issues arising from the trading system More ❯
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Trade Application Support Engineer

london (city of london), south east england, united kingdom
dnevo Partners
Trade Application Support Engineer Location: London Experience: 1–7 Years Industry: Market Making/Proprietary Trading/Capital Markets **Applicants who come from should come from a buy side/trading/capital markets environment will be given strong preference** Responsibilities Act as the first point of escalation for any technical issues arising from the trading system More ❯
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Market Making
the City of London
25th Percentile
£150,000
Median
£160,000
75th Percentile
£172,500