16 of 16 Proprietary Trading Jobs in East London

join and lead a high-performance team. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of finance and technology, has led engineering teams, and has built and maintained robust trading systems and developer tooling across cloud-native architectures. Location: Remote | Dubai | London Key Responsibilities: Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable trading platforms and internal developer tools. … Collaborate with quant researchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to deliver performant solutions. Maintain and optimize trading infrastructure (low-latency systems, data pipelines, monitoring, etc.). Manage a team of software engineers, mentor junior developers, and drive best practices across the stack. Ensure high code quality through code reviews, CI/CD, test automation, and Git-based workflows. Own … and SQL (Postgres, MySQL). Strong understanding of Git/GitHub, CI/CD workflows, code branching strategies, and code ownership. Prior work in a fintech, hedge fund, or proprietary trading firm environment. Crypto-native a plus Infrastructure & DevOps: Production experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment strategies. Hands-on with AWS, GCP, and Azure for compute More ❯

Job title: C++ Software Engineer Client: Elite Prop Trading Firm Salary: £70,000 - £350,000 Base (+ Bonus) Location: London/Hybrid My client are seeking a C++ Software Engineer who will play a critical role in developing and optimizing high-frequency trading systems, ensuring they operate at peak performance with minimal latency. This is an … most cutting edge technologies and boast a world class technical team where you will work and learn from the best. Responsibilities: Design, develop, and maintain high-performance C++ trading applications. Optimize code for maximum speed and efficiency, minimizing latency. Implement and enhance trading algorithms in collaboration with quantitative researchers and traders. Develop and maintain low-latency More ❯

Top proprietary trading firm with a significant presence in London is seeking to hire an experienced FPGA Developer to join their engineering team. As an FPGA Developer embedded in a small team, you will be responsible for designing, developing, testing and deploying some of the fastest, most sophisticated trading systems in the world. You will … be intricately involved in creating next generation FPGA solutions to support ultra-low latency trading systems across the firm. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in in System Verilog or VHDL, as well as software engineering. The candidate must have a keen interest in using software engineering methodologies to improve the efficiency of the hardware development … A Bachelor of Masters degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or similar 5+ years professional experience as an FPGA Developer either in or outside of the finance/trading industry Experienced and well-versed in System Verilog or VHDL (Python, C, Tcl, and bash a plus) Experience in one or more of the following areas: Hardware Architecture, RTL More ❯

Title: Senior Quantitative Researcher/Sub-Portfolio Manager Location: New York/London Team: Systematic Trading Strategies About the Role: Seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Quantitative Researcher or Sub-Portfolio Manager to join our systematic trading team. The successful candidate will play a key role in the full lifecycle of alpha research and strategy … development, with the potential to manage risk capital independently or transition into a lead PM role over time. Key Responsibilities: Design, research, and implement systematic trading strategies across global equities, futures, FX, or other liquid asset classes Conduct high-quality alpha signal research using alternative data, statistical techniques, and machine learning when appropriate Develop and test robust portfolio … a standalone PM role or run a sub-portfolio within defined risk limits Requirements: 5+ years of experience in quantitative research or trading at a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or top-tier investment bank Proven track record of alpha generation or contribution to profitable strategies Deep understanding of statistical modeling, time-series analysis, and More ❯

across teams, and build out the systematic infrastructure within the business. Key Responsibilities: Quantitative Research & Strategy Development: Conduct rigorous quantitative research to identify market inefficiencies and develop systematic trading strategies. Utilize statistical, econometric, and machine learning techniques to model macroeconomic relationships and forecast asset prices. Data Analysis & Signal Generation: Analyse large and complex datasets, including macroeconomic indicators, market … alternative data sources, to extract predictive signals. Employ advanced data science methodologies to enhance the robustness and accuracy of models. Model Implementation & Optimization: Collaborate with the technology and trading teams to build and implement quantitative infrastructure, models and strategies in a live trading environment. Continuously optimize and refine models to adapt to changing market conditions. Risk … successful quantitative trading strategies, preferably within a global macro context. 3-5 years’ experience in a high-performance trading environment, such as a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or investment bank. Due to demand, we are advertising this role anonymously. If you would prefer to speak to someone before submitting a CV, please More ❯

are partnered with a stealth-mode trading technology firm who are seeking a visionary Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to lead the build of a proprietary prop trading platform from the ground up. The company is developing an AI-powered system that merges advanced data science, algorithmic trading, and intuitive interfaces to drive next … roadmap, architect the entire platform, and build a high-performing distributed engineering team. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on delivering a secure, scalable, and intelligent trading system from scratch. Key Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end architecture and development of a greenfield trading platform Oversee integration of real-time market data, broker APIs … and strategy deployment via a custom DSL Build interactive trading interfaces (React/TypeScript) Drive DevOps, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure (Azure preferred), and cybersecurity Hire, mentor, and manage a distributed engineering team across multiple jurisdictions Ensure compliance with financial industry standards and audit readiness What We're Looking For 10+ years in tech leadership, with 5+ in More ❯

Paragon Alpha are partnered with a technology driven proprietary trading firm that specializes in systematic alpha research and electronic market-making on various exchanges. Trading across multiple trading venues and asset classes, they attribute their success to their cutting-edge technology and state-of-the-art low latency infrastructure platform. they are looking … Central to this role is to heavily contribute to the development of their own true HFT set up, and the design/development of their in-house low latency proprietary software stack and their core research platform. Stack: C++, Python, AWS, Cloud Computing The ideal candidate will also have some DevOps or infrastructure experience. This firm provides a great More ❯

Job Title: Application Support Client: FinTech trading Salary: Up to £120,000 + Bonus/Benefits Location: London (Hybrid) My client are a completely tech driven proprietary trading firm, looking to expand their Application Support team, and would like someone with prior front office experience to provide technical support and engineering functions in support of … their proprietary and third party trading systems. This role will be highly technical with a large focus on automation! responsibilities: Ensure readiness of the global trading platform for both pre-trading and post-trading activities. Monitor and support the entire transaction flow across the trading platform. Promptly identify, analyse … and resolve alerts and issues, or escalate them to minimize disruptions in trade flow and prevent outages. Collaborate extensively with the trading community, back office operations, brokers, exchanges, development teams, and infrastructure teams. Supervise automated processes, scheduled jobs, and routine reports. Create tooling and automate processes where necessary to optimise workflows/inefficiencies Liaise with Dev and Infrastructure More ❯

C++ Software Engineer (Low Latency) Salary: £150k-200k Total Comp: £300k-500k (dependent on experience and performance) A leading proprietary trading firm is seeking a C++ Software Engineer to design, develop, and optimize low-latency trading systems. This role involves working closely with research, systems, and operations teams to implement and enhance automated trading algorithms. Core responsibilities: Develop and maintain high-performance C++ trading software including infrastructure and connectivity driving trading in the nanosecond limitations. Optimize system performance with focus on low latency, performance, stability and low-error tolerance Candidates will need to be extremely proficient with low level C++ showcasing expertise across areas such as low latency … multithreading, lockless programming and concurrency. Prior finance/trading experience is not a requirement. More ❯

company seeking to hire a Java Software Engineer expanding their team in 2025. The Java Software Engineer will be a key contributor to the development and enhancement of proprietary trading systems and surrounding ecosystem's. The Java Software Engineer will be required to have worked on the development of electronic trading systems. The Java … Software Engineer will: Enhance and develop core features trading platform software. Build trading engines, micro-services, low-latency tools. Work to develop solutions around new products requested by trading and front-office teams. Work within their TDD and BDD environment. Research and look to continuously improve the systems and introduce new technology. The Java … Software Engineer qualifications: A degree in a STEM-related subject. At least eight years of commercial Java experience. Experience working on the development of electronic trading software is required for this position. Java concurrency is essential. FIX Protocol - FIX Connectivity - ITCH experience - desirable. The team works closely with quants so ideally, the Java Software Engineer will see a More ❯

and ideally has coverage on MSCI. With the primary role of the position being alpha signal generation, a demonstrable track record working within a leading Hedge Fund or Prop Trading from in this space is required and there will be an expectation to independently develop and present senior PM’s with trade opportunities. Candidate Requirements: 5+ years of More ❯

The Role Futures & Options/ETD, FX & Equity Operations SOX Reporting & Project Analyst (Operations role) Martis Search are representing a City of London based, but global Trading institution to hire a permanent Futures & Options/ETD, FX & Equity Operations SOX Reporting & Project Analyst . This exciting role based on a Trading Floor (sitting next to multiple … ETD, FX and Equity Sales and Traders) and works within an Operations team. The company are a global trading company and therefore come under global regulations such as “Sarbane’s Oxley.” This means the company have to adhere to “Sarbane’s Oxley” (SOX) Financial Reporting rules. This Operations role is split into two main areas, 1) BAU “SOX … YoY profits every year since their inception. They are one of the fastest growing, cutting edge and successful Investment Banks to work for in London. They use cutting edge proprietary trading systems and technology to global Institutional clients ranging from Hedge Funds, Asset Managers, Investment Banks. There are genuinely lots of career opportunities and fast-track to More ❯

My client, a rapidly expanding, global prop trading business, is looking to hire an exceptional Risk Manager into their growing team in London. The firm have had exceptional performance in a short space of time and have built out their US office impressively, with high-profiles names in front and back-office functions – they are focused on building More ❯

This agency are an established Quantitative & Trading Tech Recruitment company and are looking for Quantitative Tech & Trading focused Recruitment Consultants. Please note we have already received a high number of applications; however less than 20% have recent relevant experience. If you see yourself as a suitable candidate, please do not be put off by application numbers. … This sector can offer somebody huge earning potential, working on a delivery focussed model. If you have experience working in the Tech/Quantitative/Trading space, this one's for you! What's on offer? Clients: Tier 1 funds, working with a select group of clients such as DeShaw, Citadel, Millennium, Jane Street, HRT etc. Work with … firm, that recruit across Europe & the US Delivery focused role - no BD required Central London based Working on an exclusive + retained basis within Hedge Funds, Systematic Funds, Prop Trading Houses Very strong client relationships in growing companies which seems to defy the current market conditions. More ❯

asset allocators launch their own regulated investment vehicles - without the friction. Our flagship product is a white-label “fund-in-a-box” solution, complete with regulatory setup, infrastructure, trading strategies, and ongoing support. Clients get a plug-and-play quant fund - ready to go live in 30 days. All they need to do is raise capital. We're More ❯

asset allocators launch their own regulated investment vehicles - without the friction. Our flagship product is a white-label “fund-in-a-box” solution, complete with regulatory setup, infrastructure, trading strategies, and ongoing support. Clients get a plug-and-play quant fund - ready to go live in 30 days. All they need to do is raise capital. We're More ❯