Proprietary Trading Jobs in the UK

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Graduate Software Developer / Quantitative Developer / Quantitative Researcher - Up to £160,000 + Bo

City of London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
Graduate Software Developer/Quantitative Developer/Quantitative Researcher Location: London (Hybrid) Salary: Up to £160,000 + Bonus + Full Benefits Client: Elite Proprietary Trading Firm Kickstart Your Career Just graduated and eager to dive into the world of high-performance tech and quantitative finance? Join a leading global trading firm where innovation is … access to cutting-edge technology and mentorship from top-tier engineers and quants, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects, shaping the future of trading tech. What You’ll Be Doing Develop and enhance state-of-the-art trading systems and infrastructure Design and implement your own quantitative models Collaborate with top More ❯
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Graduate Software Developer / Quantitative Developer / Quantitative Researcher - Up to £160,000 + Bo

South East London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
Graduate Software Developer/Quantitative Developer/Quantitative Researcher Location: London (Hybrid) Salary: Up to £160,000 + Bonus + Full Benefits Client: Elite Proprietary Trading Firm Kickstart Your Career Just graduated and eager to dive into the world of high-performance tech and quantitative finance? Join a leading global trading firm where innovation is … access to cutting-edge technology and mentorship from top-tier engineers and quants, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects, shaping the future of trading tech. What You’ll Be Doing Develop and enhance state-of-the-art trading systems and infrastructure Design and implement your own quantitative models Collaborate with top More ❯
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Production Engineer Experienced Hire

Narberth, Pennsylvania, United States
Susquehanna International Group
Overview We are currently seeking a Production Engineer for one of our automated trading desks. As a part of this team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with trading strategy and infrastructure development teams and be an important part of getting new technologies and strategies configured and deployed. You will work directly with our … technologists, traders and quantitative research analysts to develop tools to monitor and support the production environment on a highly automated trading desk as well as developing and maintaining software build tools on Linux. You will have the opportunity to learn market microstructure and how the system setup and system risk relates to the trading. In this role you … work together to create competitive edge through best-in-class technical solutions. Growth: For many of our roles, we don't expect you to have prior industry experience in proprietary trading or financial services to succeed at Susquehanna International Group. We're looking for people who are naturally curious, relentless problem solvers, and have the desire to More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: USD Annual
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Quant Developer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
and real-time signal deployment. Key Responsibilities Design and develop robust, high-performance systems for AI/ML model development and deployment. Collaborate with quantitative researchers to translate trading strategies into production-ready code. Build and maintain data pipelines for structured and unstructured financial data. Implement backtesting frameworks and simulation environments. Optimise model inference and execution latency for … containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes). Proficiency with data engineering tools Experience working in fast-paced, collaborative environments with agile methodologies. Nice to Have Prior experience in a hedge fund, prop trading firm, or investment bank. Exposure to reinforcement learning, deep learning, or LLMs in financial contexts. Knowledge of market microstructure and execution algorithms. Contract Details Duration: 12 months Start More ❯
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Quant Developer

City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Glocomms
and real-time signal deployment. Key Responsibilities Design and develop robust, high-performance systems for AI/ML model development and deployment. Collaborate with quantitative researchers to translate trading strategies into production-ready code. Build and maintain data pipelines for structured and unstructured financial data. Implement backtesting frameworks and simulation environments. Optimise model inference and execution latency for … containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes). Proficiency with data engineering tools Experience working in fast-paced, collaborative environments with agile methodologies. Nice to Have Prior experience in a hedge fund, prop trading firm, or investment bank. Exposure to reinforcement learning, deep learning, or LLMs in financial contexts. Knowledge of market microstructure and execution algorithms. Contract Details Duration: 12 months Start More ❯
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Site Reliability Engineer

London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
GSR
Founded in 2013, GSR is a leading market maker and programmatic trading firm in the fast-evolving world of cryptocurrency trading. With over 200 employees across seven countries, we provide billions of dollars in liquidity daily to cryptocurrency protocols and exchanges. We build long-term relationships with crypto communities and institutional investors by offering exceptional service, expertise, and … tailored trading solutions. GSR works with token issuers, exchanges, investors, miners, and more than 30 cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. In volatile markets we are a trusted partner to crypto native builders and to those exploring the industry for the first time. Our team of veteran finance and technology executives from Goldman Sachs, Two Sigma, and Citadel, among … Notice/Non-Compete? Select What is the total length of time, you will need to serve to clear your current post-termination restrictions? Related industry experience? Crypto Prop Trading Hedge Fund Banking Tech Other Financial Services Other Education Have you worked in any of the following prior to applying to GSR? Experience level, applicable to this role More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Senior Quantitative Researcher/ Sub-PM

London Area, United Kingdom
Alexander Chapman
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 ❯
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Senior Quantitative Researcher/ Sub-PM

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Alexander Chapman
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 ❯
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C++ developer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Radley James
A leading proprietary trading are looking to hire a C++ developer. In this role, you’ll work on high-performance systems that power the real-time trading strategies. You’ll collaborate closely with traders, quants, and other engineers to build scalable, ultra-low-latency software that delivers real results. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain … performance-critical C++ software for trading systems Optimize code for low-latency and high-throughput environments Collaborate with traders to understand requirements and translate them into efficient solutions Contribute to system architecture and performance tuning Ensure reliability and stability of systems through rigorous testing and monitoring What We're Looking For 3+ years of professional experience with modern … networking is a plus Ability to work autonomously and in a team Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for clean, efficient code Prior experience in finance or trading is a bonus but not required What We Offer A highly competitive salary and performance-based bonus Relocation assistance to Amsterdam Work in a collaborative, flat-structured environment Daily More ❯
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Senior Quantitative Researcher/ Sub-PM

South East London, England, United Kingdom
Alexander Chapman
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 ❯
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C++ developer

London Area, United Kingdom
Radley James
A leading proprietary trading are looking to hire a C++ developer. In this role, you’ll work on high-performance systems that power the real-time trading strategies. You’ll collaborate closely with traders, quants, and other engineers to build scalable, ultra-low-latency software that delivers real results. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and maintain … performance-critical C++ software for trading systems Optimize code for low-latency and high-throughput environments Collaborate with traders to understand requirements and translate them into efficient solutions Contribute to system architecture and performance tuning Ensure reliability and stability of systems through rigorous testing and monitoring What We're Looking For 3+ years of professional experience with modern … networking is a plus Ability to work autonomously and in a team Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for clean, efficient code Prior experience in finance or trading is a bonus but not required What We Offer A highly competitive salary and performance-based bonus Relocation assistance to Amsterdam Work in a collaborative, flat-structured environment Daily More ❯
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Sales Enablement Engineer EMEA, Parameta Solutions

London, United Kingdom
TP ICAP Group
innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist. About Parameta Solutions Parameta Solutions is the Data & Analytics division of TP ICAP Group. The business provides clients with unbiased OTC content and proprietary data, in-depth insights across price discovery, risk management, benchmark and indices, and pre and post-trade analytics. Its post-trade solutions offering helps market participants control their counterparty … in Parameta's stable of OTC data, software, platforms, infrastructure, and direct delivery services. You will work closely with regional institutional clients-including hedge funds, asset managers, banks, and proprietary trading firms-to understand their needs, demonstrate solutions, and ensure seamless integration of our data and technology offerings. This role requires a blend of financial market knowledge … with an Agile methodology building rapid prototype(s). Demonstrated proficiency in SQL and Python. Familiarity with trading and risk management platforms (e.g., Bloomberg, Refinitiv, CQG or proprietary systems) Desired Experience and comfort in a client facing role. Experience within the cloud space (AWS, EKS, GCP, Snowflake, ThoughtSpot). Exceptional organisational skills with the ability to multi More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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🚀 C++ Engineer – World’s Largest (Almost!) Supercomputer

London Area, United Kingdom
Augmentti
petabytes of storage, and almost 10 petabytes of RAM. This cutting-edge infrastructure supports state-of-the-art Deep Learning models that process trillions of data points, driving trading algorithms that handle $300 billion across 80+ exchanges daily. They are one of the youngest, yet most innovative and successful algo trading firms on the planet. All … an exceptional C++ Engineer to join their most critical engineering group across the whole firm. This elite team of engineers is responsible for developing all of their on-exchange proprietary trading technology—the single biggest driver of the firm’s revenue. As part of this team, you’ll be among the highest-paid engineers in the company … an exabyte-scale distributed filesystem to custom compilers for massively parallel computation, your work will be challenging and complex. At every turn, it will contribute to the core trading stack and have a direct impact on the success of the firm. Work with the Best : Collaborate with some of the most talented engineers, researchers, and quants in the More ❯
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🚀 C++ Engineer – World’s Largest (Almost!) Supercomputer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Augmentti
petabytes of storage, and almost 10 petabytes of RAM. This cutting-edge infrastructure supports state-of-the-art Deep Learning models that process trillions of data points, driving trading algorithms that handle $300 billion across 80+ exchanges daily. They are one of the youngest, yet most innovative and successful algo trading firms on the planet. All … an exceptional C++ Engineer to join their most critical engineering group across the whole firm. This elite team of engineers is responsible for developing all of their on-exchange proprietary trading technology—the single biggest driver of the firm’s revenue. As part of this team, you’ll be among the highest-paid engineers in the company … an exabyte-scale distributed filesystem to custom compilers for massively parallel computation, your work will be challenging and complex. At every turn, it will contribute to the core trading stack and have a direct impact on the success of the firm. Work with the Best : Collaborate with some of the most talented engineers, researchers, and quants in the More ❯
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Crypto Production Engineer

London, United Kingdom
P2P
Jump Trading Group is committed to world class research. We empower exceptional talents in Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science to seek scientific boundaries, push through them, and apply cutting edge research to global financial markets. Our culture is unique. Constant innovation requires fearlessness, creativity, intellectual honesty, and a relentless competitive streak. We believe in winning together and unlocking … across industries, and partner with leading global research organizations and universities to solve problems. Our Production Engineering team is a global team that supports Jump's diverse global trading infrastructure that operates across many global traditional and crypto financial markets. The team is responsible for everything from low level infrastructure to custom applications, making heavy use of both … hands dirty to solve challenging technical problems. What you'll do: Help build, manage, and maintain a sophisticated validator infrastructure and tooling for one of the world's top proprietary trading firms. Working with software that is bleeding-edge and doing interesting things (consensus algorithms, distributed systems, cryptography) which often presents challenging technical problems. Take responsibility for More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Software Developer (Research Infrastructure) - £350/500,000 - Quantitative Trading

London, United Kingdom
Campbell North Ltd
Quantitative Trading £350-500k How many opportunities will you get to develop a greenfield platform that directly shapes the future of a multi-billion-dollar prop trading business? I'd imagine this is one of few. Here, you'll develop a proprietary Python-based research platform from scratch for one of the leading Quantitative More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP 350,000 - 500,000 Annual
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Application Support £140,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
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 ❯
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Application Support £140,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
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 ❯
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Application Support £140,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

South East London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
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 ❯
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Site Reliability Engineer SRE Low Latency Trading Infrastructure

West London, London, United Kingdom
James Joseph Associates Limited
Our client is a globally recognised name in High-Frequency Prop Trading and Market Making and known for consistent success and impressive profitability. With continued growth across the firm, they are now looking to expand their world-class engineering team by hiring an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to help design, optimise and maintain their global trading More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Java Software Engineer

London Area, United Kingdom
Miller Maxwell Ltd
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 ❯
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Java Software Engineer

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Miller Maxwell Ltd
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 ❯
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Java Software Engineer

South East London, England, United Kingdom
Miller Maxwell Ltd
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 ❯
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Test Analyst - Up to £650 P/D - London/Hybrid

Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
Job title: Senior Test Analyst Client: Trading/Prop Trading Salary: Up to £650 P/D Location: London/Hybrid Duration : 6 Month (Rolling) This is a great opportunity for a QA Tester to join one of the most successful Trading firms in the world, to work directly on the trading … Engineers in the industry! As a critical part of the core team, you will work on real-time streaming data and systems which allow the execution of algorithmic trading strategies based on patterns in market behaviour. You will be part of one of the biggest technical projects the firm has ever worked on and play a critical role More ❯
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Senior Quant Trader

London, United Kingdom
P2P
Responsibilities Monitor and manage risk during local time zone + rotation for weekend shift. Conduct research/pricing/execution to facilitate hedging by using our automated trading infrastructure. Improving existing strategies and developing new strategies Identifying new markets/opportunities Perform post-trade analysis of strategies. Collaborating with quant developers to implement trading strategies and … or PhD in mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, or related quantitative analytical field. 5+ profitable trading experience on a leading trading desk in a bank, proprietary trading, or market making environment in any asset class. Demonstrable experience in successfully building and managing trades. Familiar with Python and have a keen interest in expanding More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Proprietary Trading
10th Percentile
£87,750
25th Percentile
£95,625
Median
£122,500
75th Percentile
£140,000