My client is seeking a talented Software Engineer who will play a critical role in developing and optimising high-frequency trading systems, ensuring they operate at peak performance with minimal latency. This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment where your contributions will have a direct impact on the firm's success.
They pride themselves on working with the most cutting-edge technologies and boast a world-class technical team where you will work and learn from the best.
As a Software Engineer, you will have the following responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance trading applications.
- Performance tuning of state-of-the-art trading systems - optimise code for maximum speed and efficiency, minimising latency.
- Implement and enhance trading algorithms in collaboration with quantitative researchers and traders.
- Handle large volumes of market data in real-time, ensuring accurate and fast data ingestion, processing, and storage to feed trading algorithms.
Your experience will include
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 1+ years of professional development experience as a Software Engineer in either C++, Python, Java or Rust.
- Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Experience with multi-threaded programming and real-time systems (C++/Java)
- Experience writing software for massive scale (Up to 100s billions of records at a time!)
- Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments.
- Strong communication skills - this is a position where you will liaise with Senior Stakeholders such as PMs, Quants and Traders
If you are a talented Software Engineer and satisfy the above requirements, please apply to have your CV considered.
Job title: Software Engineer (C++, Python, Java or Rust)
Client: Boutique Market Making Firm
Salary: £150,000 - £500,000 Base (+ Bonus)
Location: London / Hybrid