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Trading Software Engineer

Quant Capital • london, south east england, uk • 1d ago

Trading Software Engineer - Systematic Market Maker

Location: London (onsite 4 days)

£375k++ total compensation

Quant capital is urgently looking for a Software Developer to join a prestigious market maker. This role sits in a highly autonomous engineering team building performance-critical trading systems that power both OTC and exchange-based strategies across global markets. You’ll work on latency-optimised infrastructure designed for scale, precision and adaptability. This is a role that suits those who have been working on high performance systems at the very highest level.

The Role

This is a hands-on dev position focused on building pricing engines, market connectivity, execution logic, and real-time controls. You'll work directly with researchers and analysts, deploying models into production and designing architecture that balances performance and flexibility.

Key Responsibilities

Build and maintain low-latency trading platforms across asset classes
Design pricing and risk logic, market data processing, and order handling
Optimise data flow and system throughput under real-time constraints
Implement core components in Kotlin (some C++ and legacy Python/Java)
Engineer for reliability, testing, monitoring and rapid fault recovery

What You'll Bring

Solid command of CS fundamentals, algorithms, architecture, systems, likely been a competitive programmer.
Advanced experience in Kotlin or Java (Other languages considered C#/F#/C++)
Deep familiarity with Linux environments and system-level APIs
Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems
Ability to work independently and review code for correctness and clarity
Finance experience not required, but curiosity helps

Why Apply

High-impact team with wide scope and minimal red tape
Build tech that goes live—trading billions in volume daily
Fast feedback, full ownership, and close collaboration with research
Real engineering challenges—performance, scale, reliability

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