Trading Systems Software Developer – Systematic Market Maker

Trading Systems Developer – Systematic Market Maker

Location:

London (onsite 4 days),000 total compensation

Quant capital is urgently looking for a Software Engineer 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.

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

Advanced experience in Kotlin or Java (Other languages considered C#/F#/C++)Deep familiarity with Linux environments and system-level APIsExperience 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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