Network Engineering Lead - Low-Latency Trading | Global Alternative Investment Manager

[Up to c. $350k Base Salary + Discretionary Bonus | Office-Led Working]

We’re representing a major global investment firm building and operating technology infrastructure directly supporting systematic and electronic trading. They are hiring a senior Network Engineering Lead to take technical ownership of the low-latency network environment connecting trading platforms with exchanges, brokers, market-data providers and strategically located colocation facilities. The position also leads a six-person US engineering team while remaining closely involved in architecture, troubleshooting and major technical decisions.

This is fundamentally a trading-network engineering role rather than conventional enterprise networking. The mandate spans physical connectivity through routing, market-data distribution, performance analysis and automation, with measurable latency, resilience and production reliability at its core...

• Bring substantial hands-on experience engineering production networks supporting electronic or systematic trading within a buy-side, sell-side, market-making or comparable financial environment
• Lead six US-based network engineers while remaining technically involved in architecture, complex troubleshooting, standards and engineering direction
• Own the evolution of low-latency connectivity across colocation sites, exchange infrastructure, proximity facilities, brokers, venues and external data providers
• Apply deep BGP and IP-routing expertise across WAN and extranet environments where route quality, predictability and latency directly affect trading performance
• Engineer high-performance Layer 1, Layer 2 and Layer 3 infrastructure spanning switching, optical transport, DWDM, cross-connects, structured cabling and capacity management
• Take end-to-end responsibility for multicast and unicast market-data delivery, including feed integrity, packet loss, gaps, arbitration paths and sustained line-rate performance
• Deliver network connectivity for trading venues and brokers, supporting gateway activation, testing, certification and production readiness
• Build strong observability around latency and network quality using packet capture, telemetry, precision timing, hardware time stamping and detailed traffic analysis
• Improve repeatability and operational safety through automation of network changes, validation, diagnostics, compliance checks and connectivity onboarding
• Set engineering standards, develop senior engineers and manage key relationships with carriers, colocation providers, vendors and internal trading-technology stakeholders