Senior Software Engineer

This range is provided by Durlston Partners. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Location: London

Industry: Systematic Hedge Fund

A leading systematic hedge fund is expanding into crypto market making and is seeking a Senior Developer to architect, design, and develop a cloud-based trading platform from scratch. This is a unique opportunity to shape the firm’s crypto trading infrastructure and drive innovation in a fast-growing sector.

Key Responsibilities:

• Architect and build a high-performance AWS cloud-based crypto market-making platform from the ground up.
• Design and implement low-latency trading systems with robust risk management.
• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and traders to develop and deploy automated trading strategies.
• Optimize system performance to handle high message rates, large order bursts, and real-time market risk.
• Establish automated deployment management to enhance trading efficiency.

Requirements:

• Extensive experience in Java, Python ideally experience within systematic trading.
• Background in electronic trading, market-making, HFT, or algorithmic trading.
• Experience with cloud-based architectures (AWS preferred).
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and ability to collaborate with quants and traders.

Why Join?

• Greenfield project – build a state-of-the-art crypto trading platform from scratch.
• Work alongside world-class quants and technologists in a meritocratic environment.
• Exposure to cutting-edge trading strategies across multiple asset classes.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Finance and Information Technology

Industries

Financial Services and Investment Banking