ETrading Quant Developer (Rates & Futures) – Front-Office Engineering
I’m partnered with a global markets powerhouse that is investing heavily in its electronic trading capabilities across Rates and Futures. They’re scaling a high-impact team of eTrading Strats/Engineers who sit on the trading floor, understand market microstructure, and build the logic that moves real capital at scale.
This is for someone who knows what happens under the hood—order books, pricing curves, quoting logic, execution algos, hedging flows—and can explain it confidently to traders, quants, and product stakeholders.
The Role:
You’ll help build a best-in-class electronic trading platform for global Rates products—think automated quoting, RFQ pricing, futures execution, and sophisticated algo strategies. Responsibilities include:
* Design and implement low-latency trading algorithms that respond to market signals
* Optimise pricing, quoting, and execution logic across interdealer and client venues
* Work directly with traders and quants—gather requirements, challenge assumptions, propose smarter solutions
* Research and exploit market inefficiencies using statistical and quantitative methods
* Continually refine live strategies based on performance metrics and real-time feedback
* Contribute to the broader eTrading tech stack—architecture, latency tuning, infrastructure
Requirements:
* 2-15 years of experience.
* Must come with some experience working in an electronic trading environment.
* Strong background using the latest Java technologies
* Deep understanding of low-latency or event-driven environments
* Background in Rates, Bonds, or Futures is desirable.
* Clear communicator, who can be put in front of managers and external stakeholders in any given notice.
Please contact daniel.mclagan@stanfordblack.com for more information.
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