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Director and Head of Trading Technology at Quant Capital Consulting
Software Developer - Systematic Market Maker
Location: London (onsite 4 days)
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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Seniority level
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Mid-Senior level
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Information Technology
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Capital Markets
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