Software Engineer – Prop Trading – London – Up to £100k Base + Bonus
A leading systematic trading firm, who were the pioneers in the adoption of ML is looking to hire a Software Engineer to help evolve and optimise their core trading and data platform.
The team builds everything in-house from low-latency trading infrastructure and data pipelines to machine learning tools and real-time UIs giving engineers full visibility into the entire system and how it drives performance in live markets.
In this role, you’ll work closely with the UI and platform teams to:
* Develop high-performance Java backend services supporting front-end applications.
* Optimise data transport, monitoring and performance across the stack.
* Contribute to tools spanning trading, risk, and market analytics.
They’re looking for:
* 4+ years’ experience in Java (React/TypeScript a plus).
* Strong CompSci fundamentals and clean architecture principles.
* Interest in real-time systems, performance tuning or trading environments.
The culture is open and highly collaborative, where every engineer contributes directly to production systems.
For more information, please get in touch. james@durlstonpartners.com