Trading Systems Engineer – Low Latency Infrastructure (London)
A leading global hedge fund is seeking a Trading Systems Engineer to support and evolve high-performance, low-latency trading infrastructure in London.
This role focuses on building and maintaining highly available systems that power real-time market data and execution across asset classes. You'll work across infrastructure, networking, and cloud environments, partnering closely with global teams in a fast-paced, performance-critical setting.
What You'll Do:
* Support and optimise trading systems and low-latency infrastructure.
* Manage market data networks, including multicast environments.
* Work across Linux, on-prem, and AWS-based systems.
* Build and automate infrastructure using Terraform, Python, and Kubernetes.
* Improve monitoring, performance, and system reliability.
What You Bring:
* 8+ years experience supporting trading systems (exchange, fund, asset manager or low latency banking environment).
* DevOps/Platform, SRE &/or Linux Systems Engineering backgrounds preferred.
* Strong Linux and networking knowledge (multicast preferred).
* Hands-on with AWS, Python, Kubernetes, and Terraform.
* Experience in high-availability, performance-sensitive environments.
* Clear communicator with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset.
Why This Role:
* Direct impact on live trading systems.
* Highly technical, low-latency environment.
* Strong global engineering team.
* Mix of modern cloud and traditional (on-prem/baremetal) trading infrastructure.