Software Engineer - Hybrid working

Location: London / Hybrid

Salary: £150,000 - £500,000 Base (+ Bonus)

Client: Hunter Bond

Overview: My client are seeking a talented Software Engineer who will play a critical role in developing and optimizing high-frequency trading systems, ensuring they operate at peak performance with minimal latency. This is an opportunity to work in a fast-paced, intellectually challenging environment where your contributions will have a direct impact on the firm's success. They pride themselves on working with the most cutting edge technologies and boast a world class technical team where you will work and learn from the best.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance trading applications.
• Performance tuning of state of the art trading systems - optimise code for maximum speed and efficiency, minimising latency.
• Implement and enhance trading algorithms in collaboration with quantitative researchers and traders.
• Handle large volumes of market data in real-time, ensuring accurate and fast data ingestion, processing, and storage to feed trading algorithms.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 1+ years of professional development experience as a Software Engineer in either C++, Python or Java.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
• Experience with multi-threaded programming and real-time systems (C++/Java)
• Experience writing software for massive scale (Up to 100s billions of records at a time!)
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments.
• Strong communication skills - liaise with Senior Stakeholders such as PMs, Quants and Traders

To apply, please send your CV to rdelaney@hunterbond.com.