C++ Engineer – Hft Buildout

Oxford Knight; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonuses

Generous benefits

Job summary

Oxford Knight is expanding its systematic and high-frequency trading capabilities in London, building low-latency execution and market data infrastructure used by Portfolio Managers and Researchers across asset classes.

You will join a growing HFT engineering team, owning critical components like order entry, real-time market data, exchange simulation and strategy infrastructure, delivering production-grade systems with exceptional latency and reliability.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of building production-grade, low-latency systems.
• Strong Linux, networking and low-level systems knowledge.
• Experience with market data, order entry or similar trading infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Build core low-latency infrastructure for live trading and research.
• Develop production-grade systems with emphasis on latency, throughput and reliability.
• Collaborate with Portfolio Managers and Quant Researchers and influence architecture.

Skills

5+ years experience

Low-latency systems

Linux networking

Market data infrastructure

Debugging & problem solving

OS tuning & kernel bypass

Exchange simulation

Leadership potential

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

One of the world’s leading investment firms is to expanding its systematic and high-frequency trading capabilities, building low-latency execution and market data infrastructure used by Portfolio Managers and Researchers across multiple asset classes.

Role

They’re looking for an exceptional C++ Engineer to join a growing HFT engineering team in London, building core low-latency infrastructure for live trading and research.

You’ll work across order entry, real-time market data, exchange simulation, feature extraction and strategy infrastructure, developing production-grade systems where latency, throughput and reliability are critical.

Working closely with Quant Researchers, Portfolio Managers and other engineers, you’ll have significant ownership and influence over the architecture of a major HFT platform as it grows.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience building production-grade, low-latency systems
• Strong Linux, networking and low-level systems knowledge
• Experience with market data, order entry or similar trading infrastructure
• Strong analytical, debugging and problem-solving skills
• OS tuning, kernel bypass and user-space networking
• Exchange simulation / strategy infrastructure
• Market-leading base + bonuses + generous benefits
• Major HFT build-out with significant project ownership
• Work directly with Portfolio Managers and Quant Researchers
• Scope for future technical leadership

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