C# Software Engineer (Front Office), Hedge Fund, London

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund in London seeks a C# Software Engineer with 4-7 years of experience to join their front-office team. The successful candidate will develop high-performance C# applications and collaborate closely with business stakeholders, contributing to the fund's systematic trading capabilities. This opportunity offers a dynamic and progressive culture focused on continuous personal and professional development.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years’ commercial experience on sell- or buy-side.
• Experience with systematic trading is highly regarded.
• Strong exposure to desktop application frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Developing and maintaining C# applications for the front office.
• Collaborating with business stakeholders.
• Operating in a full SDLC mandate across the stack.

Skills

Programming in C#

Communication Skills

Collaboration

Time Management

Education

Master’s Degree in a relevant field

Tools

.NET ecosystem

WPF

WinForms

Blazor

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26.06.2025

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10.08.2025

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Job Description:

C# Engineer | Global Hedge Fund | London [On-Site]

We are working on behalf of a highly collaborative hedge fund with a global presence. The fund has a strong track record of performance and has committed significant resource to further expanding their established front-office engineering team. At this moment, the fund are looking to hire a couple C# engineers (4-7 years’ experience) to support the growing coverage of this highly regarded team and being central to the shaping of a systematic business expansion.

In this role, the successful applicant(s) will be supporting the development and maintenance of performative and responsive C# applications that enable the front office business to operate and function. Concomitantly, you will be working closely with key business stakeholders throughout the business across a range of novel and pre-existing projects; strategic and BAU. This will be a full SDLC mandate and it will operate across the stack. You will sit closely to the fixed income and macro business. The firm are a fine blend of discretionary and growing systematic capabilities. You will be engaged, predominantly, in the latter.

The current squad is built on the foundations of high-calibre peers (both academically and professionally). Therefore, they are looking for those who share strong academic credentials and experience representing highly regarded financial institutions. This is a good opportunity to work for a thoroughly successful fund that have a dynamic, progressive culture. They are very outspoken about their commitment to continuous personal and professional investment in their representatives and nurturing a culture of knowledge discovery.

Requirements:

• Preferably 4-7 years’ commercial experience on the sell- or buy-side.
• Strong programming skills in C#. C++ experience would also be desirable but not a pre-requisite.
• Comprehensive exposure to the .NET ecosystem, in particular desktop application frameworks (WPF, WinForms, Blazor).
• Experience within the field of systematic trading would be highly regarded.
• Experience within fixed income (rates) products
• Minimum Master’s degree, in a relevant scientific or programmatic field, from a leading university/course.
• Strong communication skills to effectively and efficiently collaborate with key stakeholders.
• Capacity to work within a highly time-sensitive environment.

Due to demand, we are advertising this role anonymously. If you would prefer to speak to someone before submitting a CV, please send a blank application to the role and someone will be in touch to discuss.

We can only respond to highly qualified candidates.