High-Performance Trading Systems Engineer (Python/Linux)

Jumptrading; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private Medical

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Travel Medical Insurance

Group Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Parental Leave

Parking & Commuter Benefits

Job summary

Jump Trading Group in London is seeking a dynamic software engineer to join a growing quantitative trading team. You will own trading and operational issues, deploy production trading services, and scale fault-tolerant Python infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate has strong Python and Linux skills, some C++/SQL experience, and a passion for automated electronic trading. You will collaborate with traders and technologists to drive robust systems and impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of Python and Linux; C++/SQL preferable.
• Strong debugging skills in code and systems infrastructure.
• Good instincts for performance vs simplicity trade-offs.
• Ability to make engineering decisions for maintainability, extensibility and debuggability.
• Self-directed and able to own projects and mission-critical systems.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and context-switch across projects.
• Reliability and predictable availability.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring production servers are properly configured.
• Writing and maintaining a complex Python infrastructure.
• Other duties as assigned or needed.

Skills

Python

Linux

C++

SQL

Debugging

Performance optimization

Ownership

Prioritization

Tools

Git

Job description

Jump Trading Group in London is seeking a dynamic software engineer to join a growing quantitative trading team. You will own trading and operational issues, deploy production trading services, and scale fault-tolerant Python infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate has strong Python and Linux skills, some C++/SQL experience, and a passion for automated electronic trading. You will collaborate with traders and technologists to drive robust systems and impactful solutions.