Lead Software Engineer, Equities – Low-Latency Trading (Flexible)

Owen Thomas B Corp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Equities at VP level to design, build and maintain automated trading systems and engines. You will collaborate with global trading, quant and IT teams to enhance platform capabilities and trading performance.

The role emphasizes strong Java development, low-latency, and scalable infrastructure, with exposure to FIX-based workflows and modern web services.

Qualifications

• Core Java knowledge in a UNIX/Linux environment.
• Ability to analyse business & technical requirements and translate them into a well designed & programmed solution
• A logical approach to problem solving and good analytical skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a global team
• Experience with Git/Stash and Jenkins
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit
• An interest to learn the business supported by the applications
• Good Linux fundamentals
• Interest in developing systems for automated market making, DMA or algo trading group in liquid markets (equities, FX, liquid rates, etc.) using FIX protocol
• Experience with web service development, REST, TypeScript knowledge with preferably Angular framework
• Experience with low-latency messaging middleware pub/sub technologies.
• Experience of time-series data analysis in technologies such as KDB/q

Responsibilities

• Communicate regularly with product leads across the technology organization and discuss opportunities for improvement to existing and future technology solutions.
• You will be using core Java development to build and enhance trading strategies and engines
• The role involves working directly with the global trading, quant and IT teams to advance the platform and the businesses it serves
• The project portfolio is typically varied, spanning new and existing algorithm development, improving the technical and execution performance of trading systems, the generation and analysis of trading signals & data
• You will part of a team which is involved in the full system development lifecycle from discussing and agreeing requirements through to designing, developing and deploying the changes
• The systems you will work on are high volume, low latency, resilient, scalable and message-driven based on cutting edge Java and utilising the latest hardware

Skills

Java expertise

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Team communication

Linux fundamentals

Trading domain interest

FIX protocol

REST API

KDB/q experience

Algo trading interest

Tools

Core Java

UNIX/Linux

Git/Stash

Jenkins

REST

TypeScript

Angular

Low-latency messaging

Job description

Morgan Stanley in London is seeking a Lead Software Engineer – Equities at VP level to design, build and maintain automated trading systems and engines. You will collaborate with global trading, quant and IT teams to enhance platform capabilities and trading performance.

The role emphasizes strong Java development, low-latency, and scalable infrastructure, with exposure to FIX-based workflows and modern web services.