Low-Latency Trading Systems Engineer

Selby Jennings; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking a highly capable Quantitative Developer to join a technology-driven investment firm. The role focuses on building and optimizing cutting-edge trading and research systems with emphasis on performance and scalability.

You will design, build, and maintain core infrastructure close to hardware and OS level, collaborating with engineers, researchers and traders to push system throughput and reliability across global environments.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science or a related field (BS/MS/PhD).
• Strong programming skills in C or C++.
• Solid understanding of core systems concepts.

Responsibilities

• Building and optimising low-latency trading systems.
• Developing high-throughput research infrastructure.
• Designing and maintaining distributed systems across global environments.
• Improving networking performance and reliability.
• Contributing to systems for testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Working closely with engineers, researchers, and traders to improve system performance.

Skills

C/C++

Low-latency

Distributed systems

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Selby Jennings is seeking a highly capable Quantitative Developer to join a technology-driven investment firm. The role focuses on building and optimizing cutting-edge trading and research systems with emphasis on performance and scalability.

You will design, build, and maintain core infrastructure close to hardware and OS level, collaborating with engineers, researchers and traders to push system throughput and reliability across global environments.