Quantitative Developer - Prop Trading - Java - London

Stanford Black Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client, a world-leading proprietary quantitative investment firm, seeks exceptional engineers to join a high-performance Java systems team in London. You will work alongside world-class quantitative researchers and traders on massive compute clusters and live trading platforms.

You will optimize simulation engines, scale distributed workloads across thousands of compute nodes, and contribute to high-throughput trading infrastructure. A top-tier technical or academic background is expected.

Qualifications

• Strong algorithms, data structures and systems fundamentals.
• Top-tier technical and/or academic background.

Responsibilities

• Optimise simulation engines running millions of strategy experiments.
• Scale distributed research workloads across thousands of compute nodes.
• Build high-performance Java systems used in live trading.

Skills

Algorithms

Data structures

Distributed systems

Java

Job description

My client is one of the world’s leading proprietary quantitative investment firms, combining elite engineering talent with enormous compute power to solve some of the hardest problems in systematic trading.

Why This Team?

• Work directly alongside world-class quantitative researchers and traders.


• Access massive proprietary compute clusters with 1000s of cores.


• Build trading systems running globally, 24/6, with proprietary capital.


• Exceptional compensation and elite engineering calibre.

What You’ll Tackle:

• Optimise simulation engines running millions of strategy experiments.


• Scale distributed research workloads across thousands of compute nodes.


• Build high-performance Java systems used in live trading.

We Should Speak If You Have:

• Strong algorithms, data structures and systems fundamentals.


• A top-tier technical and/or academic background.