Senior Credit Systematic Trading Engineer (Java/Python)

Orbis Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Orbis Group in London is seeking a Senior Credit Systematic Trading Developer to join a front-office engineering team. You will design, build, and optimise a global credit trading platform, working directly with traders and quants to deliver features end-to-end.

This role emphasizes high-performance, low-latency systems, distributed architectures, and robust market connectivity. HybridLondon-based role with significant ownership and opportunities for technical leadership.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience with Java and Python.
• Experience building electronic or systematic trading platforms.
• Knowledge of FIX protocol and electronic market connectivity.
• Experience with distributed systems and low-latency design.
• Experience with Kafka, KDB+, PostgreSQL, Docker and Kubernetes is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Designing and developing high-performance trading systems for global credit markets.
• Building pricing, risk and P&L services used by front-office trading teams.
• Developing FIX connectivity to electronic trading venues.
• Creating real-time market data and analytics applications.
• Working closely with traders and quants to deliver new features from concept through to production.
• Driving engineering best practices across performance, scalability and reliability.

Skills

Java

Python

Distributed systems

Concurrent programming

Event-driven architectures

FIX protocol

Trading platforms

Reactive/low-latency design

React/TypeScript (bonus)

Front-office collaboration

Tools

Kafka

KDB+

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Front-end JS stack (React/TS)

Job description

Orbis Group in London is seeking a Senior Credit Systematic Trading Developer to join a front-office engineering team. You will design, build, and optimise a global credit trading platform, working directly with traders and quants to deliver features end-to-end.

This role emphasizes high-performance, low-latency systems, distributed architectures, and robust market connectivity. HybridLondon-based role with significant ownership and opportunities for technical leadership.