Software Engineer (Any Oo)

Oxford Knight; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incredible salary & bonus

WFH flexibility

Daily catering – breakfast, lunch, and

Chill-out area with pool table

Gym membership

Two discretionary performance-related

Job summary

Oxford Knight in London is seeking several strong developers to join the EU development team. You will work on core trading systems using OO languages (C++/Java/C#) and collaborate with traders to turn ideas into scalable tools.

No financial experience is required, but a keen interest in markets helps. The role emphasizes performance-sensitive, real-time systems and a collaborative, cross-platform environment.

Qualifications

• Excellent OO knowledge in C++/Java/C# and a numerate degree are expected.
• Degree (or relevant qualification) in CS or numerate subject.
• Desire and ability to learn about financial markets.
• Commercial awareness and business context prioritisation.
• Strong team-oriented attitude with collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Work with traders to implement new ideas and enhance in-house trading apps.
• Develop core trading tools in London and improve current system performance.
• Find new techniques to optimize trading algorithms and systems.
• Maintain scalability in business-facing role with traders.

Skills

C++

Java

C#

OO proficiency

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or numerate subject

Tools

Windows

Linux

Job description

This hedge fund, with a cool start-up vibe, is the next big thing in systematic trading. Using the best technology and tools in the market, they are developing proprietary trading strategies, technology and algorithms to make tens of thousands of trades per second.

Technology is central to the success of this company: they rely heavily on the ultra-low latency of trades and high performance code, proudly branding themselves 97% tech-driven and ‘more like a software house’ than a bank. Although they work with a range of technologies – C++/Java/C# – candidates with any OO experience will be considered.

This is an entirely UK-based fund and is one of the best performing systematic prop funds over the last 10 years. All of the major decision-makers are based in London – which is a very rare advantage.

Position:

They are seeking several strong developers to join the EU development team based in London. With experience developing in OO languages [C++ or Java or C#] you will work on one of the core trading systems. While you need NO financial knowledge, you should be keen to learn.

This role is business facing; working with traders to implement new ideas and further enhance the in-house developed trading applications whilst maintaining scalability.

Your key responsibilities will be to produce the best trading tools in London. Finding new techniques on how to improve trading algorithms and systems, as well as improving performance on the current system will be crucial.

Required:

• Excellent OO knowledge [C++ / Java / C#]
• Degree (or relevant qualification) – preferably Computer Science or numerate subject
• Desire and ability to learn more, particularly about financial markets
• Commercially aware, priorities in business context
• Strong team-oriented attitude with natural inclination to share and collaborate

Helpful:

• Understanding and experience developing mission-critical, performance-sensitive, real-time systems
• Experienced in multithreaded (and preferably network) software development
• Cross-platform development [Windows and Linux]
• Thorough understanding of software development methodologies – especially scrum/agile methods
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

NB: Please do not apply if you are a fresh graduate.

• Incredible salary & bonus
• They’re willing to be flexible with WFH
• Daily catering – breakfast, lunch, plus a fully stocked kitchen
• Chill-out area with pool table, table tennis, TV and Playstation
• Competitive annual leave, health & life insurance, gym membership
• Two discretionary performance-related bonuses a year

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.