Software Engineer – Trade Technology

G-Research; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided via Just Eat for Business

Dedicated barista bar

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Informal dress code

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Monthly company events

Job summary

G-Research in Greater London is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Trade Technology team. You will design and develop robust trading platforms, ensuring they are efficient and reliable. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in software engineering, proficiency in languages like Java or C++, and experience with Kubernetes. The role offers attractive benefits such as a competitive salary, 30 days of annual leave, and a focus on work/life balance.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering, ideally in distributed, real-time systems.
• Experience in at least one typed language such as Java, Kotlin, C#, C++, or Rust.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies in production environments.
• A passion for developing robust, maintainable software that is well monitored in production.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and evolving production-grade trading platforms and services end-to-end.
• Optimising software performance, throughput and efficiency at scale.
• Contributing to the reliability and operational excellence of critical systems.
• Applying strong software engineering practices across testing, code quality, automation and observability.
• Participating in production support rotations and troubleshooting runtime issues.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Java

Kotlin

C#

C++

Rust

Containerisation

Kubernetes

Clean code

Job description

We tackle the most complex problems in quantitative finance, by bringing scientific clarity to financial complexity.

From our London HQ, we unite world-class researchers and engineers in an environment that values deep exploration and methodical execution - because the best ideas take time to evolve. Together we’re building a world-class platform to amplify our teams’ most powerful ideas.

As part of our engineering team, you’ll shape the platforms and tools that drive high-impact research - designing systems that scale, accelerate discovery and support innovation across the firm.

Take the next step in your career.

The role

We are hiring Software Engineers to join our Trade Technology function, where we design, build and maintain our globally distributed trading system.

You will design and implement the systems, tooling and workflows that ensure the distributed platform is robust, observable and engineered for speed and safety. This includes owning the engineering infrastructure that supports deployment automation, real-time diagnostics and fault-tolerant operations.

Engineering underpins our continued growth and success, and we are committed to hiring and developing the world’s best Software Engineers.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• Designing, building and evolving production-grade trading platforms and services end-to-end
• Optimising software performance, throughput and efficiency at scale
• Contributing to the reliability and operational excellence of critical systems, including participation in production support rotations
• Applying strong software engineering practices across testing, code quality, automation and observability
• Participating in a shared production support rotation, responding to incidents, troubleshooting runtime issues and driving improvements

Who are we looking for?

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experience:

• Strong background in software engineering, ideally in distributed, real-time systems
• Experience in at least one typed language, such as Java, Kotlin, C#, C++ or Rust
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies, such as Kubernetes, in production environments
• A passion for developing robust, maintainable software, that's well monitored in production

Above all, we value clean, maintainable code, sound engineering judgement and a business-value mindset over specific toolkits.

Why should you apply?

• Highly competitive compensation plus annual discretionary bonus
• Lunch provided (via Just Eat for Business) and dedicated barista bar
• 30 days’ annual leave
• 9% company pension contributions
• Informal dress code and excellent work/life balance
• Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Monthly company events