VP Java FX Strategist Global Markets London

McGregor Boyall Associates; City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment bank in London is looking for a Vice President - Electronic FX Strategist to join its E-Trading FX Strategy team. The role involves working at the heart of an innovative FX franchise, owning critical components across pricing, algorithmic trading, and systems that run globally. The ideal candidate should be a high-performance Java engineer with FX experience, ready to collaborate with trading, sales, and quant teams to deliver impactful solutions.

Qualifications

• High-performance Java engineering skills with experience in FX.
• Deep understanding of algorithmic trading and market-making.
• Experience working in a fast-paced financial environment.

Responsibilities

• Join the E-Trading FX Strategy team to drive key components of electronic FX.
• Develop and deliver innovative, latency-sensitive solutions.
• Collaborate across trading, sales, and globally distributed teams.

Skills

Java engineering

FX experience

Algorithmic trading

Market-making models

Quantitative analysis

Job description

Exclusive Search - Leading Global Investment Bank

Are you a high-performance Java engineer with FX experience? My client, a top-tier global financial institution, is expanding its E-Trading FX Strategy team and is seeking a Vice President - Electronic FX Strategist to help drive one of the bank's most strategic growth areas.

This is a rare chance to work at the heart of a cutting-edge FX franchise, owning key components across pricing, market-making, algorithmic trading and ultra-low-latency systems that run globally.

The Opportunity

You'll join a high-impact team responsible for all quant and technology elements of the bank's electronic FX flows. From core market-making models and price distribution, to aggregators, algos and the bank's single-dealer platform - if it touches electronic FX, it passes through this team.

Work closely with trading, sales, quants and globally distributed engineering teams (London & Singapore) to deliver innovative, scalable and latency-sensitive solutions.