eTrading Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

eTrading Engineer (Fintech): Building and optimizing high-performance electronic trading systems and tools to generate market signals, with an accent on pricing, risk management, and execution in dynamic financial markets. Focus on applying leading-edge technologies, solving complex business problems, and ensuring the safety, reliability, and resilience of critical trading infrastructure.

Location: Onsite in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

Company

hirify.global is a leading global financial institution, helping institutional clients buy and sell financial products, raise funding, and manage risk within its Global Banking & Markets division.

What you will do

• Develop and employ automated trading strategies and systems for the firm and its clients.
• Build foundational technologies to run trading algorithms and enable research and analysis.
• Improve price-making, risk management, and execution with a keen eye on performance and experimentation.
• Drive the analysis, design, and implementation of high-performance e-trading system enhancements to optimize commercial outcomes.
• Ensure the safety, reliability, and resilience of critical trading infrastructure through rigorous testing.
• Collaborate effectively with traders, quantitative researchers, and other engineering teams to deliver innovative solutions.

Requirements

• Minimum 4 years of professional experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on high-performance, low-latency systems.
• Strong academic foundation in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related analytical discipline.
• Expertise in Java and/or C++, with a proven track record in developing and optimizing multi-threaded and concurrent applications.
• Demonstrated experience in electronic trading or financial markets, understanding commercial implications of system performance and reliability.
• Ability to analyze complex data sets to derive actionable commercial insights and drive system improvements.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Nice to have

• Deep understanding of low-latency system design, including network protocols, messaging frameworks, and hardware architecture considerations.
• Proficiency with Linux environments and command-line tools for system analysis and debugging.
• Experience with performance tuning, profiling tools, and memory management for Java/C++ applications.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets.
• Opportunity to manage your own time for maximum impact in a flat organizational structure.
• Develop a deep understanding of how hirify.global interacts with dynamic and liquid global markets.
• Work with energetic, self-motivated individuals who take initiative at any stage of the software cycle.
• Offers best-in-class benefits.