Proprietary Trading Jobs in London

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C++ Software Engineer

London, UK
XTX Markets
XTX Markets is an algorithmic trading firm that actively trades tens of thousands of instruments on over eighty venues with a daily volume of almost three hundred billion USD. We partner with counterparties, exchanges, and e-trading venues globally to provide consistent liquidity in the Equity … techniques and state-of-the-art research infrastructure to analyse large data sets across markets quickly and efficiently, to maximise the effectiveness of our proprietary trading algorithms. The models that drive our trading strategies have evolved considerably over the last 10 years, from econometric methods … The Role We are hiring a software engineer to join our exchange trading development team (ETD) which covers all of XTX’s proprietary trading technology. We take trading ideas from our Quant Research team and turn them into reality using the most appropriate More ❯
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Trading Support Engineer

London, UK
Old Mission
Old Mission is a global proprietary trading firm that leverages state-of-the-art technology and research to identify and execute profitable trading strategies across multiple asset classes around the world. Our offices in Chicago, New York, and London are all composed of naturally-curious … keep them engaged in the firm’s growth. About The Position Do you love solving technical problems in fast-paced and constantly-changing trading environments? Old … Mission is seeking a well-rounded technologist with core strengths in trading systems production support, to manage and scale our environment comprising proprietary trading systems, third-party, and open-source applications. This Trading Support Engineer will be on the front lines of a More ❯
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Trading Systems Engineer

London, UK
DRW
place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus. Our Application Support team provides mission critical support for many of our proprietary and third-party trading systems as well as our proprietary middle and back-office systems. They support a wide variety of … across a variety of asset classes and geographic locations deployed across a multi-platform production environment (primarily Linux with a little Windows). Develop proprietary process automation and monitoring tools and leverage third-party technologies as appropriate. Troubleshoot trading system production incidents resulting from internal (proprietary … basic database maintenance. Linux & Windows platform support experience in a large-scale production environment. Experience supporting electronic trading systems; prior experience at proprietary trading firm preferred. Demonstrated knowledge of network communications, including use of multicast networking. Must have some flexibility in work schedule to help More ❯
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Head of AI Engineering

London Area, United Kingdom
Tardis Tech
Head of AI Engineering – Proprietary Trading Location: Chicago, New York, London Company Overview Our proprietary trading client is seeking a Head of AI Engineering to lead the development and deployment of AI-driven solutions that optimize trading efficiency and unlock new strategic … build state-of-the-art AI infrastructure and applications. You will collaborate closely with technologists, traders, and quantitative researchers to integrate AI into trading systems, ensuring scalable, low-latency, and production-grade deployments. Key Responsibilities Lead and scale a high-performance AI engineering team, setting technical direction and … preferred. Exceptional leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills. This is a senior leadership role for an AI engineering expert passionate about driving innovation in proprietary trading. Only suitable applicants will be contacted. More ❯
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Head of AI Engineering

london, south east england, united kingdom
Tardis Tech
Head of AI Engineering – Proprietary Trading Location: Chicago, New York, London Company Overview Our proprietary trading client is seeking a Head of AI Engineering to lead the development and deployment of AI-driven solutions that optimize trading efficiency and unlock new strategic … build state-of-the-art AI infrastructure and applications. You will collaborate closely with technologists, traders, and quantitative researchers to integrate AI into trading systems, ensuring scalable, low-latency, and production-grade deployments. Key Responsibilities Lead and scale a high-performance AI engineering team, setting technical direction and … preferred. Exceptional leadership, problem-solving, and communication skills. This is a senior leadership role for an AI engineering expert passionate about driving innovation in proprietary trading. Only suitable applicants will be contacted. More ❯
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Portfolio Manager - Cash Equities

London Area, United Kingdom
Algo Capital Group
Portfolio Manager - Cash Equities HFT: A leading proprietary trading firm is seeking a skilled PM to develop strategies for their Cash Equities desk. This role entails conducting microsecond-level market analysis, developing ultra-low latency trading signals, and implementing high-performance systematic strategies into production. … with researchers and engineers to optimize strategy performance and execution speed, with great opportunities for progression. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain ultra-low-latency trading systems for maximum efficiency in strategy execution Enhance alpha generation through innovative ultra-low latency signal development and strategy implementation Communicating with Risk & Trading … company and generate PnL. If you're ready to make a significant impact in HFT and are eager to progress within a leading proprietary trading firm, this role is for you. Please apply now to learn more. More ❯
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Portfolio Manager - Cash Equities

london, south east england, united kingdom
Algo Capital Group
Portfolio Manager - Cash Equities HFT: A leading proprietary trading firm is seeking a skilled PM to develop strategies for their Cash Equities desk. This role entails conducting microsecond-level market analysis, developing ultra-low latency trading signals, and implementing high-performance systematic strategies into production. … with researchers and engineers to optimize strategy performance and execution speed, with great opportunities for progression. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain ultra-low-latency trading systems for maximum efficiency in strategy execution Enhance alpha generation through innovative ultra-low latency signal development and strategy implementation Communicating with Risk & Trading … company and generate PnL. If you're ready to make a significant impact in HFT and are eager to progress within a leading proprietary trading firm, this role is for you. Please apply now to learn more. More ❯
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Equity ETF Trader (London)

London, United Kingdom
Old Mission
Old Mission is a global proprietary trading firm that leverages state-of-the-art technology and research to identify and execute profitable trading strategies across multiple asset classes around the world. Our offices in Chicago, New York, and London are all composed of naturally-curious … s growth. Summary: Old Mission is seeking an Equity ETF Trader to join our growing team in London. This role involves pricing and trading a wide variety of equity ETFs, monitoring market conditions and developing new trading strategies. This ETF trader will work closely with our … trading and technology teams to optimize trading performance and contribute to the future growth of the desk. Responsibilities: Make markets in Equity ETFs across various international trading platforms. Analyze market trends and conditions to identify new trading opportunities. Develop and implement trading More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Production Reliability Engineer, Direct Trading

London, UK
Jump Trading
Jump Liquidity was created by the Jump Trading Group, one of the world’s leading proprietary trading firms, to provide bespoke liquidity to counterparties across multiple asset classes. Today we offer this enhanced liquidity 24/7 directly to counterparties in multiple trading … entity. Jump is committed to continuing to build these world class businesses. Working in the London office of one of the leading quantitative trading firms in the world, you will be responsible for the technical support of the direct trading environments during European hours, including daily … start-up of the US trading environment. You will provide technical knowledge to the business development process for identifying new direct trading opportunities, working with developers to design and implement new features, and building new tools to scale and understand the trading system. You More ❯
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Application Support Engineer £170,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

London Area, United Kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
Client: FinTech trading Salary: Up to £170,000 + Bonus/Benefits Location: London (Hybrid) My client are a completely tech driven proprietary trading firm, looking to expand their Application Support team, and would like someone with prior front office experience to provide technical support … and engineering functions in support of their proprietary and third party trading systems. This role will be highly technical with a large focus on automation! responsibilities: Ensure readiness of the global trading platform for both pre-trading and post-trading activities. … Monitor and support the entire transaction flow across the trading platform. Promptly identify, analyse, and resolve alerts and issues, or escalate them to minimize disruptions in trade flow and prevent outages. Collaborate extensively with the trading community, back office operations, brokers, exchanges, development teams, and infrastructure More ❯
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Application Support Engineer £170,000 + Bonus (High frequency trading firm)

london, south east england, united kingdom
Hybrid / WFH Options
Hunter Bond
Client: FinTech trading Salary: Up to £170,000 + Bonus/Benefits Location: London (Hybrid) My client are a completely tech driven proprietary trading firm, looking to expand their Application Support team, and would like someone with prior front office experience to provide technical support … and engineering functions in support of their proprietary and third party trading systems. This role will be highly technical with a large focus on automation! responsibilities: Ensure readiness of the global trading platform for both pre-trading and post-trading activities. … Monitor and support the entire transaction flow across the trading platform. Promptly identify, analyse, and resolve alerts and issues, or escalate them to minimize disruptions in trade flow and prevent outages. Collaborate extensively with the trading community, back office operations, brokers, exchanges, development teams, and infrastructure More ❯
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Senior Backend Engineer Tech - Development · London

London, UK
DARE
we are We are an energy trading company generating liquidity across global commodities markets. We combine deep trading expertise with proprietary technology and the power of data science to be the best-in-class. Our understanding of volatile, data-intensive markets is a key part … What you’ll be doing Working within the Software Development team at Dare, the Senior Backend Engineer will work on scaling and enhancing our proprietary trading platform, which uses cutting-edge trading models for optimal efficiency. You will work in a squad alongside our development … product, and trading teams to deliver high-quality solutions. As an integral member of the team, your role will involve designing, implementing, and maintaining the complex applications that support our activity on the trading floor. You will be driving technical decision-making, mentoring junior engineers, and More ❯
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Java GUI Engineer

London, United Kingdom
DV Trading LLC
America and in Europe. Since spinning out of a large brokerage firm in 2016, DV Trading has rapidly scaled as an independent proprietary trading firm utilizing its own capital, trading strategies, and risk management methodologies to provide liquidity to worldwide financial markets and … firm, and a bourgeoning investment adviser. Overview: We are looking for a Java Software Developer to help us expand, productize and optimize our trading software stacks (in particular our exchange stack and trading infrastructure). Responsibilities: Participate in design, implementation, and deployment of trading systems and supporting applications Work on cross-functional teams across trading, quants and development to troubleshoot and solve complex problems Integrate and certify with exchanges and other third parties Monitor production trading systems and optimize performance for latency and throughput Requirements: Bachelor's Degree More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Junior Quantitative Trader

London, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
Tyler Capital
Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Tyler Capital is proprietary trader of global financial markets. We use a combination of machine learning and algorithmic trading strategies to trade futures on the CME, Eurex, ICE and TMX. We are a small team with … an open, collaborative culture where everyone contributes to the core strategies and technology. Tyler Capital is proprietary trader of global financial markets. We use a combination of machine learning and algorithmic trading strategies to trade futures on the CME, Eurex, ICE and TMX. We are a small … Management Assist in developing and enhancing quantitative trading models. Respond to economic and geopolitical events that impact trading strategies. Use proprietary tools to analyse and optimize trade performance. Performance Analysis & Data Interrogation Use data driven analysis to develop trading strategies and explore opportunities More ❯
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DevOps Engineer - Global Delta Fixed Income Team

London, UK
Venture Search
Consultant – Connecting Top Tier Software Engineering & Quant talent to hedge funds and proprietary trading firms Our client, a leading global prop trading firm, are looking for a talented DevOps Engineer to join the Global Delta Fixed Income team. The Global Delta Fixed Income (GDFI) team … is responsible for developing, maintaining and supporting systems which are fundamental to our clients success and competitiveness in the current trading environment. These systems include quantitative study environments and data pipelines, the generation/visualisation of trading data and publication of trading signals. They … fast and easy to use by their Quants and Traders. As our clients suite of applications expands and becomes increasingly critical to their trading, they have identified a need to introduce a dedicated DevOps role. The successful candidate will work closely with Developers and the Quants to improve More ❯
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Head Of Trading

City of London, London, United Kingdom
Bloc Recruitment
Lead/Head of Trading Engineer (Low-latency Trading) Tech: Go, Rust, TDD Salary up to £200,000 + Bonus Remote - Possible London Meetings (Paid) 1 day a month/quarter Exciting opportunity to join a privately funded FinTech, who are powering the future of Open … into token forms products on chain. Background - Proven experience in trading system engineering, ideally within investment banks, hedge funds, market makers, or proprietary trading firms. - Hands-on expertise in building and maintaining trading infrastructure, including market data feed handlers, algo execution engines, backtesting … modern development practices (TDD, CI/CD, SOLID principles) and experience writing clean, modular, and efficient code. - Deep knowledge of financial markets and trading mechanisms, including order routing, execution optimization, and trade reconciliation across multiple venues. - Experience with crypto trading venues and derivatives, including perpetual swaps More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
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Quantitative Trader

London, UK
Marks Sattin
trading. Focused on leveraging cutting-edge technologies and sophisticated financial strategies, they are building a team of highly skilled professionals to drive our trading strategies and deliver outstanding performance. As part of their expansion, my client is seeking a Quantitative Trader with a strong Machine Learning background to … Role Overview: As a Quantitative Trader with a focus on Machine Learning, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing advanced quantitative trading strategies. You will use your expertise in machine learning and quantitative analysis to identify trading opportunities, build predictive models, and optimize trading … years of experience as a quantitative trader or researcher, ideally with a focus on machine learning in financial markets. Experience in hedge funds, proprietary trading, or similar environments is a plus. Education: A degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Finance) or equivalent More ❯
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Production Support Engineer (VP/Associate)

London, United Kingdom
Tbwa Chiat/Day Inc
Infrastructure Solutions. Our offerings include, amongst others, trading, lending, strategic advisory services, institutional-grade investment solutions across passive, active and venture strategies, proprietary bitcoin mining and hosting services, network validator services, and the development of enterprise custodial technology. Galaxy's CEO and Founder Michael Novogratz leads a … implement fixes and enhancements. What You'll Do: Provide production support across various cryptocurrency business lines and functions, including client trading, lending, proprietary trading, trade settlement, and risk management (VP level) Lead and manage the local production support team in London Monitor system health and … Proven ability to work well in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and prioritize tasks effectively Bonus Points: Experience working with cryptocurrency or FX trading platforms Experience working with global counterparts across time zones Knowledge of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency protocols Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools Relevant certifications More ❯
Employment Type: Permanent
Salary: GBP Annual
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Python Software Engineer - London / Amsterdam- Leading Global Market Maker | London, UK

London, UK
Oxford Knight
with them, clients - including asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies and public pension programs - are able to gain a powerful trading advantage and are better positioned to meet their investment goals. In their mission to be the most successful investment team in the world, they … proactively and in a self-directed manner Provide timely systems support for trading activities Qualifications Strong preference for candidates with experience in proprietary finance, high-frequency trading (HFT) and/or market-making. In-depth experience working in Python The ambition to solve open-ended … environment Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related field) A deep passion for technology and software development Preferred Qualifications Experience with proprietary trading and market making Experience with Kafka, KdB, SQL Server, Javascript, C++ Salary: Variable - they are market leaders in compensation and pay More ❯
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C++ Software Engineer - London / Amsterdam- Leading Global Market Maker | London, UK

London, UK
Oxford Knight
with them, clients - including asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, hedge funds, government agencies and public pension programs - are able to gain a powerful trading advantage and are better positioned to meet their investment goals. In their mission to be the most successful investment team in the world, they … proactively and in a self-directed manner Provide timely systems support for trading activities Qualifications Strong preference for candidates with experience in proprietary finance, high-frequency trading (HFT) and/or market-making. In-depth experience working in C++ The ambition to solve open-ended … environment Minimum Bachelor's degree in Computer Science (or related field) A deep passion for technology and software development Preferred Qualifications Experience with proprietary trading Salary: Variable - they are market leaders in compensation and pay talent based on technical ability and what they deserve. They do More ❯
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Quantitative Trader

London, UK
Hybrid / WFH Options
Genesys Logic, Inc
Trader £150,000 Basic Salary Lucrative Performance Based Bonus Hybrid WORKING Location: United Kingdom (Greater London) Type: Permanent Quantitative Trader My client is a proprietary trading firm specialising in cross-asset high frequency futures trading. They are looking for highly skilled and experienced traders to join a … research effort focused on generating high frequency trading alphas in the futures … markets. This opportunity will enable the right candidate to play a key role in strategy development and make use of my client's excellent proprietary technology stack and infrastructure. About the role Designing, implementing, and deploying high-frequency trading algorithms focused on cross-asset Futures Coming up More ❯
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Software Engineer, Python

London, UK
DRW Holdings, LLC
DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading … Researchers. In this role, you will be collaborating with people across the firm to provide cutting-edge technology solutions that expand our existing trading platform, all while promoting software engineering best practices. You will be presented with an … opportunity to work on high profile projects that have an impact across the organization. Responsibilities: Manage the day-to-day technology requirements of our proprietary trading systems. Accelerate trading and research analysis workflows by utilizing and expanding on DRW’s in-house infrastructure and improve More ❯
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Quantitative Trader

London Area, United Kingdom
AAA Global
We are seeking an experienced Quantitative Trader to join a fast-growing, high-performing trading team based in London. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in systematic trading and a passion for applying advanced mathematics, programming, and research in live markets. You … ll be part of a collaborative and driven team that builds and executes systematic trading strategies across global markets. The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities: Conduct quantitative research to refine current strategies and develop innovative trading approaches. … Support US market coverage as part of a shared trading shift rotation with the team Requirements: 3+ years of experience in a proprietary trading or investment firm. Proven track record trading EMEA equities using quantitative/medium-frequency strategies. Bonus: Experience with dual More ❯
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Quantitative Trader

london, south east england, united kingdom
AAA Global
We are seeking an experienced Quantitative Trader to join a fast-growing, high-performing trading team based in London. This role is ideal for someone with a strong background in systematic trading and a passion for applying advanced mathematics, programming, and research in live markets. You … ll be part of a collaborative and driven team that builds and executes systematic trading strategies across global markets. The ideal candidate is entrepreneurial, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities: Conduct quantitative research to refine current strategies and develop innovative trading approaches. … Support US market coverage as part of a shared trading shift rotation with the team Requirements: 3+ years of experience in a proprietary trading or investment firm. Proven track record trading EMEA equities using quantitative/medium-frequency strategies. Bonus: Experience with dual More ❯
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Senior Software Engineer, Commodities (Java)

London, UK
DRW Holdings, LLC
Senior Software Engineer, Commodities (Java) Job Location: London Employment Type: Regular Department: Technology Targeted Start Date: Immediate DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. We value autonomy and the … ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities, and Energy … is looking for a Software Engineer to join their team in London. In this role, you’ll be expected to design, develop, and test proprietary trading software. The firm has built up a significant set of tools and technology, which you will have access to. You will More ❯
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Proprietary Trading
London
10th Percentile
£122,750
25th Percentile
£132,500
Median
£140,000
75th Percentile
£157,500
90th Percentile
£159,375