Technical Lead Low-Latency Java - London

McGregor Boyall · London, England ·

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I'm working with a leading global investment bank looking for an exceptional low-latency engineer to join its specialist electronic trading technology team.

This is a highly hands-on position-around 90% coding-building Java and Rust event-sourcing frameworks that support algorithmic trading platforms across the bank.

The technology operates at serious scale, with response times in the 10-100 microsecond range.

We're looking for experience in:

  • Modern Java and JVM performance optimisation
  • Low-latency algorithmic trading systems
  • Market data and back-testing/simulation tools
  • Linux internals, system calls and kernel tuning
  • TCP/IP and kernel-bypass technologies
  • Event-driven or event-sourcing microservices
  • Performance analysis and targeted optimisation

Experience with KDB, Rust or C++ would be highly advantageous.

London - hybrid working

£Excellent basic plus strong bonus potential

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who remains passionate about hands-on engineering while also enjoying technical leadership and mentoring others.

Desired Skills and Experience

Java, Low-Latency Systems, Electronic Trading, Algorithmic Trading, JVM, Market Data, Linux, Performance Tuning, Event-Driven Architecture, Microservices, Multithreading, TCP/IP, Kernel Bypass, KDB+, Rust, C++, Backtesting, Trading Systems, Financial Markets Technology, System Architecture.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

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