Algorithmic Trading Engineer

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as an Algorithmic Trading Engineer.

In this role you will:

• Have expert-level, applied Java experience including the JVM, garbage collection, data structures and non-blocking IO
• Have solid, applied experience with Scala development (or be willing to learn fast)
• Posses deep knowledge of equities trading including the order lifecycle, FIX messaging and Asian markets
• Understand the design and architecture of robust, scalalable and highly available distributed trading platforms
• Be a passionate advocate for technology, technological solutions and continuous improvement
• Understand risk, risk management and the role technology plays in this highly regulated environment
• Be fluent in written and spoken English and an excellent communicator

To be successful you will need:

• Hands-on experience with algorithmic trading and low-latency (sub-micro) execution platforms
• Zero GC architectures
• Micro benchmarking
• Knowledge of the Linux kernel
• Knowledge of PTP and packet capture based latency monitoring