Quantitative Developer

Job description

Quantitative Developer - London

Venture Search is proud to partner with a leading global proprietary trading firm in London that is seeking a highly skilled Quantitative Developer to join its fast-paced trading team.

This role is ideal for someone with strong systems engineering experience who is passionate about building high-performance, low-latency infrastructure, whether from a traditional finance or crypto background.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Design and build low-latency, high-throughput trading systems
• Implement and optimise multi-threaded, concurrent software
• Collaborate closely with traders and quants to refine trading models and execution logic
• Analyse performance, latency, and capacity to ensure rigorous execution standards
• Integrate market data feeds and exchange connectivity across multiple venues
• Drive improvements to infrastructure, tooling, and automation across the stack

What We’re Looking For

• Strong experience in C++, Rust or Python
• Deep understanding of low-latency system design, HPC, multi-threading, and concurrency
• Exposure to networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP), OS-level performance tuning, and lock-free data structures
• Experience working with market data feeds, FIX, binary protocols, or exchange APIs
• Demonstrable aptitude for performance profiling and optimisation
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset

Bonus Experience

• Rust or modern C++ (C++17+) used in production
• GPU/FPGA experience or distributed compute systems
• Experience with cloud environments applied to low-latency workloads
• Knowledge of statistical / quantitative trading models

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

City of London

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English