CareerPlan

Senior Software Engineer, Trading Team- Tech-Driven Prop Trading Firm

London, England, GBFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, build, and operate research and production infrastructure for mid-frequency equity statistical arbitrage strategies.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (systematic trading)

Builds

End-to-end systematic trading systems (data ingestion, back testing, production deployment, execution, monitoring)

Domain

Financial services / Proprietary trading / Quantitative finance

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, system design, high-complexity system architecture, data-intensive system development, observability, testing, reliability engineering

Preferred skills

Experience in hedge funds or proprietary trading environments, experience with end-to-end systematic trading stacks

Technologies

Python

Responsibilities

Design and build data ingestion pipelines, develop research tooling, implement back testing frameworks, deploy production strategies, integrate execution systems, perform real-time monitoring and diagnostics, conduct post-trade analysis

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC