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Senior Network Engineer

London, England, GBFull-time2026-11-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, build, and run low-latency networks for a global trading firm's infrastructure, ensuring reliability for trading operations.

Role type

Senior Network Engineer (Low-Latency Trading Infrastructure)

Builds

Low-latency networks across exchange colocation sites and Asian datacentres, market data distribution, and international WANs.

Domain

Financial Services / Low-Latency Trading Infrastructure

Required skills

Low-latency network design and optimisation, Routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, PIM), Multicast feeds, Network automation and scripting (Python), WAN management, Network security

Preferred skills

Exchange colocation and cross-connects, Precision time (PTP), Packet capture and latency analysis tools, Ultra-low-latency switching, Asian languages (Mandarin, Cantonese)

Technologies

BGP, OSPF, PIM, Python, WAN, Firewalls

Responsibilities

Designing and building low-latency networks across exchange colocation sites and Asian datacentres, Running and improving market data distribution and exchange connectivity, Managing a large international WAN that links trading sites, Automating network builds and changes, Improving monitoring, latency measurement and capacity planning

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC