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Tech Lead - Trading Sub Ledger- Leading Global Market Maker

Oxford KnightLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 26 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

You will lead the development of a critical real-time sub ledger system, gaining invaluable experience at the forefront of financial technology and impacting firm-wide P&L reporting. This hybrid role is perfect for a seasoned Java developer with a passion for distributed systems and financial data who thrives in collaborative, high-impact environments. Seize this opportunity to grow your leadership skills and contribute to a leading global market maker.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
London, United Kingdom
Posted
4 days ago
Java

Job Description

Location: London
Team: Post-Trade Engineering
A leading global trading firm is seeking a hands-on Tech Lead to build a real-time sub ledger system powering firmwide P&L and trade journals. This is a high-impact role at the intersection of post-trade infrastructure, distributed systems and financial data.
What You'll Do
  • Lead a small team delivering low-latency, high-throughput post-trade systems
  • Design and implement scalable, event-driven architectures
  • Drive system design, performance, and production readiness
  • Collaborate with trading, finance, and engineering to align priorities and outcomes

Hard Requirements
  • 8+ years' building mission-critical systems in finance
  • Experience with real-time distributed systems, P&L reporting, position management
  • Strong programming skills in Java
  • Leadership experience in high-performance technical teams

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.
Contact
If you think you're a good match for the role and would like further info, please contact:
Ali Wilson
ali.wilson@oxfordknight.co.uk
(+44) 07412908641
linkedin.com/in/alexander-wilson-050

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