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Senior Quant Developer / Research Engineer- Award-Winning Global Market Maker
Oxford KnightLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 31 Jul 2026
Quick Overview
Salary
£250k/yr
Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior
Job Description
Salary: £250k + bonus
Summary
C++/Python Engineers wanted for a leading market maker to join their fast-paced, dynamic engineering team. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to one of the world's most powerful trading platforms.
In this role, you will work closely with the Quant Research team to define priorities and design & create high-performance C++ components used by trading applications. Objectives include: develop, test & deploy pricing & risk-management library for OTC trading, code optimization and identify critical bottlenecks in trading.
You will work on projects from inception through to deployment, so you'll be expected to take real ownership of the assets you are building. The successful candidate will be an outstanding communicator, confident performing in a fast-moving, ever-changing trading environment.
Skills and Experience Required
NB: Please don't apply if you're a fresh graduate.
Rewards and Incentives
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 this sounds like you, or you would like to know more, please get in touch.
Andy Stirling-Martin
andy@oxfordknight.co.uk
+44 (0)20 3137 9579
linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946
Summary
C++/Python Engineers wanted for a leading market maker to join their fast-paced, dynamic engineering team. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to one of the world's most powerful trading platforms.
In this role, you will work closely with the Quant Research team to define priorities and design & create high-performance C++ components used by trading applications. Objectives include: develop, test & deploy pricing & risk-management library for OTC trading, code optimization and identify critical bottlenecks in trading.
You will work on projects from inception through to deployment, so you'll be expected to take real ownership of the assets you are building. The successful candidate will be an outstanding communicator, confident performing in a fast-moving, ever-changing trading environment.
Skills and Experience Required
- Strong knowledge of low-level optimization
- Deep-level C++ and Python experience
- Exceptional analytical methods and quantitative skills
- Sound experience with derivatives & pricing library design
- Minimum bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics from a top-tier university
NB: Please don't apply if you're a fresh graduate.
Rewards and Incentives
- Hugely collaborative environment between teams, not siloed like other firms
- Competitive compensation: truly flat structure; feel valued for your input and be rewarded for great ideas
- Work with the latest technologies on complex problems
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 this sounds like you, or you would like to know more, please get in touch.
Andy Stirling-Martin
andy@oxfordknight.co.uk
+44 (0)20 3137 9579
linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946
Skills
C++
Python
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