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Software Engineer - Developer Excellence- Leading High Frequency Trading Firm

Oxford KnightLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 28 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This high-impact role at a leading trading firm offers incredible growth potential by empowering developers and enhancing their productivity through innovative tool development and automation. You'll thrive here if you're a creative problem-solver passionate about efficiency, eager to collaborate with top global talent in a dynamic, hybrid environment with competitive compensation and profit-sharing. Don't miss this chance to elevate your career and make a significant impact!

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

A tech-focused market-maker with groundbreaking success in the high frequency trading space, my client is seeking a creative problem-solver to be their next Software Engineer in the Developer Excellence team.

This is a critical, high-impact role, where your main focus is on developing tools, streamlining processes, enhancing automation and more, all aimed at boosting the productivity of developers within the firm.

As such, this will include working closely with development teams to identify bottlenecks/challenges in the current development processes and designing innovative solutions to address them. You will also build and implement tools & automation strategies designed to streamline workflows, enhance code quality, and reduce time to deployment.

You'll be expected to demonstrate a blend of technical expertise, a passion for efficiency, and an entrepreneurial mindset. In return, you'll enjoy a relaxed culture working alongside some of the best professionals in the industry from over 40 countries.

Requirements
  • Strong engineering fundamentals, with a deep understanding of software development processes, and of the end-to-end development lifecycle
  • Experience designing, building, and maintaining tools & systems that enhance developer workflows
  • Proficiency in relevant automation technologies, e.g. Python, Jenkins, Git
  • Solid programming skills in C#, C++, C and Python
  • Proven ability to deliver scalable, reliable, high quality clean code
  • Keen eye for identifying areas of improvement and championing changes to address them
  • Enthusiastic to learn & apply new technologies and methodologies

Benefits
  • Incredible salary + profit-sharing structure
  • Truly flat structure and highly collaborative culture, within a fun, stimulating office environment
  • Outstanding benefits package, including paid commuting expenses, 50% subsidised gym subscription, generous holiday allowance, etc.


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 feel you are a strong match for this role, please do not hesitate to get in touch:

Dominic Copsey
dominic.copsey@oxfordknight.co.uk
+44 (0) 203 475 7193
linkedin.com/in/dom-copsey-586478143/

Skills

C#
C++
Git
Jenkins
Python

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