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Senior Low-Latency Java Engineer - London - McGregor Boyall

McGregor BoyallLondon🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 16 Sept 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a leading global investment bank, where you'll be hands-on coding cutting-edge low-latency Java and Rust frameworks that power algorithmic trading platforms, offering incredible career growth and technical leadership potential. You'll thrive in this role if you have a passion for performance optimization and building high-scale, microsecond-response systems, with the added benefit of a hybrid work model and excellent compensation. Don't miss out on applying for this exciting position!

Quick Overview

Seniority
Mid Senior
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Hybrid
Location
London, United Kingdom
Posted
2 days ago
MicroservicesRustTCP/IPC++Java

Job Description

I'm working with a leading global investment bank looking for an exceptional low-latency engineer to join its specialist electronic trading technology team.

This is a highly hands-on position-around 90% coding-building Java and Rust event-sourcing frameworks that support algorithmic trading platforms across the bank.

The technology operates at serious scale, with response times in the 10-100 microsecond range.

We're looking for experience in:

* Modern Java and JVM performance optimisation
* Low-latency algorithmic trading systems
* Market data and back-testing/simulation tools
* Linux internals, system calls and kernel tuning
* TCP/IP and kernel-bypass technologies
* Event-driven or event-sourcing microservices
* Performance analysis and targeted optimisation

Experience with KDB, Rust or C++ would be highly advantageous.

London - hybrid working, with up to two days from home
£Excellent basic plus strong bonus potential

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who remains passionate about hands-on engineering while also enjoying technical leadership and mentoring others.

Please message me directly or email dfisher@mcgregor-boyall.com for a confidential discussion.








McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

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