Orbis Group
Director - Credit eTrading - Java/Python
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Senior Credit Systematic Trading Developer
London | Hybrid
We're partnering with a global financial institution that is expanding its front-office engineering team and looking for a Senior Credit Systematic Trading Developer to help build the next generation of electronic trading technology. This is a highly visible role where you'll work directly with traders and quantitative teams to design, build and optimise a business-critical trading platform.
What you'll be doing:
- Designing and developing high-performance trading systems for global credit markets.
- Building pricing, risk and P&L services used by front-office trading teams.
- Developing FIX connectivity to electronic trading venues.
- Creating real-time market data and analytics applications.
- Working closely with traders and quants to deliver new features from concept through to production.
- Driving engineering best practices across performance, scalability and reliability.
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What we're looking for:
- Strong commercial experience with Java and Python.
- A background building electronic or systematic trading platforms.
- Experience with distributed systems, concurrent programming and event-driven architectures.
- Knowledge of FIX protocol and electronic market connectivity.
- Experience with technologies such as Kafka, KDB+, PostgreSQL, Docker and Kubernetes is highly desirable.
- Front-end experience with React or TypeScript is a bonus.
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You'll be a great fit if you have:
- Experience working within credit, fixed income or electronic trading environments.
- Strong understanding of high-performance, low-latency system design.
- Experience productionising quantitative models or analytics.
- A collaborative approach and the ability to work closely with front-office stakeholders.
Why apply?
- Play a key role in building a next-generation front-office trading platform.
- Work on complex, high-impact engineering challenges with direct business visibility.
- Significant ownership and influence over technical direction.
- Competitive compensation and long-term career progression within a global organisation.
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