- Build high-performance Front Office trading platforms in a greenfield environment
About the role:
Our client is a leading financial markets business investing heavily in the next generation of its Front Office trading technology. As part of a major technology expansion, they're looking for a hands-on Trading Engineer to help design, build and optimise high-performance trading systems supporting electronic trading across multiple asset classes.
Working directly alongside traders, quant teams and senior stakeholders, you'll play a key role in developing low-latency applications that underpin real-time pricing, market data and electronic execution. This is an opportunity to work on complex engineering challenges where performance, scalability and reliability are critical.
What's a typical day look like?
- Design, develop and optimise low-latency trading applications using Java, C++ and/or Python
- Build and enhance Front Office trading platforms supporting Equities and Fixed Income markets
- Work directly with traders and quantitative teams to deliver high-performance technology solutions
- Develop real-time pricing, market data and electronic trading capabilities
- Improve application performance, scalability and reliability across latency-sensitive systems
- Build and integrate market connectivity using protocols such as FIX and exchange APIs
- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to greenfield platform development
- Continuously identify opportunities to improve execution speed, system performance and engineering best practice
About you:
- Strong commercial experience developing software in Java, C++ and/or Python
- Experience building low-latency, high-performance or real-time distributed systems
- Exposure to electronic trading, market data or Front Office technology environments
- Understanding of FIX Protocol, market connectivity or exchange messaging is highly regarded
- Experience with multithreading, concurrency and performance optimisation
- Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders, traders or quantitative teams
- Excellent problem-solving skills with a passion for building scalable, high-performance applications
- Experience within investment banking, proprietary trading, market making or financial markets technology
- Must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident
Trading Engineer employer: Kapital Consulting
Our Client is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the rapidly evolving field of AI within Financial Services. Employees benefit from comprehensive growth opportunities, including hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies and the chance to contribute to impactful projects that shape the future of finance. Located in a vibrant area, the company promotes a healthy work-life balance and encourages a supportive environment where every team member's contributions are valued.
