This is a high-frequency proprietary trading firm founded in 1998, seeking a Quant Developer to join one of its trading teams in London.

Joining the EMEA Development team as a Quant Developer you will be in charge of improving the current research framework through the development of existing and new tools, and providing close day-to-day support to the quantitative research team on-site.

Responsibilities:

• Iterating quickly with on-site quantitative researchers on the research processes in order to improve the desk’s quantitative trading strategies P&L
• Developing Python tools used in trading strategies research
• Improving the existing simulation/backtest framework
• Monitoring & maintenance of quantitative research jobs
• Help global research team on EMEA-related research through various communication channels

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience); Master’s degree is preferred
• Very good knowledge of Python language and statistical libraries like Numpy, Pandas, Polars
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Python development
• Strong problem-solving skills, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative and geographically distributed environment
• Excellent communication and teamworking abilities

Nice to Have:

• Experience in C++ development
• Experience with scripting languages, such as Bash
• Experience with workflow management and task scheduling
• Good knowledge of both Equities and Equity Derivatives trading

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses
• 6 weeks of paid vacation per year
• Breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
• International medical insurance
• Free gym membership
• For employees ineligible to participate in the CPF, the cash equivalent of the employer’s CPF contribution
• Free events and workshops
• Donation matching program

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’d like more information, please get in touch:

George Hutchinson-Binks
george.hutchinson-binks@oxfordknight.co.uk
(+44) 07885 545220
linkedin.com/in/george-hutchinson-binks-a62a69252

About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $227.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at

* As at 31 December 2025

About Man AHL:

Man AHL employs diversified quantitative techniques to offer a range of strategies which encompass traditional momentum, non-traditional momentum, multi-strategy and sector-based approaches. Man AHL’s strategies are primarily alternative and seek to gain potential predictive, alpha-generating insights through rigorous analysis of large data sets.

Man AHL is a specialised engine, applying scientific rigour and advanced technology and execution to a diverse range of data to build systematic investment strategies, trading continuously over hundreds of global markets. The team of 150 investment professionals, including 110 researchers, is comprised of scientists, technologists and finance practitioners, driven by curiosity and intellectual honesty, and a passion for solving the complex problems presented by financial markets.

The engine leverages Man Group’s unique collaboration with the University of Oxford, the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance (OMI). The OMI conducts field-leading academic research into machine learning and data analytics, which can be applied to quantitative investing.

Founded in 1987, Man AHL’s funds under management were $63.8 billion at 31 March 2024. Further information can be found at .

The Team:

AHL Macro is the team responsible for Macro strategies. The team systematically trades liquid futures and FX at different frequencies, with holding periods ranging from monthly to intraday.

Technology and Business Skills:

• 4+ years of experience researching and live trading alpha signals for futures and FX
• Experience with intraday > monthly predictor design and analysis
• Experience with portfolio construction, risk analysis
• Strong understanding of transaction costs, and mitigation strategies
• Strong coding skills and experience of handling large data sets. We use Python and its scientific stack for both research and live trading

Personal Attributes:

• Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical, statistical, and computing content e.g., Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics or Physics from a leading university

• Hands-on attitude; willing to get involved with technology and projects across the firm

• Intellectually robust with a keenly analytic approach to problem solving

• Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with contending business demands and priorities

• Strong interpersonal skills; able to build and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers, technologist, traders and senior business stakeholders alike. Ability to mentor junior researchers

• Confident communicator: able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views

Working Here:

AHL fosters a performance driven, meritocratic culture with a small company, no-attitude feel. It is flat structured, open, transparent, and collaborative, offering ample opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader research and academic community, as well as renowned industry contributors.

Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
You’ll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you’ll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at .

You’ll have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives, while advancing your career through professional development, and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people, you’ll receive two annual ‘Mankind’ days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location, you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage, discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, religion, disability, sex, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact .

Lead Java Developer

Business Unit: FTSE Russell - Index Platform
Company: London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG)

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and hands - on Lead Java Engineer with AI proficiency to help build the next generation FTSE Russell Index Platform. This platform underpins the calculation and distribution of FTSE Russell’s global family of indexes and requires advanced engineering, high precision data processing, and deep collaboration across global teams.

This is a deeply technical role focused on designing, building, integrating, and operationalising modern software and AI driven capabilities across internal platforms and client facing products. You will work with innovative technologies, contribute to complex algorithmic design, and drive engineering excellence in a high performance , data intensive environment.

Key Responsibilities

Core Engineering & Platform Delivery

• Design, develop, and maintain complex Java and Python applications using modern engineering practices. Build / embed AI powered features into mission critical systems.

• Architect and enhance services that support large scale , performance critical index computations.

• Collaborate with Product Managers, UX, and engineering teams globally to deliver high quality products.

• Lead projects end - to - end through requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and operations.

• Build and maintain automated test suites to ensure performance, scalability, and security.

• Diagnose production issues, identify root causes, and deliver Level 3 support and fixes.

• Conduct peer reviews, provide technical leadership, and mentor junior engineers.

Required Experience & Skills

• 12+ years of hands - on backend software engineering experience.

• Support the organisation’s AI adoption journey . Develop and enhance intelligent solutions using LLMs, LangChain / LangGraph , and agentic AI frameworks.

• Establish engineering best practices for safe, scalable, traceable and production ready AI deployments across internal platforms and external product suites.

• Strong algorithms, data structures, problem solving skills , and ability to translate business problems into scalable solutions.

• Good command of coding standards and Strong understanding of both high level and low level software design

• Expertise in:

• Core Java , Python

• Building highly distributed, data intensive systems

• Microservices, REST APIs

• RDBMS (Oracle/SQL Server/Postgres)

• CI/CD tools (Jenkins/GitLab), DevOps automation

• Docker, Kubernetes

• JVM profiling & performance optimisation

• Prior exposure to Level 3 production support.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience leading or mentoring a team of engineers .

• Experience within financial services or with financial market data.

• Familiarity with in - memory caching, Spring Boot, Redis, Kafka.

• Experience with BDD frameworks such as Cucumber, JBehave , or Karate.

• Experience running Agile teams.

What We’re Looking For

A proactive , creative engineering leader who enjoys solving complex problems, working hands - on with modern technologies, and driving AI enabled innovation. If you’re passionate about building resilient, intelligent, data intensive systems that power global financial markets, we’d love to hear from you.

Benefits

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We enhance each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

Career Stage:
Manager

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we’d love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject .

If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.

About Us:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services - and our open-access model - we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 65 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

Our People:

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder - which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 65 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

Role Profile:

The Business Consultant, provides deep domain knowledge and solution design expertise throughout the entire sales cycle by supporting customer engagements via activities such as gathering requirements, running customer workshops, solution design, developing proof of concepts, demonstrating solution capabilities, specifying deliverables in a Statement of Work and also building/delivering these solutions.

The consultant works in close partnership with the Sales team who lead the business, contractual and commercial engagement with the customer.

Solutions and services supported by the Consulting team cut across the full spectrum of capabilities within the Data and Feeds portfolio, so Solutions Architects typically have a mix of strong technical, product and customer expertise.

The successful candidate will typically have proven experience with real-time data feeds and a proven track record in supporting the sale of solutions in complex and challenging environments.

What You’ll Be Doing:

This role is pivotal to the sales and delivery process, requiring coordination with colleagues in Sales, Account Management, Customer Success, Customer Consulting, Product Management and other teams within LSEG, as well as third-party partners. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator with a solution mind-set, possess a passion for data feeds, understand the latest trends in market data and understand front to back office workflow…

• Run customer workshops/ presentations
• Solution workflow/technical design
• Requirements clarification, specification, and documentation
• Proof of Concept delivery including development/integration work
• Product/Solution discussions.
• Deliver demos of feeds and capabilities at client sites and via Teams for pre-sales clients
• Maintain an expert level of real-time data & technology knowledge as well as product suites
• Coordination with developers/third parties, Contributing to RFP and RFI responses/engagements, and overlooking data coverage checks.
• Respond speedily to customer needs, working with vitality to propose creative solutions that deliver demonstrable value
• Act as an advocate for customer needs to the business and product teams intensifying issues quickly
• Leading an internal Solution Governance Forum, avoiding scope creep in solutions designed and mismatched expectation
• Coordinating client, technical and operations partners where vital.

What You’ll Bring:

• Expertise : You will have had hands on experience in proposing solution designs, Realtime Feed delivery, infrastructure hosting, snap and bulk content delivery.

• Technical: A deep hands-on understanding of infrastructure, hosting, cloud, Linux servers, databases, common API technologies and concepts including Websockets, Restful API’s, FTP and VPN.

• Ability to respond positively to pressure and take a flexible approach to the dynamic, fast moving market data field.

• Knowledge of Financial Markets and how they work

• Industry knowledge and hands-on experience of Docker, Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, Python, Java

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a related position

• Open minded, curious, can-do attitude and enthusiastic.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as presentation skills are key

• Critical reasoning skills in order to identify problems and provide solutions quickly. Detail Oriented.

• Analytical, organized, detail oriented, multitasking, and disciplined. Proven fast learners, self-motivated, and proven logical reasoning skills

• Ability to effectively work within a team and to collaborate is required

• Client-facing experience

• English and fluency in one other main European language would be a plus

• Bachelors degree in engineering or sciences

• Knowledge of competitive data feeds would be a plus

• Working knowledge of Refinitiv products would be a plus

Career Stage:
Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we’d love to hear from you.

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

Please take a moment to read this privacy notice carefully, as it describes what personal information London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) (we) may hold about you, what it’s used for, and how it’s obtained, your rights and how to contact us as a data subject .

If you are submitting as a Recruitment Agency Partner, it is essential and your responsibility to ensure that candidates applying to LSEG are aware of this privacy notice.

• Inside IR35 Contract - Up to £800 per day
• 3 Days per week in London
• 6-Month Initial Contract (2 Years+ Project Scope)
• Start Date : April 2026

We have partnered with a leading Commodities Trading Firm who are looking to reinforce their Development teams. You’ll be working directly with the business, to develop solutions to enhance their workflows.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain their Python-based applications and automation, working closely with business users to deliver practical technical solutions.
• Translate business requirements into robust, scalable and maintainable systems, ensuring alignment with established engineering and IT standards.
• Support the adoption of a proportionate SDLC, covering design, testing, deployment, documentation and operational support.
• Implement controls, validation and auditability within applications and business processes to improve reliability, governance and compliance.
• Enhanc existing tools and delivery processes by configuring CI/CD pipelines and collaborating with platform teams to ensure secure, reliable deployment and operations.

Technical Skills

• Strong Python development experience, building production-grade applications and integrating with databases, APIs and external systems.
• Solid grounding in software engineering best practices, including version control, testing, code quality and maintainable development standards.
• Practical knowledge of DevOps and enterprise deployment environments, including CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerised runtimes and security controls.

Our client, a leading systematic market maker, is looking for a SRE to work on their internal high‑performance trading systems. This role offers a rare opportunity to collaborate with one of the most successful market‑making firms and top figures in the industry. This is a high‑impact, high‑ownership role with significant scope to accelerate one’s career.

The ideal candidate is from a top financial institution, sitting close to trading systems, and understands the ins and outs of low‑latency, highly distributed trading systems. With a clear communication style and strong commercial mindset, this role will involve close collaboration with traders. In addition to a deep understanding of UNIX/Linux command lines, the candidate should have a strong grasp of application‑level networking.

Responsibilities:
* Ensure real‑time trading systems remain stable and performance, proactively monitoring, diagnosing, and resolving issues that could impact trading or market connectivity.
* Act as the first line of defense for production incidents, leading live troubleshooting, performing root‑cause analysis, and preventing recurrence in a highly distributed, low‑latency environment.
* Partner closely with trading, engineering, and infrastructure teams to plan capacity, execute upgrades, and safely migrate applications with zero or minimal disruption.
* Improve system reliability and efficiency through automation, leveraging Python, Bash, and SQL to streamline operational workflows and reduce manual intervention.
* Continuously tune and optimize systems and networks, applying deep OS, networking, and performance knowledge to support the demands of a high‑frequency trading environment.

Requirements:
* Strong foundations in Linux/UNIX, networking (TCP/IP, UDP), SQL, and scripting (Python/Bash) for early‑career candidates
* Experience with real‑time production support, root‑cause analysis, and distributed systems for senior candidates
* Capability to manage large‑scale infrastructure, capacity planning, migrations, and upgrades
* Excellent collaboration, communication, multitasking, and problem‑solving skills
* Preferred exposure to trading systems, intermediate Python development, and OS performance tuning

Production Support Engineer - Trading Systems

This is a rare chance to join the technology backbone of one of the world’s most ambitious digital asset firms - a company that operates at the intersection of institutional finance and crypto markets, moving serious capital across global venues every day.

The team supporting their trading and risk infrastructure needs a sharp, independent engineer who thrives in fast-moving environments. When the market is open, every second counts - and your instincts, speed, and depth of knowledge are what keep things running. This is not a service desk. You will be deep in logs, databases, and systems alongside traders and engineers - hunting root causes, not managing queues.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead investigation and resolution of production incidents across trading and risk systems
• Dig into logs, SQL, and system metrics to find root causes - not just symptoms
• Work directly with traders, quant teams and developers during live incidents
• Support order flow, execution pipelines, market data feeds, and trade lifecycle processes
• Build automation and tooling that eliminates repetitive manual operations
• Improve monitoring, observability, and alerting across the stack
• Participate in on-call and out-of-hours incident response

Key skills

• Linux / Unix environments
• SQL for investigation and debugging
• Production incident troubleshooting
• Monitoring tools - Geneos, Splunk, Dynatrace
• Scripting and automation - Python, Bash

Highly valued experience

• FIX protocol
• Exchange connectivity and market data systems
• Messaging systems - Kafka, Solace, Tibco, MQ
• Order management systems (OMS / EMS)
• Trading platform infrastructure
• Understanding of trading lifecycle and order flow

Linux Systems Engineer | World-Class Hedge Fund

Location: Paris

Our client is a world‑class hedge fund, recognised for its elite technology organisation and scientific, data‑driven culture. They are now seeking a Linux Systems Engineer to join a global team operating at the core of a large‑scale, mission‑critical Linux environment powering cutting‑edge quantitative research and high‑performance trading.

This is an opportunity to immerse yourself in one of the industry’s most advanced Linux estates-hands‑on across high‑availability platforms, large compute clusters, and automation tooling-while partnering with exceptional engineers to elevate observability, resilience, and platform automation. As a key member of the global infrastructure support organisation, you will help support, scale, and evolve the firm’s next‑generation Linux trading and research platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Administer, support, and optimise Linux‑based trading and research platforms within a high‑availability, ultra‑low‑latency production environment.
• Deploy new infrastructure and manage end‑to‑end server lifecycle processes, from bare‑metal installation through to full OS provisioning.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance automation, monitoring, and observability, driving efficiency, reliability, and long‑term scalability.
• Troubleshoot complex production incidents, conduct deep‑dive root‑cause analysis, and implement enduring stability improvements.
• Produce and maintain high‑quality documentation while contributing to process refinement and knowledge sharing across the global infrastructure group.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation and provide occasional out‑of‑hours (primarily remote) support.

Key Requirements

• 4+ years’ experience in infrastructure, systems engineering, or Linux platform support within high‑availability, mission‑critical environments.
• Strong hands‑on Linux administration experience with Red Hat, CentOS, or Rocky Linux.
• Proven experience delivering full server lifecycle builds, including hardware installation, OS deployment, and configuration.
• Solid understanding of AMD and Intel server hardware, with the ability to troubleshoot at both system and component level.
• Practical experience with infrastructure automation tools (e.g., Ansible).
• Scripting proficiency in Python and Bash for automation, tooling, and operational workflows.

With a reputation for being a stable and well-run global banking organisation, this global banking group has done an excellent job of steadily growing their business, retaining talent and developing the careers of its staff, while fostering a positive team-first working culture. Their Internal Audit function has a remit to further develop the department’s Data and Analytics capability and is looking for a Data & Analytics professional to support audit and credit related assignments across EMEA by leveraging data analytics and maintaining Computer Aided Auditing Tools (CAATs) for continuous auditing and monitoring.

This role sits within the Audit department and will be working with the Audit teams on a variety of assignments to investigate how the data within Bank systems may be analysed to assist the auditors in assessing the controls implemented.

Profile Requirements:

1. 1. Proficiency in data analytics tools (Python, R, ACL, SAS) and visualization platforms (Tableau, Power BI).
   2. Experience with databases (Oracle, SQL Server) and ETL tools (Alteryx, Talend, Informatica).
   3. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including presenting insights to senior stakeholders.
   4. Ability to work independently and collaboratively across teams.
   5. Commercial awareness and understanding of business processes in Corporate Banking, Capital Markets, and Credit.
   6. Knowledge and understanding of using AI within Internal Audit would be advantageous.
   7. Experience of being within the data analytics team of an Internal Audit function

Responsibilities / Tasks:

• • Collaborating with Audit teams to deliver data-driven insights.
  • Developing dashboards, reports, and presentations for senior management.
  • Maintaining documentation and understanding of data structures across firm systems.
  • Supporting the delivery of approximately 80 internal audit reports annually.
  • Managing and prioritising data analytics requests and development pipelines.
  • Collaborating with team members and promoting adoption of analytics tools within the Audit department.

Who we are We are an energy trading company generating liquidity across global commodities markets. We combine deep trading expertise with proprietary technology and the power of data science to be the best-in-class. Our understanding of volatile, data-intensive markets is a key part of our edge. At Dare, you will be joining a team of ambitious individuals who challenge themselves and each other. We have a culture of empowering exceptional people to become the best version of themselves. The Role As a C++ Quantitative Developer, you will play a critical role in developing and optimising our trading strategies and systems, enabling exchange market making and algorithmic trading. You will work closely with our trading desks to implement and enhance execution algorithms and ensure efficient connectivity to exchanges. Key responsibilities include: 1. Mid/low latency C++ development for the exchange connectivity FIX/MultiCast 2. Development of algorithmic strategies and market-making strategies C++ execution algorithms for trading desks (TWAP/VWAP, elements of Market Making) 3. Time series analysis, Market research in C++ / Python ​ What You’ll Bring 1. Strong C++ development skills (multithreading, inter-process communication, low latency, event-driven architecture design, modern C++ 20/23) 2. Develop and implement algo strategies in C++ 3. Experience in an algorithmic trading environment 4. Familiarity with FIX protocol and MultiCast 5. Experience with TWAP/VWAP algorithms 6. Python programming skills 7. Experience with Database connectivity (SQL, KDB) beneficial Benefits & perks 1. Competitive salary 2. Vitality health insurance and dental cover 3. 38 days of holiday (including bank holidays) 4. Pension scheme 5. Annual Bluecrest health checks 6. A personal learning & development budget of £5000 7. Free gym membership 8. Specsavers vouchers 9. Enhanced family leave 10. Cycle to Work scheme 11. Credited Deliveroo dinner account 12. Office massage therapy 13. Freshly served office breakfast twice a week 14. Fully stocked fridge and pantry 15. Social events and a games room Diversity matters We believe in a workplace where our people can fulfil their potential, whatever their background or whomever they are. We celebrate the breadth of experience and see this as critical to problem-solving and to Dare thriving as a business. Our culture rewards curiosity and drive, so the best ideas triumph and everyone here can make an impact. Please let us know ahead of the interview and testing processes if you require any reasonable adjustments or assistance during the application process. We’re also proud to be certified a ‘Great Place to Work’. Read more about our culture and what our team says about us here.

About Caxton Associates: Caxton Associates, founded in 1983, is a global trading and investment firm with offices in London, New York, Singapore, Monaco, Dubai and Bengaluru. Caxton Associates’ primary business is to manage client and proprietary capital through a suite of products designed to fit the specific needs of investors. Employing a multi-portfolio manager framework, Caxton excels in discretionary global macro investing, leveraging its diversified expertise across asset classes and markets. About the role: We are seeking a Database Engineer to join our London-based technology team. This is a hands-on role focused on design, development, and optimisation of the firm’s core data platforms. You will play a key role in shaping and scaling the firm’s data platform, directly supporting trading and investment decision-making. The role requires strong technical expertise, attention to data quality, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced, business-critical environment. Responsibilities: 1. Collaborate with Technology, Quant, and Risk teams to deliver data solutions for reporting and analytics 2. Design and implement scalable database schemas, tables, indexes, and stored procedures 3. Develop and maintain Python ETL pipelines for trade, position, and pricing data 4. Build and support reporting and visualization solutions using Tableau 5. Ensure data integrity, security, and high availability across production and non-production environments 6. Monitor and optimize database performance (query tuning, indexing, execution plans) 7. Work with AWS services (RDS, Aurora, S3) to build scalable, resilient data platforms 8. Perform database maintenance, including backups, recovery, and integrity checks 9. Implement database security best practices, including user permissions and roles 10. Create and maintain detailed documentation of database structures, processes, and best practices Experience: 1. At least 5 years experience working with relational databases 2. Strong SQL skills, including T-SQL, stored procedures, views, and functions 3. Proven experience in database design (normalisation, optimisation, indexing strategies) 4. Solid experience in performance tuning and troubleshooting database issues 5. Experience with data visualisation tools (e.g. Tableau or similar) 6. Experience using Python for data processing, automation, and ETL workflows 7. Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and version control (Git) 8. Practical experience with database administration (backups, restores, security, DR) 9. Experience with AWS cloud services (RDS, Aurora, S3) 10. Familiarity with financial services environments is a plus 11. Displays and operates at the highest degree of ethics and integrity.

Salary: up to £200k base + bonus

Summary

Leading HFT fund looking for a self-driven quantitative researcher to join their centralised Latency team where you will draw on your problem-solving skills and data science/statistics experience to analyse billions of collected trading data points and unearth competitive edges.

This role offers the opportunity to develop both business and technical expertise; working closely with trading teams to perform post-trade statistical analysis and identify relationships between business metrics and changes on the infrastructure technology. You’ll also investigate and design data mining and machine learning algorithms.

Unique in their field, this global firm combines the lively, positive spirit of a start-up with the stability of a longer-established player. This role would suit a curious, highly collaborative researcher who has demonstrated the ability to independently drive projects to completion.

Requirements

• Minimum 2+ years’ experience
• Hands-on programming experience in Python with a focus on data science & analytics
• Sound experience in Machine Learning and Statistics
• Outstanding problem-solving capabilities
• Bonus points for experience with C++, SQL and network protocols

NB: Please do not apply if you’re a fresh graduate.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary & bonus
• Enormous opportunity to grow, learn and have a significant business impact
• Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported
• Unique culture where you can fulfil your potential through collaboration and mutual respect

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
020 3137 9579
linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946

My client is a leading diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world. They value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so they operate using their own capital and trading at their own risk.

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the US, Canada, Europe, and Asia, they trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. They have also leveraged their expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets.

Operating with respect, curiosity and open minds, the people who thrive here share the belief that it’s not just what you do that matters-it’s how you do it. This is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.

As an AI Engineer, you will be an integral member of a collaborative multi-asset trading team. You’ll work on high-impact machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives that are central to the business strategy. In this role, you will build critical infrastructure and tooling that leverages AI and ML technology to enhance productivity, efficiency, and discover innovative paths to challenging business and technology problems. Surrounded by cutting-edge technology and experienced trading teams, you will have the opportunity to tackle fascinating new projects while becoming a subject-matter expert in a critical and innovative role.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive end-to-end development of AI infrastructure and AI-driven applications: from initial proof-of-concept to production deployment and ongoing maintenance.
• Collaborate with technologists, traders, quantitative researchers, and data scientists to identify high-impact opportunities for integrating AI and machine learning into technology and business use cases.
• Implement automated systems for continuous training, validation, and monitoring of models, minimizing downtime and ensuring reliability.
• Provide technical leadership in selecting, integrating, and optimizing AI and ML frameworks, libraries, and tools across diverse hardware and software environments.
• Create and maintain feature pipelines, feature stores, and model stores.
• Develop frameworks to enable scalable, reproducible research.
• Proactively troubleshoot performance bottlenecks, conduct root-cause analyses, and implement solutions to optimize GPU or CPU resource usage.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience working with machine learning and artificial intelligence technology.
• Strong understanding of core machine learning and artificial intelligence concepts.
• Excellent programming skills in Python.
• Demonstrated experience in building, validating, deploying, monitoring, and updating production ML and AI models.
• Hands-on experience with MLOps and AIOps infrastructure and tooling.
• Proficient in problem-solving and analytical reasoning.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with ML frameworks, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, TensorRT, or ONNX.
• Experience with Large Language Models, including RAG and fine-tuning techniques.
• Familiarity with compute infrastructure necessary to support operating AI and ML technology.

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’d like more information, please get in touch:

George Hutchinson-Binks
george.hutchinson-binks@oxfordknight.co.uk
(+44) 07885 545220
linkedin.com/in/george-hutchinson-binks-a62a69252

My client is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. A technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology, and trading expertise has shaped the collaborative mindset, enabling them to solve the most complex challenges. They have a culture of innovation which continuously drives their ambition to deliver high quality returns for investors.

About the Role:

The successful candidate will join the global infrastructure team and be responsible for managing and maintaining Network Infrastructure and Automations for the firm. With a strict IAC (Infrastructure-as-Code) mindset implemented here, it is crucial that candidates are able to demonstrate operation of complex infrastructure at scale, which have been delivered through a software- and automation-driven mindset.

The team will be focused on maintaining the service availability, reliability, and security of the platform. Developing observability tooling, self-healing/event driven automations, and performing troubleshooting activities. Providing ongoing support and operational improvements for existing network infrastructure, whilst building capability to operate a high-performance compute datacentre.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Experience monitoring & resolving incidents across Low Latency LAN, Datacentre LAN, WAN transit, and Internet/cloud connectivity.
• Expert troubleshooting skills of network infrastructure & collaborating with vendor support teams when required to perform deep investigation.
• Oversight & development of monitoring dashboards, responding proactively to alerts with appropriate level of priority. Taking responsibility for continuous improvement of alerting and the overall observability stack.
• Running post-incident reviews finding opportunities to improve the availability and reliability of infrastructure offerings.
• Delivery of BAU changes through automation wherever possible, working with research & other infrastructure engineering teams in a highly collaborative manner.
• Perform trend analysis using various data sources aiming to seek out potential issues, improve correlation and find capacity concerns.
• Defining SLOs to ensure the high availability of network services and infrastructure.
• Ability to provide considerable support of network automation & associated tooling, such as CI/CD pipelines, orchestration, Ansible, Python, GitOps practices, amongst others.
• Be responsible for releasing into production environments by providing high quality reviews of merges and scheduled pushes of changes/features/capabilities.
• Initiative to find opportunities to automate high frequency tasks. Leading the effort to deliver a solution alongside Network Engineering, Infra Automation/DevOps and across functions.
• You will have good knowledge of infrastructure metric collection and visualisation tooling, e.g. Kibana, Splunk, Prometheus & Grafana.
• You will stay informed on industry trends & emerging technologies to ensure the automation and practices remains cutting-edge.
• Clear networking knowledge at Cisco CCNP level, either through demonstrable experience or verifiable qualifications.

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’d like more information, please get in touch:

George Hutchinson-Binks
george.hutchinson-binks@oxfordknight.co.uk
(+44) 07885 545220
linkedin.com/in/george-hutchinson-binks-a62a69252

Salary: up to £200k + bonus

Summary

Lively, positive spirit of a start-up, with the stability of a longer-established player, this leading quant firm is looking for exceptional FPGA engineers to join an elite global team to design and build the next generation of hardware solutions.

Collaborating with technologists and traders, you will provide hardware systems in areas such as fast networking, high performance compute and real-time acceleration. You will be expected to solve difficult technical problems in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with a focus on co-designing hybrid hardware/software solutions.

They see technology as a key component of their continued success. The ideal candidate will have a mix of traditional RTL development and software skills, strong work ethic, and the drive to continually learn and improve.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ proven track record of hands-on FPGA development where you have taken ownership
• Ideally you’ll have C++ experience too
• Solid knowledge of building reliable, high performance FPGA hardware systems
• 3+ years of SystemVerilog / Verilog / VHDL experience
• Good understanding of technology tradeoffs, with a pragmatic approach to problem solving
• Degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science (or related)

NB: Please do not apply if you’re a fresh graduate.

Desirable

• Any of the following: Linux, scripting language proficiency (preferably Python), high level synthesis flows, familiarity with Jenkins CI / Github / ctypes / SWIG

Benefits

• Competitive base salary & bonus
• Enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact
• Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported
• Free breakfast, lunch and dinner

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’d like to know more, please get in touch.

Andy Stirling-Martin
andy@oxfordknight.co.uk
020 3137 9579
linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946

Summary

Lively, positive spirit of a start-up, with the stability of a longer-established player. This leading quant firm has a fantastic opportunity on their centralised trading team where you will draw on your quantitative problem-solving skills and advanced statistical techniques to build and enhance market prediction models.

They are ideally looking for a platform engineer who has built and improved quant infrastructure.

This role is perfect for an experienced developer who can pull together all of their previous skills and expertise to lead, architect and create a platform designed to be a critical tool for this team both now and for many years in the future.

Technology is viewed as a crucial component of their continued success. The successful quant developer will be a self-starter, thrive under pressure and excel when given ownership of projects and responsibilities. Work is varied; example projects include:

• Investigate and design data mining and machine learning algorithms
• Research modeling and forecasting future price actions
• Develop and improve scalable quant research frameworks using Python and C++
• Serve as an advisor across a the business, providing new and innovative solutions

Requirements

• 3 - 8 years’ solid dev experience (in financial markets would be ideal)
• Strong C++, Python
• Experience building and improving quant infrastructure would be ideal
• Master’s or PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research (or equivalent)

NB: Please do not apply if you are a fresh graduate.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary & bonus
• They’re willing to be flexible with WFH
• Enormous opportunity to grow and have an impact
• Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported
• Free breakfast, lunch and dinner

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’d like to know more, please get in touch:

Andy Stirling-Martin
andy@oxfordknight.co.uk
020 3137 9579
linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946

My client is an award-winning multi-strategy hedge fund and Fixed Income Macro (FIM) is one of their major lines of business. They deploy capital in the developed interest-rate & currency markets - focusing on liquid products - including nominal and inflation-protected government bonds, interest-rate swaps, futures, options, and agency mortgage-backed securities. Strategies are primarily concentrated in the US, European and Sterling markets, combining macroeconomic analysis, quantitative modeling, and rigorous portfolio construction to identify and capture opportunities. Each portfolio manager in FIM has a disciplined approach to a specific domain, and the team jointly identifies potential investments across these products and regions through a collaborative investment process.

The full stack software engineer role on the FIM Investment Toolkit team offers a unique opportunity to drive significant cross-functional impact. Looking for an individual who demonstrates strong ownership, takes initiative, and thrives in an environment where they can take charge of critical projects and strategic initiatives. Your contributions will be instrumental in building the next generation of pre-trade and risk management tooling for our Portfolio Managers. The candidate will be responsible for the following:

• Develop full stack analytical tools used daily by discretionary trading desks for pre-trade analytics and risk management.
• Collaborate with investment, research, and engineering teams to build next generation, web-based trading and research applications
• Work directly with trading desks and other business stakeholders to gather feedback and requirements to further develop our toolkit

Key Responsibilities

• Understand the FIM investment process and drive the future of the UI strategy within that context
• Collaborate with technology teams to drive the future agenda for FIM’s investment toolkit platform, using modern infrastructure and analytical tools
• Communicate effectively across interdisciplinary teams - research, engineering, investing and design
• Become an expert in the firm’s systems and technologies to support accelerating integration of analytics into all processes

Skillset Requirements

• Excellent coding skills in Typescript/React and at least one backend language, preferably Python
• The ability to deliver strong UX/UI experiences
• A desire to immerse oneself in all facets of fixed income and macro trading
• Proficiency in both Linux programming environment and cloud technologies
• Great communication abilities, both written and verbal
• Interest in mentoring and developing early career talent preferred

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’d like more information, please get in touch:

George Hutchinson-Binks
george.hutchinson-binks@oxfordknight.co.uk
(+44) 07885 545220
linkedin.com/in/george-hutchinson-binks-a62a69252

Summary

Exciting opportunity at one of the fastest growing financial services firms around the world. They offer prime brokerage, clearing and financing across traditional and digital assets, and are now looking to hire world-class software engineers to help build on their success.

This is a pivotal role, where your primary focus will be building the firm’s real-time event processing system (i.e. clearing sub-ledger). This will involve designing, developing and maintaining the core infrastructure & systems for the prime brokerage platform, including trade execution, position management, risk monitoring, and reporting modules.

Responsibilities

• Build robust systems for managing the entire trade lifecycle, from order routing & execution to settlement & reconciliation.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and optimize system components for maximum throughput, low latency, and high reliability.
• Draw on your knowledge and experience to support your team in making diligent & sound architectural decisions, upholding the highest bar for quality.

Requirements

• 8+ years’ in software development/engineering experience
• Strong programming skills in Java, C++, or Python
• Familiarity with industry-standard technologies and protocols, e.g. FIX protocol, market data feeds, OMS
• Experience with distributed systems and high-throughput services
• Background in real-time transaction processing within trading, risk management, or web2.0 companies (large-scale transaction/event-processing systems: trading systems, risk management systems, pricing systems)
• Driven self-starter with a strong sense of ownership coupled with effective collaboration and leadership
• Excellent communication skills, plus ability to develop relationships with stakeholders across the firm
• Solid financial services experience
• B.S. degree or above in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field.

Nice to Have

• Experience at a fast-paced, high-growth-stage company
• Digital assets experience

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 suitable for this role, drop me an email or give me a call:

Jack Peck
[e] jack.peck@oxfordknight.co.uk
[t] +44 20 3745 6537
linkedin.com/in/jack-peck-448a70131

Exciting opportunity at one of the fastest growing financial services firms around the world. They offer prime brokerage, clearing and financing across traditional and digital assets, and are now looking to hire world-class engineers to help build on their success.

This is a unique role, blending Level-1 support responsibilities with advanced DevOps engineering tasks, ensuring robust operational efficiency and technical excellence.

The successful Production Engineer will have outstanding communication skills, a collaborative, customer-focused mindset and be passionate about continuous learning & enhancing team capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide production environment support, quickly diagnosing and resolving problems (offline & real-time) and keeping internal customers informed
• Design, develop & maintain advanced reconciliation applications, ensuring consistency across digital & traditional finance trade-capture processes
• Develop monitoring dashboards and alerts using DataDog, Grafana (or similar) to proactively identify and address production issues, including end-to-end system latency
• Build tooling & monitoring solutions to facilitate comprehensive post-release validation
• You will be the incident coordinator for operational incidents on the core engineering production platform (tech comms, uphold best practices, post-incident follow-up, etc.)

Skills & Experience Required

• 5+ years’ experience in L1 Support, DevOps, SRE (or similar roles), ideally in fintech environments
• Proven experience designing and implementing monitoring and alerting tools (DataDog, Grafana)
• Strong understanding of and experience troubleshooting REST APIs and WebSockets
• Proven track record of handling multiple priorities effectively and ability to deal with ambiguity
• Experience with incident response protocols
• Strong technical expertise with Python, Unix, PostgreSQL
• Knowledge of Kafka, CockroachDB, FastAPI, GraphQL, Snowflake, Redis, and QuestDB (or equivalent)
• Strong experience with automation and reconciliation processes

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 suitable for this role, drop me an email or give me a call:

Jack Peck
[e] jack.peck@oxfordknight.co.uk
[t] +44 20 3745 6537
linkedin.com/in/jack-peck-448a70131

Salary: £200k base + bonus

Summary

Lively, positive spirit of a start-up, with the stability of a longer-established player, this leading quant firm is looking for an expert C++ engineer to join their core UI team. Their projects include applications for real-time trading and generation of information-rich visualizations based on archived data.

Developers here are highly valued and well-rewarded for hard work, and as a result, are some of the brightest minds from across the trading, tech and start-up industries. This team serves the UI needs across the business, and this role will involve writing highly optimized code for high-performance back-ends running on Linux to process huge amounts of data. There will also be an opportunity to do full-stack work, contributing to the C++ front-end code for Qt desktop applications, as well as Typescript/React for web applications.

Here, technology is viewed as key to their continued success. The successful C++ Engineer will be passionate about development, have a strong work ethic and be motivated to continually learn and improve.

Requirements

• Minimum 4+ years’ modern C++ development experience (C++ 11/14/17/20)
• Solid experience of Linux and low-level systems programming
• Knowledge of and ability to develop scalable back-end services
• Skilled at writing reliable code, and providing code review feedback to others
• Bonus points for any of: Typescript/Javascript, React, Qt, Python

NB: Please do not apply if you’re a fresh graduate.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + bonus
• They’re willing to be flexible with WFH
• Enormous opportunity to grow, learn and have an impact
• Contributions are rewarded; career progression supported
• Free breakfast, lunch and dinner

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’d like to know more, please get in touch.

Andy Stirling-Martin
andy@oxfordknight.co.uk
020 3137 9579
linkedin.com/in/andrew-stirling-martin-7664a946

Discover your future at Citi
Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact.

Job Overview
Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance - we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Technical Application Support Specialist to join our global dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing L2/L3 technical support for our commodities trading platform, with a primary focus on the Openlink and Risk Management applications. This role requires a deep understanding of the commodities asset class, exceptional technical troubleshooting skills, and a commitment to providing excellent customer service to our trading and business users.

What will you do:

• Provide timely and effective L2/L3 technical support for the commodities trading platform, including the Openlink application and its ecosystem.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve complex application and system issues, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations.
• Systems will include market data, static data, trade lifecycle(openlink) and risk management platforms.
• Monitor system health and performance, proactively identifying and addressing potential issues before they impact users.
• Support global critical front office risk batches and End of day batch processing.
• Collaborate closely with traders, business analysts, developers, and infrastructure teams to resolve incidents and implement solutions.
• Manage the incident lifecycle, from initial report to resolution, including root cause analysis and post-mortem reviews.
• Participate in a rotational on-call schedule to weekend support and bank holiday coverage.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive support documentation, including knowledge base articles and runbooks.
• Assist with the planning and execution of application deployments, upgrades, and disaster recovery tests.
• Identify opportunities for process improvements and automation to enhance system stability and support efficiency.

Key Skills and Experience required:

• A key requirement for this role is proven, experience with the Openlink application.

• Strong functional knowledge of the commodities asset class, including physical and financial products (e.g., oil, natural gas, power, metals, agriculture).

• A strong understanding of risk and pnl and supporting Risk management platforms.

• Proficiency in SQL and experience working with relational databases such as Oracle or SQL Server.

• Proficiency in Middleware technologies such as Solace.

• Demonstrable scripting skills in languages such as Python, Juniper Notebooks, or shell scripting for automation and troubleshooting.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Ability to perform effectively in a high-pressure, fast-paced trading environment.

• Experience with enterprise monitoring tools like ITRS Geneos, Splunk, Grafana, or similar.

• Familiarity with the ITIL framework and best practices for incident, problem, and change management.

• Previous experience working directly with traders and front-office staff.

What we’ll provide you:

By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit our About Us | Culture, Values & Benefits page to learn more.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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