Mechanical Shift Engineer Continental Days & Nights - Building Services Canary Wharf, East London £50,000 + Package

An exciting opportunity to join an established building services company based in the heart of Canary Wharf has arisen!

Joselyn Search are currently recruiting for a Mechanical Shift Engineer to work as part of an engineering team and be based at a large multi-tenanted commercial office building in Canary Wharf. The ideal candidate will have experience carrying out planned and reactive building maintenance within a large commercial building environment, have a strong understanding of Facilities Maintenance with a proven track record in commercial building services.

This position would be ideal for a Mechanical Shift Engineer currently in a similar position, in return the company are offering a competitive salary up £50,000 with a potential route into further career progression.

Key duties & Responsibilities

• Carry out all aspects of mechanical maintenance activities across mechanical plant and systems
• Hands-on PPM and reactive maintenance
• Commercial heating systems
• AHUs, FCUs, and associated HVAC equipment.
• Carry out system fault-finding and diagnostics
• Liaise directly with the client’s estates teams to ensure maintenance activities are aligned
• Monitor mechanical plant
• Pumps, Motors, Seals, Bearings
• Air Conditioning - Air Handling Units / Fan Coil Unit (Filter changes, cleaning)
• Water Treatment (Temperature checks / Not dosing)
• Plumbing - Unblocking toilets, replacing taps, washers etc
• Monitor the BMS systems
• Supervise contractors and assist with minor project works or installations
• Maintain clear documentation, logbooks, and records

Hours of Work & Package Info

Shift Engineer Continental Shift Pattern Days & Nights

Basic Salary of up to £50,000

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

Requirements

• Mechanical qualifications - NVQ or City & Guilds Level 2 & 3

One of the world’s top algorithmic trading firms, our client is looking for GPU Systems Engineers to help scale and evolve their exceptionally sophisticated HPC/AI research environment.

Joining the Research and Development team, you will collaborate with experts responsible for the compute, storage, operating systems, and automation tools that enable trading and research to run 24/7 across the globe. They design, grow, and operate infrastructure at a large scale, including triple-digit petabyte-scale storage and massive CPU and GPU clusters in globally distributed data centers. As such, this is a high-impact role with broad scope, from HPC/AI cluster design and performance tuning, to troubleshooting and automation for thousands of nodes.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize large-scale distributed GPU compute clusters
• Identify and resolve GPU workloads’ performance bottlenecks across compute, storage, and networking layers
• Collaborate with research and development teams to profile, benchmark, and fine-tune GPU-based workloads
• Automate system deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting across thousands of nodes
• Collaborate with research, and engineering teams to support evolving workloads
• Own critical infrastructure projects - from concept to implementation and support
• Test and deploy new hardware and software, and partner with vendors to resolve complex issues

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in large-scale Linux systems engineering in HPC, AI or distributed infrastructure roles
• Extensive experience in Linux system installation, performance tuning, and troubleshooting
• Expertise in troubleshooting distributed GPU workloads
• Deep knowledge around GPU optimization and performance
• Proficiency in Python scripting and automation frameworks
• CUDA or C/C++ experience is a plus
• Experience with NVIDIA technologies beyond CUDA, such as NCCL, GPUDirect RDMA, and NVLink
• Familiarity with configuration management tools (e.g. Salt, Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
• Comfortable diagnosing complex system issues at the hardware, OS, and network levels
• Strong communication and organizational skills; able to collaborate across diverse technical teams
• Thrive in fast-paced environments and excited by high-impact work

Culture:

This fund brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. They’ve built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development, and their researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.

Colleagues come from all sorts of backgrounds: mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, and engineering. A community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automated trading, and their culture celebrates great ideas whether they come from veterans or new hires.

Seem like something you might be interested in? The goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. They’re proud of their diverse staff; with offices all over the globe they benefit from varied and unique perspectives.

This is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are they’d love to get to know you.

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 infrastructure team, where you will collaborate with the Windows, UNIX, Network and database teams to design solutions in order to meet shared storage requirements. This will involve covering Windows file shares, NFS shares, performant storage-attached networks for database clusters, etc.

You will also be tasked with building and maintaining vendor relationships, product selection, design & implementation, and development of a data backup solution contributing to the firm’s business continuity plans. As well as design work the role is a technical, hands-on position.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in storage systems administration and platform engineering
• You have delivered, tuned and maintained optimised enterprise grade storage solutions
• Excellent working knowledge of storage protocols (SMB, NFS, S3)
• Good working knowledge of Linux and Windows OS
• Proven track record of developing and implementing data backup strategies
• You work well as part of a team and excel in a collaborative environment
• Excellent communication and documentation skills

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 the Company:

This is a quantitative trading and investment firm with a disciplined and systematic quantitative approach to identify factors that consistently generate alpha. These factors are then coupled with our proprietary ultra-low latency trading systems and robust risk management to develop trading strategies across asset classes (equities, commodities, currencies, fixed income) that trade on global exchanges.

They are looking for a ‘full stack’ FPGA developer with at least 3 years of industry experience in hardware development to help build out hardware platform for low latency trading.

Responsibilities:

• Design, implementation, test, integration and delivery of low latency trading systems.
• Development of low latency designs in Verilog/System Verilog
• Development of test harnesses to verify developed items using self-checking test benches, BFMs, etc.
• Integration of the developed firmware on the target hardware with other system components and software
• Release of developed items
• Contribute to peer design reviews
• Undertake requirements capture
• Work in fast moving, short feedback development environment
• Ensure that all business activity is conducted in line with company values, policies and ethics codes of conduct
• Undertake any other activity as reasonably requested by management

Qualifications & Skills:

• Degree qualified in electronics/engineering related subject; however, experience will be considered in lieu of formal academic qualifications
• 3 years of industry experience
• Excellent design standards and strong debug skills
• Hands on Digital Design and FPGA Architecture experience is required
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• An appreciation of digital hardware design
• Experience of developing self-checking testbenches, BFMs
• An appreciation of other engineering disciplines; Software, Networking
• Familiarity with digital communications protocols and general networking experience
• Experience of developing on large Altera and Xilinx FPGAs
• Experience in writing RTL in Verilog/System Verilog or VHDL
• Working knowledge of the following engineering tools - Vivado and Questasim
• Experience of working in a linux-based development environment
• Scripting; tcl/tk, python

Why You Should Join:

• Great People. Curious engineers, mathematicians, statisticians who like to have fun while achieving their goals
• Transparent Structure. Employees know their ideas and contributions are valued
• Relaxed Environment. A flat organizational structure with frequent activities for all employees, such as yearly offsites, happy hours, corporate sports teams, etc.
• Health & Wellness Programs. Believing that a balanced employee is more productive, a stocked kitchen, gym membership and generous vacation packages are just some of the perks offered

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 contact:

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

Salary: £150-500k

World-leading prop fund is looking for C++ developers to join their rapidly expanding team in London and Amsterdam. This data and technology-driven firm specialise in developing automated trading systems that execute across global financial markets.

The successful candidate will be joining a small, highly productive and fast-paced team - working on critical software in a real-time environment. You will be responsible for working across the entire trading infrastructure - developing ultra-low-latency exchange protocol encoders; fine-tuning fully automated trading strategies; collaborating with researchers, systems and ops teams will all be part of your daily routine.

Benefits:

• Market-leading compensation packages
• Generous relocation support if needed
• Fast-paced environment with new and exciting challenges
• Short feedback loops from idea to production in as little as ~1 day
• Smaller teams with more opportunities for high impact in roles

Requirements:

• BSc in Computer Science or related field
• Minimum 3 yrs’ professional experience writing production quality code, preferably in C++
• Solid experience working on multithreaded applications, networks and operating systems
• Strong understanding of algorithms and data structures

Desirable:

• Experience with Python development is a strong plus
• Comfortable operating at various levels of abstraction, from individual machines to large scale distributed systems
• Finance experience is not necessary

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/

Salary: up to £200k + bonus

Summary

Leading HFT fund looking for modern C++ engineers - ideally with a passion for cricket or football - to join their growing quantitative sports trading team based in London.

This role offers the opportunity to collaborate extensively with technologists and quant analysts as you evolve, improve and maintain all aspects of the sports betting platform, covering everything from execution and signal generation to model building and back testing.

Technology is prized by the traders as crucial to their continued success. Unique in their field, this global firm combines the lively, positive spirit of a start-up with the stability of a longer-established player.

The successful C++ Platform Engineer will love solving difficult technical problems and be comfortable with owning multiple projects simultaneously.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ professional experience
• Substantial skills in C++ (Data structures, STL, Boost, C++11/14/17/20/23)
• Solid experience working on a Linux platform
• Minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent)
• Comfortable being involved in DevOps
• Knowledge of common database technologies

Desirable

• A passion for Cricket OR Football
• Knowledge of distributed systems, multithreading and/or operating systems
• Interest in (or experience of) sports betting

NB: Please don’t apply if you are a fresh graduate.

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 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

Salary: up to £200k base + bonus

Summary

Not your standard algo trading company, this leading firm prides itself on its flat hierarchy, teamwork, and rewarding people on merit and excellence. Specialists within electronic market-making in FX, equity, fixed income and commodity markets, they have one of the best names in the industry.

Based in London, they are looking to expand their exchange trading development group, which takes trading ideas from the Quant Research team and makes them reality utilising the best technology. The client is really looking for someone with a passion for distributed computing.

As a Python/GO Engineer, you’ll be part of a small team - which works to their advantage - responsible for managing a global network plus multiple hundreds of servers across almost 50 sites. Sitting in between datacentre support and the main development function, you’ll leverage your programming skills to find the correct solution from the start, rather than using repetitive manual work or ad-hoc scripting.

The successful Python/GO Engineer will most likely come from a programming or SRE background, who can code well, likes automation and is focused on network technology.

Requirements

• Excellent programming skills in your preferred language(s); they use Go, Python and Rust where appropriate but prior knowledge is not expected.
• Sound understanding of datacentres and the hardware inside them - servers, switches, etc.
• Demonstrable knowledge of network routing and switching (BGP, OSPF, PIM, IGMP), etc.

NB: Please don’t apply if you are a fresh graduate.

Benefits

• Significant compensation package - you are making a direct impact on the PnL
• Collaborative and friendly environment with highly engaged colleagues
• Free onsite gym, sauna and fitness classes
• Breakfast and lunch provided four days a week
• Cutting-edge, beautiful London offices

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

Salary: £200k + bonus

Summary

The positive feel of a start-up with the benefits that come with a more established player, this leading quant firm is looking for exceptional C++/FPGA engineers. This role will be working on a very successful HFT desk within an elite global team where you’ll 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.

This firm sees technology as a key component of their continued success. The ideal candidate will be keen to learn new cutting-edge technologies, and have a proven record of solving unstructured problems.

Requirements

• Must be able to write C/C++ in a commercial environment
• Solid knowledge of building reliable, high performance FPGA hardware systems
• A mix of traditional RTL development + software skills
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced environment, where accuracy is crucial
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent)

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

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + bonus; they will pay leading market rate / are flexible for the right candidate
• 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

Salary: up to £200k + bonus

Summary

High-frequency prop trading firm with offices worldwide are looking to expand their in-house trading team with a talented software developer well-versed in modern C++.

Enjoying high levels of autonomy, the successful candidate will design, develop and implement a low-latency, high-frequency trading platform. You will also contribute to the development and optimization of large-scale parallel computation problems involving large amounts of shared data, and improve performance by optimizing the efficiency of machine learning-based algorithms.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment and possess exceptional communication skills in English, both verbal and written.

Requirements

• 5+ years of practical experience in C++ and 3 years with Python
• Professional experience of C++ 14/17/20
• Strong proficiency with data structures, algorithms, and OOP
• Sound experience using other programming languages, such as Java
• Solid working knowledge of Linux and SQL
• Self-starter, with a passion for innovation and building systems from scratch

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

Benefits

• Competitive salary + bonuses
• They’re willing to be flexible with WFH
• Benefits including medical insurance and gym membership
• Collaborative and friendly environment with smart, highly engaged colleagues
• Relaxed, dress-down office culture, with breakfast, lunch and snacks provided

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

Job Purpose

The Cybersecurity Engineering Engineer is responsible for creating and maintaining the information security tooling and infrastructure for endpoints or servers on-prem, in the Cloud, or in containers. This individual works as part of a results-oriented, service-delivery team and assists other disciplines within the Information Security team. Additionally, the Cybersecurity Engineering Engineer performs root cause analysis of problems, selects, develops, and implements automation tools, and actively participates in deeply technical discourse.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the design, planning, and implementation of information security solutions
• Tune and design systems infrastructure for security and enhancements
• Automation of manual tasks using scripting and application development
• Investigate and adopt new security technologies/tools as needs arise
• Evaluate, test, and integrate new security controls, settings and security tools
• Provide technical analysis, resolve problems, and propose solutions
• Provide support to, and coordinate with, developers, operations staff, release engineers, Incident Response, GRC, Red Team, and other disciplines
• Educate and mentor team members and operations staff
• Participate in a weekly on-call rotation for after-hours support

Knowledge and Experience

• Degree in engineering discipline or equivalent experience required
• 3+ years of relevant Engineering or Information Security experience needed
• Top-tier analytics and problem solving
• Experience and familiarity with cloud and container technologies
• Ability to work in a service-oriented team environment
• Must have good organizational skills and time management skills
• Communicate effectively with both technical and business resources

Senior Rust Developer required for a high-performance trading environment, working on Real Time systems in a 24/7 production setting - £120k - £160k

This is a hands-on role focused on building, optimising, and supporting low-latency, high-throughput applications. You will work across the full development life cycle, contributing to system design, development, and production support.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain applications using Rust
• Design scalable, low-latency systems
• Work with Real Time data and trading-related platforms
• Improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability
• Provide production support within a 24/7 environment
• Collaborate on architecture and technical design
• Mentor junior team members

Key Skills/Experience:

• 5-8+ years’ software development experience
• Strong Rust programming skills
• Linux/Unix environment experience
• Multithreading and concurrent programming
• Experience with low-latency or high-throughput systems
• Knowledge of WebSockets, REST APIs, and network protocols
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Desirable:

• Experience within financial markets or trading systems
• Exposure to crypto or blockchain technologies

Additional Information:

• Agile, non-hierarchical environment
• High degree of ownership and autonomy
• Involvement in end-to-end system development

Summary

Our client is a leading tech-driven quant and systematic hedge fund trading with offices across the globe. They leverage deep knowledge in data, research, technology and trading to deliver high-quality returns in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, with excellent opportunities for career growth.

They’re looking to hire a mid-level FPGA Engineer to join the IT team based in London, which trades across all the major EMEA, Asian and US markets. You’ll be expected to provide technical project management and guidance and will be hands-on with infrastructure projects across the EMEA region as well as globally.

Requirements

• 3+ years’ experience in RTL design and verification for FPGAs using Verilog, SystemVerilog or VHDL
• Experience in FPGA toolchains using Xilinx Vivado (preferred) or Intel Quartus
• Experience using Python within verification frameworks
• Experience of simulation environments, Modelsim/Questa preferred
• Knowledge of C++ for writing hardware APIs
• Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (or related)

Nice-to-Have

• Knowledge of Market Data protocol
• Experience with strategy implementation

Benefits

• Great opportunity to be part of a collaborative, creative environment where you can feel valued for your input
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Professional and personal development
• Relaxed, casual culture, with a healthy work-life balance

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/

Salary: £200k + bonus

Summary

Join a sophisticated technology team in the London office of a prop trading house that places software development at the centre of business strategy. This team have the responsibility of a trading group and a core infra team.

This role is for a senior engineer who is able to take on problems at all levels of the software stack, including low-level code to drive network hardware, super reliable high-performance trading infrastructure and time-saving internal tools. You will be taking ownerships of projects and writing production code from day one.

Working collaboratively alongside the traders, this is very much a hands-on role with a real impact on improving people’s daily work. The development team enjoys great flexibility when planning roadmaps and deciding which features to implement.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (or equivalent experience)
• Expert-level experience programming in C / C++11/17/20/23 and Python
• Previous finance experience, or other significant hands-on development
• Linux guru
• Ability to juggle a lot of priorities and continuously deliver
• Interest in finance / machine learning / big data and/or robotics are pluses

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

Benefits

• Vibrant, flexible and inspiring work environment with excellent rewards
• They’re willing to be flexible with WFH
• Free food / gym onsite

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

The Research & Development team at this successful algo trading firm builds and maintains the computers, networks, data storage, operating systems, and software that enable trading strategies and research environment to operate worldwide 24/7. Looking for a Storage Strategist who enjoys being challenged, appreciates an open and collaborative organizational structure, and thrives in a fast-paced hands-on environment.

In this role, you will own the vision, planning and execution of current and future storage needs. Given the firm’s growth and ever-evolving needs (especially when it comes to AI), this is a unique opportunity to set the direction for future storage solutions and work across engineering teams to deliver it.

You will drive engagement with all stakeholders - internal users and both external and internal technology providers - understand their product portfolio and roadmap, and build a strategy that is inclusive of financial modeling.

Responsibilities

• Own the overall charter of delivering performant, reliable, and future-proof storage solutions for all storage needs
• Collaborate and drive efforts across multiple (internal) cross-functional engineering teams
• Improve user experience by understanding storage workloads and designing a variety of solutions and tools
• Forecast future storage needs, research new storage solutions, and build a five-and ten-year roadmap
• Draw insights from a deep understanding of hardware infrastructure and industry trends to inform the roadmap and planning decisions
• Review deliverables and provide relevant guidance to engineering teams
• Troubleshoot complex storage, OS, and networking issues
• Integrate storage systems with HPC clusters, ensuring compatibility with existing hardware and software
• Participate in an on-call rotation to ensure continuous support for operations, responding promptly to critical storage issues and incidents.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in HPC-like environments with multi-PB storage deployments
• Experience in developing advanced storage software solutions and/or leading software development team(s)
• Deep expertise in HPC and scale-out enterprise storage solutions
• Knowledge of distributed file systems used for large-scale cluster computing (Lustre, GPFS, WEKA, S3, CEPH, etc.)
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Deep technical understanding of commodity storage technologies
• Knowledgeable on storage industry trends
• Deep technical understanding of server architecture, design, and development, with emphasis on power and performance analysis
• Ability to analyze and solve problems under quick turnaround times
• Ability to manage time efficiently, balancing independent and collaborative workflows
• Proficient in Python and UNIX/Linux shell scripting

Culture:

This fund brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. They’ve built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development, and their researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.

Colleagues come from all sorts of backgrounds: mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, and engineering. A community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automated trading, and their culture celebrates great ideas whether they come from veterans or new hires.

Seem like something you might be interested in? The goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. They’re proud of their diverse staff; with offices all over the globe they benefit from varied and unique perspectives.

This is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are they’d love to get to know you.

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

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
About Citi
As the world’s most global bank, Citi gives you the tools to be a trailblazer. We’re not just building technology; we’re building the future of banking. With thousands of employees located around the globe, we are an international team encompassing a broad range of teams, roles, and cultures, and we invite you to come and join us!

Citi’s technology team supports business operations in 100+ countries, across multiple lines of business spanning both Institutional and retail businesses.
The group works to optimize the IT environment by standardizing production platforms, reducing complexity, and introducing innovative solutions that provide new business capabilities, reduce total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi.

We want to regularly engage with talented individuals who are passionate about producing clean, testable code as part of a high performing team. We have found this to be way more important than experience in the financial sector.
We welcome applications from any industry and should you wish to apply your application will be reviewed for a multitude of Developer positions at varying levels.

About FX Tech

• Citi FX has a physical presence in 83 countries with 1,400 dedicated staff giving us the largest FX presence of any bank globally. Foreign Exchange has been one of the defining businesses of Citi for much of its 200 year existence.
• Citi has the largest FX presence of any bank globally and we proudly put this down to delivering unrivalled service and insight to our clients. Increasing investment in technology has seen us roll out award winning applications. Technology is a central pillar for our plans to sustain and grow our FX business.
• Above all, we seek individuals who seek exceptional attitude and aptitude in the people they work with and have a demonstrated passion for delivering FX technology in support of our #1 FX business.

Role Overview/What will you do:

• Hands on technical implementation of FX payments / trading systems
• The successful candidate will work with teams across FX Technology implement solutions that benefit the business
• The role does not involve budget responsibility
• Drive the design and development of system architecture, work with end-users of the systems, and enhance the quality of deliverables Ensure staff follows Citi documented policy and procedures as well as maintain desktop procedures and supporting documentation for filings on a current basis and in comprehensive manner
• Contribute to defining and implementing best practices and processes for the department and ensure transparency and consistency across teams
• Work directly with trading and quant teams

Key Skills and Experience required

• Proven understanding of FX highly preferred
• Understanding of ultra-low-latency development practices
• Proven track record of building new systems, replacing legacy systems and renovating existing systems
• The candidate will have systems (software, hardware, networks) knowledge required to define solutions and trouble shoot issues
• Exceptional communicator who loves working with people, confident communicating at all levels from an individual team to the entire enterprise
• Highly credible hands on engineer, confident to deep dive into a product and codebase and offer detailed, constructive analysis and feedback
• Awareness of industry trends and leveraging new technologies as appropriate

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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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Senior Fire & Security Installation Engineer (M25 Area)

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Senior Fire and Security Installation Engineer due to a strong pipeline of newly secured projects.

This is a great opportunity to join a well established fire and security business working across high end commercial and residential sites throughout London and the South East.

Role Overview

We are seeking a skilled engineer with a strong background across all four core disciplines:

• Fire alarms
• Intruder alarms
• CCTV systems
• Access control systems

The ideal candidate will be confident working independently on installations and comfortable delivering high quality work across a variety of systems and environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Installation of fire and security systems across commercial and residential sites
• Working across intruder, CCTV, access control, door entry and fire alarm systems
• Fault finding, commissioning and system testing
• Ensuring all work meets current British Standards and compliance requirements
• Delivering high quality installations with minimal supervision
• Occasional participation in an on call rota

Required Experience & Skills

The successful candidate should have at least 5 years’ experience within fire and security installation and be familiar with:

Intruder Alarms

• Texecom systems
• British Standards compliance

Access Control

• Paxton
• PAC

Door Entry / Video Entry

• BPT
• Fermax
• Comelit

CCTV Systems

• Hikvision
• Analogue and IP systems
• DVR / NVR systems
• Networking basics

Fire Alarms

• Analogue and IP networked systems

Additional Requirements

• IPAF certification required
• Must be based within or close to the M25 due to client locations
• Strong all round installation and commissioning ability across multiple systems

Package

• Salary: £45,000 - £47,500 depending on experience
• Overtime available
• On call rota with additional earning potential
• Long term pipeline of secured projects

About the Opportunity

This is a long established business with over 40 years’ experience in the fire and security sector, specialising in commercial and high end residential projects. The company is part of a wider group operating across the UK.

INDAV

The successful candidate will be a key member of the Real Time Architecture team with responsibility for the technical architectural design and implementations within Real Time Core, Distribution and Managed Data Services on and off-prem global deployments. Key knowledge and understanding for the design, operation and limits of the current environment will be paramount to the successful evolution as part of a multi-year Programme into a next generation platform.

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 London Stock Exchange Group’s Data and Analytics division provides high quality financial data to hundreds of thousands of customers around the world. The Real Time platform provides our customers with financial market data that is sourced from over 550 real time venues across the world. The platform’s engineering function has responsibility for the development and growth of the technology solution that supports the platform, noting specific engineering challenges pertaining to its complexity, geographic distribution, and scale.

The architecture team that supports this platform has responsibility for the high-level design, technology strategy and governance of this platform, and assures its reliability, scalability, extensibility, and sustainability.

The responsibilities of a Real-Time architect within the team are summarised below.

ROLE SUMMARY:

• Define and deliver our technology strategy to meet our customers’ requirements.
• High level design and definition of a global technology platform that must hit well defined SLA’s and targets to assure resiliency and low latency delivery of real time market data
• collaborate with business and product teams to translate high-level requirements into an executable design.
• Communicate effectively and professionally with internal customers, management and peers across the globe.
• Develop a broad knowledge of LSEG business strategies and our product portfolio.
• Innovate on new and improved uses of technology to meet business objectives.
• Understand the impact of new technologies and their technical impacts to supported systems.
• Collaborate with peers, architects and managers to understand strategy and how best to operationalize it across our cloud and on-prem environments.
• Knowledge of Multicast data traffic management, arbitration and message queueing
• Real Time Distribution Systems (RTDS) Operational knowledge for DACS, ADH & ADS components

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Responsible for the key areas in the global design standards, governance, buildout & automation for Real-Time replatform and Real-Time Managed Distribution Services (RTMDS) public Cloud deployment by delivering Full Tick to these public/private cloud environments, systems integration, corporate and custom monitoring, asset and automation systems, etc
• Work closely with key partners in the Real Time Architecture team
• Support for feature rollout for Testing as a Service public Cloud deployments
• Provide project implementation support during business and occasionally off business hours
• Create and update design and associated technical reference documentation
• Provide recommendations to the manager of the Architecture team to define / refine practices to meet team’s objectives
• Train/Coach/mentor others in the Architecture team or partners

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Experience of designing large scale compute infrastructure-based applications
• Exchange feed connectivity
• Networking technologies, especially IP Multicast, IGMPv3, PIM/SSM WAN, LAN, SDN, DNS, TCP/IP
• Cloud native, cloud enabling and cloud adjacent technologies, including large-scale Kubernetes architecture and design, SR-IOV, eBPF, containerisation, container network interfaces.
• Large scale, highly distributed application design.
• How to optimize NIC, OS, BIOS and applications for low latency.
• Compute infrastructure especially HPE Proliant, HPE Synergy, Dell PowerEdge
• STEM degree or equivalent qualification
• Network vendor qualification such as CCNA
• Cloud vendor qualifications such as AWS or Azure Certified Solutions Architect.

WHAT YOU’LL GET IN RETURN:

• This is a fantastic opportunity to be a very key player in a multi-year program to deliver the next generation of Market Data platform for LSEG customers globally, both internal and externally, working with various team members and vendors to ensure our deliveries are achieved or exceeded.
• LSEG prides itself on meeting delivery expectations and by doing so means you will gain the respect and reward, as well as great personal achievement and development within a leading organization.
• In order to be flexible and realizing the requirements to work with diverse teams, this role is offered as Digital First to allow you to make best use of your time.

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.

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.

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Job Purpose

The Systems Operations Analyst will provide immediate assistance (by phone) to traders, back office, support personnel and IT staff in an effort to achieve the highest customer satisfaction and minimize the impact of IT related problems. The Systems Operations Analyst must be a motivated team player that can see projects to completion, work independently, and be willing to assist other staff in areas not specific to their duties.

The Systems Operations Analyst is not a typical NOC/helpdesk role-it is part of a highly specialized support organization that is responsible for the daily operations of multiple industry leading trading exchanges and clearing systems. This is a customer-facing position that requires identifying, troubleshooting, and resolving both internal system problems, as well as external customer-related IT issues. The role requires a blend of general technical and business knowledge, as well as a comprehensive understanding of the overall architecture of the ICE exchanges, divisions, clearing, and infrastructure. This position is not a Systems Administrator or Network Engineering position; however, prior experience in these areas is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshooting day-to-day customer issues and provide direct support to clients by phone, email, and CRM tools
• Work with the client to communicate important information about system maintenance, changes, events, and to address client concerns regarding any aspect of the services
• Interaction with third-party vendors is required
• Maintenance operations and administration of proprietary systems is an integral part of the position’s responsibilities
• Coordination and collaboration with various business units is required
• Assisting other ICE/NYSE staff with problem solving and escalation procedures
• Ability to quickly assess an issue and provide management with well-conceived short- and long-term actions for restoration of service(s) required
• Understand the various trading and clearing platforms and apply technical knowledge to improve system performance and reliability
• Must be able to prepare documentation for troubleshooting and escalation procedures
• Follows organizational practices in regard to Incident, Problem, and Change Management along with the creation of database records for these disciplines
• Control computer system(s) on schedule by means of computer system console, operator checklists, and third-party software.
• This is a 24x7 environment and the position may require weekend scheduling and or working on other shifts.
• This position is not a Systems Administrator or Network Engineering position; however, prior experience in these areas is desirable

Knowledge and Experience

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Systems/Application support experience OR Associates/Bachelor’s degree
• Demonstrate reliability, flexibility, and attention to detail.
• Team member must be willing to rotate through the following shifts as the need arises
  • Primary 9 hour shifts range between 7am-7pm
  • Must have availability outside of normal hours and on weekends as required for on-call coverage and extended systems maintenance and upgrades.

Preferred Knowledge and Experience

• Technology and/or application support
• Network and network forensic analysis (packet capture analysis)
• FIX Protocol
• Java, Visual Basic, or shell scripting
• Solaris, Linux, UNIX operating systems
• Experience with enterprise monitoring solutions
• Understanding and working knowledge of TCP/IP and Multicast technologies
• Working knowledge of internetworking and various LAN/WAN technologies
• Working knowledge of router, switch, firewall, and proxy technologies
• Apache, Tomcat, DNS, LDAP, MySQL or equivalent database language
• Financial markets, trading and clearing systems

My client is a high-frequency prop trading firm founded in 1998, seeking a Trading Operations Engineer to join one of its trading teams.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring high-volume live trading and portfolio risk
• Contributing to the automated trading operations codebase
• Managing ongoing projects with various support teams
• Coordinating software and hardware upgrades
• Applying programmatic solutions to scale and expand trading operations
• Resolving discrepancies with trading positions, broker statements, and internal applications

Requirements:

• The ideal candidate will have relevant experience in a related field, and a bachelor’s degree
• Proficient scripting skills in Python and an intermediate understanding of a Linux environment
• Exceptional analytical abilities, strong communications skills, and experience making data-driven strategic decisions
• Strong working knowledge of PNL and Risk reporting applications
• Familiarity with current market structure and regulatory developments
• Ability to analyze and optimize order entry and market data exchange connectivity
• Ability to comprehend and diagnose problems in complex real-time systems with minimal guidance
• Capacity to work equally well independently and as a member of a team
• In-depth understanding of trading technology and fluency in technical concepts
• Strong multitasking and context-switching abilities across a diverse and fast-paced environment
• Advanced problem-solving abilities

Benefits include:

• Competitive salary and discretionary bonuses
• Free breakfast, lunch, and snacks on a daily basis
• Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses
• 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 you think you’re a good match, or would like further information, please contact:

Henry Abbot
henry.abbot@oxfordknight.co.uk
+44 (0)20 3475 7199
https://www.linkedin.com/in/henry-abbot-5b406912a/

Summary:

Our client is a leading tech-driven quant and systematic hedge fund trading with offices across the globe. They leverage deep knowledge in data, research, technology and trading to deliver high-quality returns. This opportunity offers a dynamic and fast-paced environment with excellent scope for career growth.

Joining the market access team, you’ll be responsible for building and supporting the systems that interface with markets, brokers, and data providers. This team is critical to supporting the firm’s growth and maintaining its technological edge.

The successful candidate will help manage and improve global market data systems by working closely with exchanges, vendors, traders, and internal engineering teams. This role spans project management, operations, and technical coordination.

Requirements:

• Knowledge of financial markets and exchange data feeds
• Development & scripting skills, e.g. Python or Bash
• Attention to detail in documentation and task tracking
• Proactive and able to drive initiatives to completion
• Experience dealing with data is a plus
• Some exposure to simple C++ changes/deployment will be a huge plus

Benefits:

• Great opportunity to be part of a collaborative, creative environment where you can feel valued for your input
• Competitive salary + generous benefits
• Professional and personal development
• Relaxed, casual culture, with a healthy work-life balance

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 would like to know more about this position, please do not hesitate to get in touch!

Mike McLoughlin
mike.mcloughlin@oxfordknight.co.uk
linkedin.com/in/michaelmcloughlin00

Job Description

We are currently recruiting an M365 Engineer, responsible for making Microsoft 365 Copilot and Power Platform safe, supportable and scalable.

Role Overview

This role will establish platform readiness, policies, environments, and BAU support patterns so delivery teams can ship solutions without creating unmanaged risk. You will work closely with the AI Product Lead to configure and maintain Power Platform environments, policies, and operational standards that support governed delivery.

Responsibilities include:

• Enable and support a phased Microsoft 365 Copilot rollout aligned to readiness, security boundaries and risk decisions.
• Implement and manage technical controls supporting safe usage, including DLP policy configuration and connector governance.
• Strengthen SharePoint / M365 configuration readiness that affects safe adoption, including permissions models and external sharing settings where owned.
• Establish monitoring, logging, and supporting processes for Copilot and automation solutions, including early life support and BAU transition.
• Provide second / third line technical support for Copilot and Power Platform issues, working with suppliers where required.
• Partner with Information Security, Cyber and Technology Risk to implement agreed controls and support audit evidence requirements.
• Produce clear operational documentation, runbooks, and administration guidance to reduce key-person dependency.
• Contribute to benefits capture by defining measurable outcomes for delivered solutions and supporting evidence collection.

Person Specification

The ideal candidate will have strong knowledge of M365 engineering and an understanding of Power Platform administration and governance concepts. You will have experience enabling and supporting new M365 capabilities with phased rollout, user impact management and operational readiness plans. You will be a confident communicator who has experience managing challenging and complex technology scenarios.

About Us

Transact is a leading UK investment wrap platform for financial advisers and their clients. Our culture is collaborative, inclusive and open-minded. We work hard to continually challenge the way we do things to maintain our market leading status.

As a customer-centric and client focused business, we put our clients, like Mrs Miggins, at the heart of everything we do.

Our platform enables clients and their advisers to manage their financial portfolio in one single online place, and is supported by unrivalled personal service. Our goal is to make all aspects of portfolio management as easy and efficient as possible for everyone involved, through the features we develop, our integrations with other systems, and the support we provide.

Our purpose : We enable the Miggins family and their adviser to hold their investments on a single platform across wrappers. We provide custody, tax wrapping, trading and reporting.

Our strategy : We make financial planning easier for advisers by delivering great service. Our platform helps advisers grow revenues and reduce risk and cost in their business. We will always have control of our technology, wrappers and service.

Our values : We do the right thing for customers, advisers, staff, shareholders, suppliers and the wider community.

Transact’s parent company, IntegraFin Holdings plc, is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. Established in 2000, today we have over £77.2 billion of funds under direction on behalf of over 249,000 investor clients (as at December 2025).

Equal Opportunities

We provide a diverse and inclusive workplace and ensure that all of our staff respect and understand individual differences. We are an equal opportunities employer and positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.