30 quant trader jobs found in London

  Responsibilities Monitor and manage risk during local time zone + rotation for weekend shift. Conduct research/pricing/execution to facilitate hedging by using our automated trading infrastructure. Improving existing strategies and developing new strategies Identifying new markets/opportunities Perform post-trade analysis of strategies. Collaborating with quant developers to implement trading strategies and system features.   Job Requirements: Master’s, or PhD in mathematics, statistics, engineering, computer science, or related quantitative analytical field. 5+ profitable trading experience on a leading trading desk in a bank, proprietary trading, or market making environment in any asset class. Demonstrable experience in successfully building and managing trades. Familiar with Python and have a keen interest in expanding your technical skillset. Think critically and strive for continuous improvement. Excellent organizational and...

A Sports Prediction Market Trader operates at the intersection of data analytics, financial expertise, and a passion for sports. This role involves market-making in sports prediction contracts and managing risk in sports prediction markets. The trader’s objective is to leverage their understanding of both sports and market dynamics to maximize profits while carefully managing risks.   Key Responsibilities Market Making and Trade Execution: Systematically providing liquidity by posting buy and sell offers, narrowing spreads, and facilitating efficient market operations as appropriate. Market Analysis: Continuously monitor a wide range of sports prediction markets—including but not limited to soccer, basketball, baseball, football, and emerging eSports—for price movements, liquidity, and volatility. Analyze historical data, trends, and live odds to identify trading opportunities. Risk Management: Monitor overall portfolio risk, position limits, and exposure caps to stay...

About Wintermute   Wintermute is one of the largest crypto native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading solutions as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. Wintermute also has a Wintermute Ventures arm that invests in early stage DeFi projects.  Wintermute was founded in 2017 and has successfully navigated industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. To Wintermute digital assets is not just another asset class, we believe in the innovative potential of blockchain, the fundamental innovations, we have a long-term view on the digital asset market and are taking a leadership position in building an innovative and...

The Quant Trading team is responsible for trading and managing risks associated with different crypto products, including spots and derivatives. The team develops and implements trading strategies in fast-paced and complex trading environments.   Job Responsibilities Conduct pricing/execution/hedging to facilitate flow business by leveraging our automated trading infrastructure. Expand automated trading business to new trading products and venues, calibrate and fine tune the performance Research and backtest to improve our pricing and execution algorithms Conduct daily market sentiment, risk exposure, P&L and reporting Conduct post trade analysis of trading strategies and algo performance Work with trading developers to improve our pricing/execution/booking logic   Job Requirements Master’s degree in computer science, Mathematics, Quantitative Finance or related disciplines 5+ years of trading experience is preferred Think critically and...

About Wintermute Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading solutions as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. We actively participate in the development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments, partnerships, and incubation of projects. Wintermute was founded in 2017 by industry leaders and has successfully navigated multiple crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of two worlds: the technology standards of a traditional high-frequency trading firm and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of a technology startup. Read more here . Working at Wintermute    We are looking for an Algorithmic Trader with strong coding skills (Python) and a curiosity about HFT, liquidity provision...

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) are looking for Risk professionals in London! 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 commitment 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 70 countries...

Maven’s Systematic Alpha group is looking for outstanding portfolio managers to join its global expansion. The team deploys methodically researched strategies across futures, options and equities. Our approach to trading is scientific and process driven, with a strong emphasis on a flexible research environment, providing us efficient means to develop, test, and deploy new ideas.  The Role:  An excellent opportunity to r esearch, develop and implement systematic strategies in listed instruments such as futures or FX . Full ownership of the life-cycle of trade/strategy ideas; monitor and manage portfolio risk to optimise risk/reward profile. We also encourage a n environment of collaboration with our Quant PMs.  What we’re looking for:  The successful candidates will demonstrate a deep understanding of the particular systematic inefficiency they attempt to capture. They'd have been heavily involved in the research of the strategy as well as its implementation, and...

Platform Engineer ABOUT THE COMPANY: Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm that allocates internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhancing our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve financial markets' operations. OVERVIEW As a global firm with trading strategies that operate worldwide, we want to create and maintain a globally consistent platform, removing as much work as possible from our trading and development teams when building, developing and running their applications. We are looking for an experienced technical operations specialist, DevOps engineer, or Platform Engineer to join a small existing team and help shape this vision. The individual will have operational...

Senior Quantitative Researcher - Options Market Making  Maven is market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. We deploy Market Making strategies on listed Options and Futures on multiple exchanges globally and consistently ranked within the top three liquidity providers on the exchanges and markets we are mature in. We utilise our in-house ultra-low latency and high performant trading platforms to provide best in class pricing and liquidity to markets. Our traders are passionate about creating innovative solutions and push the boundaries of quantitative trading. We value creativity and are aggressive to capitalise on opportunities and take proven strategies to the next level. We empower our team members and maximise their ability to succeed by offering an environment that is open, collaborative and supportive.  The role:  As a Senior Quantitative Researcher, you will lead projects that...

Blockchain.com is connecting the world to the future of finance. As the most trusted and fastest-growing global crypto company, it helps millions of people worldwide safely access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain.com has earned the trust of over 90 million wallet holders and more than 40 million verified users, facilitating over $1 trillion in crypto transactions. We are looking for a technically strong Senior Associate to join our Middle Office – Options team in London. You will be responsible for managing operational risk and ensuring front-to-back trade integrity in our growing options business, with a secondary focus on DeFi. The ideal candidate brings a junior quant mindset, is fluent in Python and SQL, and has hands-on experience automating risk and P&L processes, building scalable reconciliation frameworks, and working directly with options or structured derivatives. This is a front-line technical operations role, bridging trading, risk,...

About the Role: Grade Level (for internal use): 10 The Team: Our Portfolio Valuations business is an industry leading independent valuation service, providing valuations and analytics on a wide range of derivatives from vanilla to the most complex structures, across all asset classes.   The Impact: If you have a strong background in a quantitative discipline and are passionate about the financial markets and derivatives, come and join our global team helping to drive an established business forward to the next level.   What’s in it for you: Be part of a global team including a strong group of experienced quants, software engineers and product development specialists. Gain an understanding of practical approaches in quantitative finance. Opportunities to work on challenging projects which provide solutions to complex pricing requirements. A dynamic, client-focused environment that fosters a culture of constant learning. Responsibilities:...

Python Developer - Data & Analytics Team - Options Market Making Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. Our engineering teams design and build groundbreaking execution, pricing, and data systems that elevate and improve how financial markets operate You will work alongside traders, quant researchers and other developers to help us design and build reliable, timely and accurate data and analytics to our trading and research teams. Our data pipelines handle terabytes of exchange traffic, performing numerous transformations in real-time. We perform analysis ranging from nanosecond-level investigations on low-latency trading systems to research on pricing algorithms and trading...

We’re now looking for a talented   team-oriented   developer who thrives in a collaborative environment, enjoys solving complex technical challenges, and wants to make an impact in a fast-paced, global setting. Join our   Pricing & Risk team, working on our front-office pricing and trading platform. This is a hands-on role focused on building and maintaining distributed backend systems that support our market-making business across multiple asset classes — including   Equities, FX, Crypto, and Commodities. What You’ll Do: Design, develop, and maintain backend infrastructure, microservices, APIs, and business logic for our pricing and trading systems. Partner with front-end developers, quants, and front-office users to deliver efficient, scalable, and high-performance solutions. Drive technical decisions and architecture trade-offs with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance. Mentor and support junior team members, promoting best practices in...

Maven is a market-leading proprietary trading firm allocating internal capital across discretionary, systematic, and market-making strategies. Our collective expertise spans traders, engineers, and technologists, unified by an unwavering dedication to enhance our efficiency as a premier liquidity provider for globally listed derivatives. We leverage groundbreaking execution and pricing technologies to elevate and improve how financial markets operate . Maven continues to scale its operations while preserving the dynamic energy and innovative culture of a start-up, but without the associated risks. The Role:   This newly created role represents a strategic opportunity to build the firm's compensation framework from the ground up. As a Compensation Specialist, you will design, benchmark, and evolve compensation structures that reflect our performance-driven culture and operational scale. Working closely with HR leadership, Finance, ExCo members and functional heads across...

About Wintermute Wintermute is one of the largest crypto-native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity algorithmically across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading solutions as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. Wintermute also has a Wintermute Ventures arm that invests in early stage DeFi projects.  Wintermute was founded in 2017 by industry leaders and has successfully navigated crypto industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. To Wintermute digital assets is not just another asset class, we believe in the innovative potential of blockchain, the fundamental innovations, we have a long-term view on the digital asset market and are taking a leadership...

The CRO function: The role sits within the Market Risk team within the CRO function. The CRO function is responsible for independently monitoring and assessing all risks in LCH Ltd against the standards set out by the LCH Ltd Board in the Risk Governance Framework and reporting their findings to the LCH Ltd Board, Risk Committee, TSR and Audit Committee. Specifically, the CRO function is responsible for: Establishing and maintaining risk policies for LCH Ltd to define the expected standards for risk management in detail for all enterprise risks (including financial, resilience and corporate risks) Establishing and maintaining a framework for monitoring and reporting on business performance against the defined standards; implementing standards by challenging the ‘first line’ where necessary  Reviewing and approving any new product proposals, new member applications, policy reviews, action closure memoranda, serious incident reviews, issue escalation, new jurisdictions, new...

ABOUT US: LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. LSEG creates possibility across the financial markets, with a commitment to excellence in delivering the services customers expect, through dedicated, open-access partners. LSEG is a systemically important part of the global financial system. It is the UK’s second largest financial services business by market capitalisation, and in the top 10 of the FTSE 100. A major financial information provider, with extensive experience, deep knowledge, and worldwide presence across financial markets, LSEG enables businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. LSEG has 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 its open-access model – LSEG provides...

CMC Markets strives to provide the best trading experience for a wide spectrum of clients to participate in the financial markets. We are looking for a suitably skilled Senior Quantitative Analyst to contribute to pricing models for an expanding product range and also work to optimise the risk management strategies. A varied and fast-paced role working with dealing, operations, risk and IT development teams. This is an excellent opportunity to be sitting in the core of the business and develop a deep understanding of the Market Making financial industry. ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES Background & purpose of role: CMC Markets strives to provide the best trading experience for a wide spectrum of clients to participate in the financial markets. In order to expand this team, we are looking for an experienced Senior Quantitative Analyst to coach and mentor others whilst contributing fully towards our shared goals. Our Quants have responsibility for pricing models...

Euronext is seeking a highly motivated and experienced professional to join the Cash Equity Trading team as a Senior Product & Strategy Manager. Based in London, this strategic role is focused on driving product innovation, executing key strategic initiatives, and enhancing our client-centric trading offering, particularly in the continuously evolving equities landscape. You will work closely with internal stakeholders across Trading, Project management, Sales, and Legal, as well as directly with buy-side and sell-side clients. A deep understanding of equity trading workflows and institutional client needs is essential. Key Responsibilities Lead the design, development, and delivery of innovative trading products and enhancements for Euronext’s equity markets Translate market structure trends, changes in the regulatory landscape and client feedback into actionable development roadmaps: (including buy-side, retail and sell-side needs) Drive the implementation of...

Quantitative Researcher – Central Execution Desk (London) Tower Research Capital is a leading quantitative trading firm founded in 1998. Tower has built its business on a high-performance platform and independent trading teams. We have a 25+ year track record of innovation and a reputation for discovering unique market opportunities. Tower is home to some of the world’s best systematic trading and engineering talent. We empower portfolio managers to build their teams and strategies independently while providing the economies of scale that come from a large, global organization.  Engineers thrive at Tower while developing electronic trading infrastructure at a world class level. Our engineers solve challenging problems in the realms of low-latency programming, FPGA technology, hardware acceleration and machine learning. Our ongoing investment in top engineering talent and technology ensures our platform remains unmatched in terms of functionality, scalability and...

About Wintermute   Wintermute is one of the largest crypto native algorithmic trading companies in digital assets. We provide liquidity across most cryptocurrency exchanges and trading platforms, a broad range of OTC trading solutions as well as support high profile blockchain projects and traditional financial institutions moving into crypto. Wintermute also has a Wintermute Ventures arm that invests in early stage DeFi projects.  Wintermute was founded in 2017 and has successfully navigated industry cycles. Culturally, we combine the best of the two worlds: the technology standards of high-frequency trading firms in traditional markets and the innovative and entrepreneurial culture of technology startups. To Wintermute digital assets is not just another asset class, we believe in the innovative potential of blockchain, the fundamental innovations, we have a long-term view on the digital asset market and are taking a leadership position in building an innovative and...

Blockchain.com is connecting the world to the future of finance. As the most trusted and fastest-growing global crypto company, it helps millions of people worldwide safely access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain.com has earned the trust of over 90 million wallet holders and more than 40 million verified users, facilitating over $1 trillion in crypto transactions. Blockchain is the world's leading software platform for digital assets. Founded in 2011, we provide the world’s largest and most trusted production blockchain platform, powering more than 75 million wallets. Together with our platform of liquidity and execution services, we share the passion to build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time. As a Software Engineer on our Cryptocurrency Trading Platform, you will take on a role in shaping the direction of our technology while working closely with the trading team and quantitative analysts (quants). You...

Flow Traders is looking for Senior C++ Software Engineers to join our growing team in London. Software Engineers at Flow Traders provide us with our competitive edge, equipping Researchers and Traders with the information and capabilities that they need to make sound business decisions. C++ plays a critical role in our event-driven trading systems, which are designed to reliably handle vast amounts of data at ultra-low latencies. As a C++ Engineer, you will build systems used to analyze and trade tens of thousands of products across hundreds of global trading venues every day. Working closely with Technologists, Quantitative Researchers, and Traders, you’ll guide the development of our in-house trading technology and optimize it to achieve market-leading performance and reliability. Our proprietary trading platform includes everything from venue connectivity (feed handlers and ordering gateways) to trading engines to shared platforms that enable us to work quickly and efficiently...

We are recruiting for a Risk Associate to expand our in-business Risk and Reporting control function for the global Quant Trading business.  Quant Trading business covers a variety of trading desks across cash, derivatives, volatility trading and others.  This role will cover both P&L reporting and Risk monitoring with direct interaction with trading desks, central Finance team and other control functions.   Responsibilities: Responsible for daily monitoring and reporting of P&L and Risk, with commentaries of key drivers Prepare trading performance reports and analyses for senior management Contribute to the development of the trading risk management framework, drafting of risk policies and procedures for new and existing businesses, ensuring compliance with relevant regulatory requirements Perform quantitative risk analysis on market risk (e.g. VaR, stress testing, scenario analysis), with insightful commentaries to traders and senior management Set up...