At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build next-gen trading systems for electronic and digital asset markets.
- Company: Leading proprietary trading firm with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible work environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Collaborative AI-augmented environment with a focus on resilience and performance.
- Why this job: Join a dynamic team and shape the future of trading infrastructure.
- Qualifications: 12+ years in electronic trading and strong software engineering skills.
The predicted salary is between 100000 - 150000 £ per year.
We're working with a leading proprietary trading firm seeking a Trading Systems Architect to help design, build, and scale the next generation of trading infrastructure across multiple electronic and digital asset markets.
This is a highly technical leadership role focused on architecting and operating production trading systems that support live capital deployment.
You'll work closely with senior leadership to evaluate new market opportunities, guide technical strategy, and build the infrastructure required to support sophisticated trading businesses.
The ideal candidate combines deep systems engineering expertise with a strong understanding of market structure, execution, and risk management.
Role & Responsibilities Design and evolve trading system architecture, execution infrastructure, and operational frameworks supporting live trading activities.
Build and enhance real-time, event-driven trading systems with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance.
Partner with business and trading stakeholders to evaluate new trading opportunities, infrastructure requirements, and implementation trade-offs.
Develop risk management, inventory management, and operational control frameworks to support production trading environments.
Lead the deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of trading strategies in live markets.
Drive architectural decisions around exchange connectivity, market data processing, order management, and execution systems.
Identify technical, operational, and market risks early and implement robust mitigation strategies.
Contribute to simulation, testing, replay, monitoring, and observability platforms that improve trading system resilience.
Collaborate within an AI-augmented engineering environment, leveraging modern tooling to accelerate development and operational workflows.
Requirements 12+ years of experience within electronic trading, quantitative infrastructure, market-making, HFT, or systematic trading environments.
Demonstrated experience building and operating production trading systems managing meaningful capital exposure.
Strong software engineering background with production experience in Rust, Python or C++ within performance-sensitive environments.
Deep understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, networking, and low-latency architecture design.
Experience building real-time event-driven systems, exchange connectivity, order management platforms, and market data infrastructure.
Strong understanding of market microstructure, liquidity dynamics, adverse selection, inventory management, and execution quality.
Experience operating through various market conditions, including periods of elevated volatility and market stress.
Track record partnering directly with traders, portfolio managers, founders, or business leaders on trading-related initiatives.
Ability to balance technical excellence with practical business and operational considerations. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Lead Systems Architect (Crypto) in London employer: Joseph Anthony Group
At Joseph Anthony Group, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through continuous learning opportunities and mentorship from industry leaders, all while working in the vibrant environment of the crypto markets. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that values your expertise and encourages you to make a meaningful impact in the world of trading systems.
