Title: Engineering Lead (C++) - Low Latency / Trading Systems
Location: London (Hybrid)
Overview
Our client is a global fintech operating at scale across trading, risk, and market connectivity. They are hiring an Engineering Lead (C++) to take ownership of a business-critical platform sitting at the heart of real-time trading and risk management. This is not a pure management role. You will remain hands-on while leading the evolution of a complex, low-latency system that directly impacts trading performance.
The Opportunity
You will lead a team responsible for a real-time exposure and hedging platform used by trading desks, quants, and risk teams. The system processes live positions and pricing, executing automated hedging strategies into underlying markets.
The immediate challenge is clear:
- Improve release maturity and deployment cadence
- Modernise a complex C++ estate
- Maintain exceptional uptime and performance standards
- This is a high-impact role where engineering decisions directly influence commercial outcomes.
What You'll Do
- Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team
- Define and deliver a clear technical and product vision
- Improve release processes, reducing downtime and increasing deployment frequency
- Drive modernisation across legacy systems, infrastructure, and tooling
- Collaborate closely with trading, quant, and risk stakeholders
- Remain hands-on, contributing to production-grade C++ code
What They're Looking For
- Strong modern C++ experience in production environments
- Experience working on low-latency or high-performance systems
- Track record of modernising or scaling complex legacy platforms
- Ability to improve release processes, CI/CD, and system reliability
- Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders (trading / risk / product)
- Exposure to Python is beneficial
- Experience within trading, risk, or financial systems is valuable but not essential if you've solved similar engineering problems in other complex domains
Why This Role
- Direct impact on trading performance and risk management
- Ownership of a mission-critical platform
- Opportunity to drive meaningful engineering change
- High-autonomy environment with strong technical leadership
Compensation
- Competitive base salary (Senior / Lead level)
- Strong benefits package
- Hybrid working model (London)
