Job title: Head of Trading Technology - Market Making
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Sub-Industry: Market Making Proprietary Trading
Functional Expertise: IT Management Software Engineering
Salary from: GBP £180,000.00
Salary to: GBP £300,000.00
Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Description

Locations: NYC, London or European office locations (Hybrid)

  • Lead the build-out of a new front-office technology team at a global trading firm
  • Define and drive the technical strategy for trader-facing systems
  • Partner directly with trading to enhance stability, performance, and business impact

 

Your Role

A leading high-performance trading firm is hiring a Head of Trading Technology to lead a new team focused on the performance, scalability, and resilience of front-office applications used directly by traders. This role sits at the intersection of business and engineering – bridging the needs of trading desks with the capabilities of the underlying platform. You’ll be tasked with setting the vision and roadmap, solving live production issues, and driving architectural improvements across key systems.

Crucially, this is not a role responsible for execution or pricing engines – those sit with a separate team. Instead, the scope here includes trader-facing tools, analytics platforms, post-trade workflows, and critical data services supporting real-time decision-making. It’s a hands-off leadership role, but you must be comfortable engaging with code and architecture to understand system behaviour and guide your team.

You’ll be building the team from scratch by selecting top engineers internally and driving hiring as needed. The long-term opportunity is significant – this is seen as a key strategic leadership role, with a pathway towards broader technology ownership.

 

Key Skills and Experience Required

  • Proven leadership within high-performance trading environments (buy-side or sell-side)
  • Strong technical grounding in software engineering and distributed systems (C++ and/or Python)
  • Experience managing business-critical production systems in trading, with a focus on uptime, scalability, and user impact
  • Deep understanding of front-office applications, including data pipelines, risk/PnL, and analytics tooling
  • Gravitas and credibility with trading desks; able to challenge and guide in equal measure
  • Comfortable defining strategy while getting into technical detail with engineers
  • Experience building or restructuring engineering teams highly desirable
  • Background in crypto, HFT, or electronic trading is preferred but not essential

 

What’s on Offer

  • Base salary up to £300k plus significant bonus potential
  • Flexible working with hybrid options in NYC, London, or European office locations
  • High-visibility leadership role, reporting to the CIO
  • The chance to shape a new function within a fast-moving trading environment

If you’re interested in building something impactful from day one, with the autonomy to lead and deliver at pace, apply now!