Quantitative Developer/Trading Systems Engineer, Systematic Macro

Quantitative Developer/Trading Systems Engineer, Systematic Macro

Please send resume submissions to QuantTalentEUR@mlp.com and reference REQ- 30156 in the subject line.

Location: London

Role Overview

A collaborative and entrepreneurial systematic investment team is seeking an experienced Quantitative Trading Systems Engineer to join its Systematic Macro trading team. This role focuses on building the C++ trading systems that underpin live systematic trading across global markets. Working closely with

the Senior Portfolio Manager, you will build and maintain the pod’s low-latency trading infrastructure across Futures, FX, and Fixed Income.

The successful candidate will join the systematic macro pod to build the real-time, performance-critical C++ infrastructure that runs the team’s trading - from the production alpha infrastructure through to execution. The role also focuses on production integration, deployment, monitoring, and live trading

support, and on liaising with central technology teams to leverage the firm’s existing data and execution services.

Principal Responsibilities

Build the team’s C++ latency-sensitive trading systems from market data ingestion to order execution

Productionise performance-critical signal computation within the trading systems

Build the supporting research infrastructure, including replay and data management

Support execution-related workflows across systematic strategies in Futures, FX, and Fixed Income

Specify the team’s performance and infrastructure requirements to central technology teams and work with them to deliver

Partner with broader technology teams to make effective use of the firm’s shared platforms and

services - execution, risk, portfolio management, data, and monitoring

Implement and maintain team-level trading controls and support live production processes, while ensuring appropriate integration with the firm’s broader trading control framework

Preferred Technical Skills & Experience

5+ years building production systems in an electronic trading environment in futures, FX, and/or fixed income products

Strong C++ in a performance-critical, low-latency context (primary language for this role)

Experience building production trading systems and market-data/order-entry components

Deep understanding of concurrent, real-time systems design

Strong software engineering fundamentals, including testing, version control, and code quality

Strong Linux development experience

Familiarity with monitoring, controls, and production support in a front-office setting is advantageous

Experience working with shared internal services, APIs, or established platform infrastructure is highly valuable

Highly Valued Experience

Experience in low-latency execution or algorithmic trading systems development

Understanding of systematic trading strategies and front-office trading workflows

Experience supporting live trading processes, production controls, and operational robustness in systematic trading

Experience working within a larger institutional technology environment and integrating with shared internal platforms

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s or PhD preferred in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline

Excellent problem-solving ability and attention to detail

Strong ownership and ability to work independently

Clear communicator with a collaborative approach

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, production-facing environment

Calm and effective when responding to issues during trading hours

Target Start Date: As soon as possible