HFT Systems & Network Engineer

Forward Role
Ec2A4Ne, EC2A 4NE, United Kingdom
Last month
£150,000 – £200,000 pa
Applications closed

Salary

£150,000 – £200,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
On-site
Seniority
Senior
Education
Degree
Posted
27 Apr 2026 (Last month)

A global institutional liquidity provider in digital assets, operating 24/7 across spot and derivatives markets. The business sits at the intersection of traditional finance and crypto, supporting brokerages, exchanges, banks and funds across multiple global trading hubs.


They are known for a high-bar culture: selective hiring, strong ownership, and a focus on people who thrive in high-performance, high-impact environments.


The Role
This is a hands-on HFT infrastructure role within a core trading technology team. You’ll own and optimise the end-to-end low-latency stack, spanning AWS, bare-metal systems, and physical colocation.


Your work directly impacts execution speed, stability and trading competitiveness across global CeFi and DeFi venues.
What You’ll Be Doing

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Build and optimise low-latency trading infrastructure
  • Tune Linux systems and kernelsto reduce jitter and tail latency
  • Design and operate hybrid cloud + colocation environments

  • Automate infrastructure via Terraform, Ansible and scripting

  • Instrument networks for microsecond-level visibility

  • Manage exchange connectivity, cross-connects, and high-speed links

What They’re Looking For:

  • Background in HFT or ultra-low-latency environments

  • Deep Linux systems and performance-tuning expertise

  • Strong networking knowledge (BGP, multicast, cloud networking)

  • Automation-first mindset (Python/Bash, IaC)

  • Comfortable with high-performance hardware and data centres

  • Calm, ownership-driven, execution-focused

If you would like to know more or know someone who would, please get in touch

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