Software Engineer – HFT – Remote – up to £150,000 base + large bonus upside

This is a long-term engineering role in a firm where people tend to stay, systems evolve over years, and impact compounds over time.

You’ll be joining a highly respected trading business operating at the sharp end of global digital asset markets. The engineering team is small, senior, and trusted, with direct ownership of the firm’s core trading systems. It’s an environment built around autonomy, judgement, and accountability rather than process and politics.

The company is large enough to be a recognised and respected name in the market, yet small enough that your work is visible and genuinely matters. Leadership is stable and well-regarded, and the culture strongly favours long-term thinking over short-term churn.

Why you’d want this role

• Top-tier compensation for a fully remote position
• Fully remote by design, offering genuine flexibility and autonomy
• A high-trust environment where engineers are empowered to make decision
• Respected, stable leadership, with a highly rated CEO
• Work alongside engineers and traders with Tier-1 proprietary trading background
• Low staff turnover and a culture focused on longevity and quality
• Small enough to be visible, large enough to be a serious market participant

The challenges you’ll be solving

• Designing and evolving core trading systems in fast-moving, competitive markets
• Building infrastructure that processes millions of transactions across multiple venues and asset types
• Tackling performance, reliability, and scalability challenges in systems that run 24/7
• Working closely with traders and front-office stakeholders to turn real-world problems into production systems
• Continuously improving live systems while supporting active trading

What you’ll bring

• Strong commercial experience building production systems in Python and C++
• A solid grounding in data structures and algorithms, applied to performance-critical systems
• An excellent academic background in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline
• Experience working closely with traders or front-office teams
• A strong sense of ownership and responsibility for the systems you build

This position is remote within European time zones, and you will have to prove full right to work in the country you wish to be employed in.

We recognise that individuals are not just checkboxes. If you’re intrigued by this opportunity but unsure if it’s the right fit, feel free to reach out to me on LinkedIn or via email – josh@durlstonpartners.com