Build high-performance Front Office trading platforms in a greenfield workplace
About the role:
Our client is a leading financial markets business investing heavily in the next generation of its Front Office trading technology. As part of a major technology expansion, they're looking for a hands-on Trading Engineer to help design, build and optimise high-performance trading systems supporting electronic trading across multiple asset classes.
Working directly alongside traders, quant teams and senior stakeholders, you'll play a key role in developing low-latency applications that underpin real-time pricing, market data and electronic execution. This is an opportunity to work on complex engineering challenges where performance, scalability and reliability are critical.
What's a typical day look like?
Design, develop and optimise low-latency trading applications using Java, C++ and/or Python
Build and enhance Front Office trading platforms supporting Equities and Fixed Income markets
Work directly with traders and quantitative teams to deliver high-performance technology solutions
Develop real-time pricing, market data and electronic trading capabilities
Improve application performance,



scalability and reliability across latency-sensitive systems
Build and integrate market connectivity using protocols such as FIX and exchange APIs
Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to greenfield platform development
Continuously identify opportunities to improve execution speed, system performance and engineering best practice
About you:
Strong commercial experience developing software in Java, C++ and/or Python
Experience building low-latency, high-performance or real-time distributed systems
Exposure to electronic trading, market data or Front Office technology environments
Understanding of FIX Protocol, market connectivity or exchange messaging is highly regarded
Experience with multithreading, concurrency and performance optimisation
Comfortable working directly with business stakeholders, traders or quantitative teams
Excellent problem-solving skills with a passion for building scalable, high-performance applications
Experience within investment banking, proprietary trading, market making or financial markets technology
Must be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident
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📌 Trading Engineer (Sydney)
🏢 Kapital Consulting
📍 Sydney