As a Performance Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in analysing, optimising, and tuning the systems interaction with exchange systems holistically. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll be tasked with uncovering performance improvements across the trading stack. This role combines technical ingenuity with creative problem-solving to outsmart competition in one of the most demanding technical landscapes.

Your Core Responsibilities:

• Analyse and understand the behaviour of complex systems using black-box techniques, identifying performance bottlenecks and optimisation opportunities. Designing and performing statistical experiments to explain emergent real world phenomena.
• Design, implement, and test innovative ideas, experiments and technologies. Develop quick internal prototypes to evaluate performance and real-world applicability.
• Liaise effectively with traders, software and hardware engineers, and infrastructure teams to share insights and implement solutions.
• Analyse terabytes of network data to identify patterns, validate hypotheses, and optimise system performance.

Your Skills and Experience:

• Strong understanding of computer internals, Linux systems, and networking. Familiarity with tools and techniques for reverse engineering, kernel tuning, system-level optimisation, and low-level network optimisation.
• Proven commercial experience with Python and/or languages like C++ or Java.
• Familiarity with low-latency hardware technologies, such as Intel CPUs, FPGA, and microwave links.
• Understanding of complex, bespoke networks and networking stacks.
• Hands-on experience with performance tuning, and system-level optimisations.
• Experience with data and system analysis.
• Capable of working autonomously while contributing to a multidisciplinary team. Always looking for ways to gain an edge.

While a resume is preferable we also welcome tentative inquiries from well-qualified persons. Utmost confidentiality and discretion are assured. If interested, please email [email protected]