Software Engineer

The Firm

XTX Markets is an algorithmic trading firm that actively trades tens of thousands of instruments on over eighty venues with a daily volume of almost three hundred billion USD. We partner with counterparties, exchanges, and e-trading venues globally to provide consistent liquidity in the Equity, FX, Fixed Income, Commodity & Options markets, helping market participants throughout the world obtain the best prices in the various assets classes we cover.

We leverage the talent of the people who work here, modern computational techniques and state-of-the-art research infrastructure to analyse large data sets across markets quickly and efficiently, to maximise the effectiveness of our proprietary trading algorithms. The models that drive our trading strategies have evolved considerably over the last 10 years, from econometric methods that gave our company its name, to trees, to neural networks, to modern deep learning architectures. We are actively seeking new methods and ideas.

At XTX Markets technology is our business and we are a diverse organisation which attracts outstanding talent from across all industry backgrounds. We are focused on teamwork and our people collaborate on all aspects of the business, working openly and with respect for each other, our clients and the market. Our culture is non-hierarchical and one where everyone is valued. We strive for excellence in everything we do.

The Role

The Core Development team at XTX Markets is responsible for the design, implementation, and operation of the firm’s global Core Technology Platform – a complex, multi-faceted system supporting all aspects of the firm’s post-trade business activities with a broad range of functionality:

• Continuous, high-volume trade capture.
• Real-time reconciliation and trade enrichment.
• Position and P&L calculation.
• Risk measurement, monitoring, and alerting.
• Regulatory reporting.
• Trade surveillance.
• Numerous other features in support of the Compliance, Operations, Risk Management and Finance activities.

The platform has been developed in-house using a distributed microservices architecture to provide high throughput (millions of trades per day) and high availability (24x7 operation) while also allowing very agile but well-controlled development practices (multiple production releases per day).  The primary development language for back-end services is Go, with web-based GUI development in JavaScript.

Responsibilities

At XTX, Core Developers are engaged in the entire lifecycle of software development, working closely with colleagues throughout the firm to analyse requirements prior to designing, implementing, delivering and supporting solutions.  Prior financial experience is not required, but the role will entail rapidly becoming a subject matter expert in this domain.

Essential Attributes

• A solid grounding in academic CS fundamentals (algorithms and data structures)
• Approximately 3 to 5 years’ experience.
• Familiarity with concurrent programming techniques.
• Exposure to asynchronous, distributed systems.
• An understanding of and commitment to rigorous software engineering discipline.

Benefits 

• Onsite gym, sauna, and fitness classes at no charge
• Extensive medical benefits including an on-site doctor and therapist at no charge
• Breakfast and lunch provided daily
• Various supports for caregivers, including emergency dependent care
• Beautiful Kings Cross office: https://vimeo.com/257888726
• 25 days paid holiday per year + statutory holiday and paid sick days
• Generous Pension contributions