The company

A global banking group with a strong equities footprint is expanding its technology capabilities for electronic trading across international desks. You will join a global technology environment supporting production-grade trading applications and modernization initiatives (including cloud migration and UI improvements).

The team

You will work within a global Equities IT team in close coordination with the equity trading desks and business analysts. The team delivers and supports electronic trading systems end-to-end—covering low-latency order management, market access, pricing/volatility fitting tooling, risk controls, and production support.

The role

As an Equity Electronic Trading Developer (C++/C#), you will build and enhance electronic trading applications used by the Equity desk. The scope includes developing performance-critical C++ components (thread-safe, low-latency), integrating C# services, delivering across the full lifecycle (architecture implementation production), and providing real-time production support to ensure stability during market hours.

The requirements

• Advanced C++ and C# proficiency for low-latency / multi-threaded / real-time software development
• Strong understanding of electronic equities workflows, including:
• order management systems
• market access platforms
• pricing engines
• volatility fitting (vol fitting)
• market making and risk controls
• Production mindset: ability to diagnose and resolve issues during market hours; experience implementing monitoring/alerting and fail-safe mechanisms
• Cloud experience is advantageous (e.g., AWS / Azure) and/or exposure to cloud-based modernization
• Technical expertise in designing high-performance, thread-safe components and optimizing reliability/performance through testing, profiling, and performance tuning
• Ability to juggle multiple requests from demanding stakeholders while maintaining quality under pressure
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

• English required

• First experience in IT development for the financial industry (preferred/expected)

The contacts

Please email your CV and any relevant details to thomas.hardy@unity-partners.com