Head of FX Algo Tech - Java SVP - Selby Jennings - #2197118

A Tier 1 investment bank is hiring a lead engineer for its FX algorithmic execution technology team in London. The team builds and runs the platform that executes client FX orders through the bank's algo suite, routing across external venues and internal liquidity.

This is a senior role, and you will still write code (hands-on). You'll set the technical direction for the platform, write production code, and work daily with FX traders, quants and e-sales.

What you'll do

• Lead design and development of the FX algo execution platform in Java
• Own latency, stability and throughput across the order management and execution paths
• Work with trading and quant teams to take new algos from idea to production

What you'll bring

• Strong core Java with real low-latency experience: GC tuning, lock-free or off-heap techniques, profiling in production
• Electronic trading background in algo execution, order management or smart order routing
• FX strongly preferred; rates, commodities or equities eTrading considered
• Experience with low-latency messaging
• FIX protocol knowledge