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# Distributed Systems Software Engineer- Leading Quantitative Trading Firms

- **Company:** Leading Quantitative Trading Firms
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Databases, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Rust (Programming Language), Concurrency, Parallel Computation, Golang
- **Published:** October 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/distributed-systems-software-engineer-leading-quantitative-trading-firms/57445814

## About the Role

* Strong software engineering fundamentals
 * Experience designing complex distributed systems
 * Deep understanding of concurrency and parallelism
 * Knowledge of reliability, consistency and failure modes
 * Strong systems thinking
 * Experience with C++, Java, Python, Go, Rust or similar

Prior trading experience is not required for many of these teams. The firms I represent are particularly interested in engineers from Big Tech, infrastructure companies, databases, cloud platforms, HPC, developer infrastructure and other technically demanding environments.

The key difference versus many large technology companies is proximity to impact: small teams, significant ownership, extremely capable colleagues and systems where improvements in performance or reliability can have an immediate measurable effect.