Application/Software Engineer

Oxford Knight

📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Full-time Computer Occupations Posted January 29, 2026

Job Description

Summary

Application Engineer or Software Engineer, with deep proficiency in both C++ and Java, to work within the Equities Engineering team at one of the top hedge funds in the world. The specific team is called ‘Portfolio Management Risk Trading’ – the engineer will design the applications that enable hundreds of equities investment professionals to move from research to execution by submitting trades, managing their risk, and understanding their portfolios.


In this role, you will:

  • Be responsible for developing trading and risk systems, integrating of models/analytics, scenarios, and trades/positions into the system.

  • Directly engage with business, product, and engineering leads to deliver modern, high-quality, extensible software systems. Collaborate with infrastructure and network teams to ensure optimal system performance.

  • Architect, design, and develop features to improve the overall performance of our portfolio management a...