Company: Morgan Stanley
Location: London
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you lead the development and support of market-leading delta1 algo trading systems, building robust trading engines and tools in a fast-moving, front-office IT/quant environment. You will collaborate with global trading, quant and IT teams to enhance platform performance and expand algorithm capabilities. Expect working on high-volume, low-latency, scalable, message-driven systems using cutting-edge Java in a UNIX/Linux setting. You drive design decisions and deliver end-to-end software solutions with strong communication and cross-functional teamwork at the core.
Pay / Benefits
- attractive and comprehensive employee benefits
- flexible working arrangements
Responsibilities
- Build, deploy and support trading strategies, analytical tools, and scalable trading engine infrastructure
- Collaborate with global trading, quant and IT teams to advance platform and business goals
- Contribute across the full software development lifecycle from requirements to deployment
- Develop high-volume, low-latency, resilient, message-driven systems using Java
- Enhance and extend delta1 algorithm trading capabilities and potentially other asset classes
Key requirements
- Expert-level core Java in a UNIX/Linux environment
- Front-office experience with trading and quantitative strategists
- Experience with automated market making or algo trading in liquid markets (equities, FX, liquid rates)
- Experience with low-latency messaging middleware pub/sub technologies
- Electronic trading knowledge: cash/ETF/futures preferred; liquid rates/FX acceptable
- Strong problem solving and ability to translate requirements into solutions
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- strong communication
- team collaboration
- problem-solving
- Java
- UNIX/Linux
- low-latency pub/sub messaging middleware
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Posted: September 21st, 2026