Front Office Developer - Low Latency

CompanyCMC Markets

LocationGreater London, England, United Kingdom

Posted At1/14/2026

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Occupation Type

Programmers and software development professionals

Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled

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£54,700 (£28.05 per hour)

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Description

CMC Markets is a global leader in online trading, executing 65M+ trades annually across Europe, APAC and North America. Our technology powers real-time trading across Equities, FX, Commodities and Indices—all from a single, high-performance platform.

We are hiring a Senior Java Developer to join our Front Office Pricing & Risk team, working on a low-latency, high-frequency trading platform at the core of our market-making business.

Please note that this is an onsite role that will require you to work within our London office (near Liverpool street) 5 days on site per week.

What you’ll do

Design and build low-latency pricing & risk systems
Work closely with traders, quants and front-office teams
Take ownership of architecture and mentor other engineers
Solve complex problems in a fast-paced trading environment

What you bring

Strong commercial experience with Java (J2SE)
Proven experience developing low-latency systems
Experience building large-scale, high-performance systems

Solid understanding of financial concepts & maths

Passion for clean design, testing and technical excellence

Trading systems experience a plus

Why CMC Markets?

Mission-critical systems with real market impact
Direct exposure to front-office trading
A culture that values ownership, innovation and engineering excellence

CMC Markets is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.