Software Engineer – Institutional Trading | Crypto Execution & OMS | London Based (Hybrid) | Up to £160,000 + Equity

Albert Bow is partnered with a crypto-native trading platform scaling out its institutional product stack. They’re looking for a backend engineer to join the core team building out high-performance trading services, including their Order Management System (OMS), exchange gateways, and risk engines.

This is a low-latency, high-throughput engineering environment where clean systems, speed, and correctness matter. You’ll work directly on core infra powering real-time execution and market connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Build high-performance backend trading services in Rust (or C++)
• Extend and maintain OMS features, order routing, matching, throttling, risk
• Optimise latency, throughput, and reliability across the trading pipeline
• Work closely with quant and trading teams to align system design with execution goals
• Ensure performance, security, and testing are core to every stage of development
• Contribute to the broader system architecture powering market data and exchange connectivity
• Participate in performance benchmarking, tuning, and capacity planning

Requirements

• Strong backend experience in Rust or C++ (ideally both)
• Experience working on trading systems or market infrastructure
• Understanding of OMS internals, market data pipelines, or exchange gateways
• Familiarity with multithreading, network programming, and performance tuning
• Exposure to Python and SQL for analytics and scripting
• Pragmatic mindset, focus on building simple, robust systems that scale
• Solid grasp of core CS concepts: algorithms, data structures, distributed systems

What’s on Offer

• Core backend role in a fast-growing crypto execution team
• Hybrid work model (central London office + WFH flexibility)
• Up to £160,000 base + meaningful equity
• Unlimited holiday policy and 20-day global remote work option
• L&D budget, ClassPass, and premium hardware included

If you're interested, please apply with an up-to-date CV below or reach out directly – chrisgorry@albertbow.com. Interviews are moving quickly.