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Software Engineer, Trading Hardware & Embedded Systems
Global high-frequency trading firm
Designs and maintains the operating system and software running on the firm's trading hardware, working across embedded systems rather than standard application development.
What does a trading hardware software engineer actually build, and how is it different from typical software engineering?
Rather than building user-facing applications, this role focuses on the operating system and low-level software that runs directly on specialised trading hardware, closer to embedded systems engineering than conventional backend or full-stack work.
Does this role require prior experience with trading hardware specifically?
Deep hardware experience isn't always assumed on entry, strong systems-level programming and an interest in performance-critical, low-level engineering matter more than prior exposure to trading-specific hardware.
What kind of team structure supports a hardware-focused engineering role at a trading firm?
Close collaboration with quantitative hardware researchers and performance engineers, testing and validating changes in a lab environment before they reach production trading systems.
