Job Description
You will be an integral part of the Ripple Trading and Markets Team, building scalable, resilient and performant trading systems in a constantly evolving and fast paced environment. You will have real impact and have the opportunity to drive the architectural roadmap, whilst looking to optimise away manual inefficiencies.
Example projects:
The team has helped develop a number of modular building blocks
Low-latency Algorithms for Automated Trading and Systematic Market Making
Real-time streaming pipelines and signals
Pricing libraries and tooling
Venue connectivity for automated fund movement and management.
By the end of 2026 where we want to be
Further evolution of the Algo suite, refining the signal processing and breadth of trading strategies and products.
Building towards an event-driven architecture to connect the logical building blocks and provide integrated communication between trading systems and to other partners.
Continuing to support and complement Ripple’s Payments, Custody and Stablecoin business units
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Conduct quantitative research to identify, test, and refine alpha signals and systematic trading strategies across asset classes.
Design and rigorously backtest trading models, ensuring statistical robustness and real-world applicability.
Develop and optimize execution algorithms (VWAP, TWAP, Participation, SOR) to enhance trading performance and minimize market impact.
Monitor and maintain real-time trading systems, proactively addressing issues in execution, risk, and P&L.
Perform post-trade and transaction cost analysis (TCA) to continuously improve execution quality and strategy effectiveness.
Work across the full data pipeline—sourcing, cleaning, and managing large datasets for signal generation and backtesting.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of trading infrastructure, including EMS, OMS, and backtesting frameworks.
Collaborate with researchers, traders, and engineers to improve strategy design, infrastructure resilience, and operational excellence.
Example projects:
The team has helped develop a number of modular building blocks
Low-latency Algorithms for Automated Trading and Systematic Market Making
Real-time streaming pipelines and signals
Pricing libraries and tooling
Venue connectivity for automated fund movement and management.
By the end of 2026 where we want to be
Further evolution of the Algo suite, refining the signal processing and breadth of trading strategies and products.
Building towards an event-driven architecture to connect the logical building blocks and provide integrated communication between trading systems and to other partners.
Continuing to support and complement Ripple’s Payments, Custody and Stablecoin business units
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
Conduct quantitative research to identify, test, and refine alpha signals and systematic trading strategies across asset classes.
Design and rigorously backtest trading models, ensuring statistical robustness and real-world applicability.
Develop and optimize execution algorithms (VWAP, TWAP, Participation, SOR) to enhance trading performance and minimize market impact.
Monitor and maintain real-time trading systems, proactively addressing issues in execution, risk, and P&L.
Perform post-trade and transaction cost analysis (TCA) to continuously improve execution quality and strategy effectiveness.
Work across the full data pipeline—sourcing, cleaning, and managing large datasets for signal generation and backtesting.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of trading infrastructure, including EMS, OMS, and backtesting frameworks.
Collaborate with researchers, traders, and engineers to improve strategy design, infrastructure resilience, and operational excellence.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Senior Software Engineer position is now open for candidates interested in the IT Engineer & Developer Jobs sector. This role in London offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in IT Engineer & Developer Jobs is a plus.
