Senior OTC Trader

Baringa

ABOUT BARINGA  Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors. Certified as a Great Place to Work around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the Financial Times in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by Forbes for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms. OUR COMMODITIES AND ENERGY TRADING PRACTICE ARE LOOKING FOR CONSULTANTS TO MANAGERS TO JOIN THE TEAM.   Our commodities and energy trading focused team operates across all major energy companies and utilities. We work with clients to help them translate strategy into action, to enter new markets, build new trading capabilities, and to revolutionize their trading businesses and IT landscapes. We’re looking for people to join our growing team who have a passion for commodity and energy trading. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING As part of our team, you will work closely with clients on a variety of challenging and high-impact engagements, including: * Shaping a new model for power trading: Create a comprehensive business operating model and target architecture for a successful merger of two power trading organisations. * Opening up a new power market: Develop and implement custom trading tools, processes and strategies, enabling a utility to effectively compete in a newly restructured national power trading market. * Business restructuring: Designing and implementing operating models for complex global organizations that cover the full trading and commodity lifecycle. * Digital Transformation: Working with clients to mature their digital capabilities and embed ML and AI into their architectures, including improving commercial decision-making and trader decision support tooling in use. * Trading solution transformations: Leading implementations, upgrades, and system selections for market-leading trading organizations, including new and innovative products.   YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE   A well-rounded candidate should demonstrate a balance of strengths and experience across the following key areas: * Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Economics, Finance, Business, Engineering or related field. * Experience: Internships (graduates welcome) or up to five years of experience in consulting or a relevant industry role, including exposure to Commodities & Energy Trading initiatives. * Energy & Power Trading: A strong understanding of power markets and trading mechanisms (e.g. day‑ahead, intraday/real‑time, bilateral and OTC markets), including how electricity prices are formed. * Business & Process Analysis: The ability to identify and structure business problems, understand value drivers, and translate requirements into practical, impactful solutions. * Project Delivery: A proven track record of delivering projects end‑to‑end, adapting to different roles across the project lifecycle and working effectively within complex delivery environments. * Languages: Fluency in English is essential. Advanced (C1-level) proficiency in Danish, Norwegian, Finnish or Swedish is advantageous; additional languages are a plus.   WHAT A CAREER AT BARINGA WILL GIVE YOU  PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST. BARINGA IS A PEOPLE FIRST COMPANY AND WELLBEING IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF OUR CULTURE. WE RECOGNISE THE IMPORTANCE OF WORK-LIFE BALANCE AND FLEXIBLE WORKING AND PROVIDE OUR STAFF AMAZING BENEFITS. SOME OF THESE BENEFITS INCLUDE:  * Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.  * Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.  * Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.  * Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.  * Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.  DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.  AN AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. Click here to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this.  USING BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD.  We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve.  We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have. JOIN US All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.   BARINGA PRIVACY NOTICES For UK & EU Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our UK Recruitment Privacy Notice / EU Recruitment Privacy Notice, to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com For the USA Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact privacy@baringa.com For Australia & Singapore Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at privacy@baringa.com

IMC

The APAC Legal Team partners closely with domestic and international stakeholders to support our trading activities across the Asia-Pacific region. We play a pivotal role in enabling the firm’s success, providing strategic legal guidance, and ensuring regulatory excellence in a fast-paced, high-performance environment. As a lead Counsel in Hong Kong, you will establish IMC’s legal presence in one of our most strategically important and fastest-growing offices. Reporting directly to the General Counsel, APAC, you will play a key role in advising on legal matters, supporting trading and technology, and managing corporate governance responsibilities across the region. You will be part of, and work closely with, IMC’s APAC Legal Team in Sydney, ensuring seamless and consistent legal support across APAC. Beyond the legal team, you will collaborate with Trading, Technology, Finance, HR, Corporate Development, Risk, and Compliance, as well as legal counterparts across the globe, ensuring alignment and best practices across all jurisdictions. This role offers a unique opportunity to make a direct and lasting impact on IMC’s operations in Hong Kong as the office continues to grow. YOUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Legal Advisory * Act as the primary legal adviser for IMC’s Hong Kong office, delivering timely, commercial advice across financial services, regulatory, corporate, commercial, and technology matters. * Work with our existing senior lawyers to advise on Hong Kong and broader APAC regulatory developments, with a particular focus on SFO, HKEX, and evolving China-related legal and regulatory requirements. * Monitor, research, and proactively communicate emerging legal and regulatory issues across financial services, technology, IP, data privacy, and employment law, translating complex issues into clear, actionable advice for non-legal stakeholders. Transactional & Commercial * Lead the review, and negotiation of a wide range of financial markets contracts, including exchange-traded and OTC financial agreements, technology arrangements, key vendor contracts, and other business agreements. * Identify and advise on contractual and operational legal risks and develop practical risk mitigation strategies in partnership with the business. * Support corporate development activities including M&A, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions as IMC expands its regional footprint. Regulatory & Compliance * Partner with the APAC Compliance team to ensure IMC’s trading and business activities adhere to applicable laws and regulations across the region. * Provide guidance on licensing requirements, regulatory filings, and ongoing obligations under Hong Kong’s financial services regulatory framework. Governance & Policy * Assist in managing corporate governance for IMC’s Hong Kong and APAC entities, including preparation for Board and Committee meetings of corporate and charitable organisations in Hong Kong. * Review existing policies and procedures, identify gaps and opportunities for improvement, and draft or update policies to reflect regulatory changes and business needs. * Support the development and maintenance of legal playbooks, contract templates, and standard processes to build scalable legal infrastructure for the region. Team & Stakeholder Engagement * Collaborate closely with the Sydney-based Legal team and global legal colleagues to ensure consistency of approach, knowledge-sharing, and best practice across jurisdictions. * Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across Trading, Technology, Finance, and other business functions, acting as a practical and solutions-oriented legal partner. * Contribute to the broader APAC Legal team’s culture and capability. * Be a key contact for our Hong Kong based external advisers. YOUR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE * Law degree with strong academic credentials. * Significant post-qualification experience (15+ years); admitted as a solicitor in Hong Kong. PRC experience is highly desirable. * Business-level fluency in English and Mandarin required. * Deep knowledge of financial services law; a broad understanding of commercial and corporate law across the region. * Proven ability to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, particularly with financial services or technology contracts. * Experience working within a top-tier law firm together with in-house exposure providing regulatory advice and transactional work across exchange traded products. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to convey complex legal issues clearly and concisely to non-legal audiences. * Highly organized, self-directed, and able to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines. * Comfortable operating across different jurisdictions and time zones; willingness to travel occasionally to other IMC offices and trading locations. About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

Keyrock

RUST ENGINEER - TRADING SYSTEMS ABOUT KEYROCK Since our beginnings in 2017, we've grown to be a leading change-maker in the digital asset space, renowned for our partnerships and innovation. Today, we rock with over 200 team members around the world. Our diverse team hails from 42 nationalities, with backgrounds ranging from DeFi natives to PhDs. Predominantly remote, we have hubs in London, Brussels, Singapore and Paris, and host regular online and offline hangouts to keep the crew tight. We are trading on more than 80 exchanges, and working with a wide array of asset issuers. As a well-established market maker, our distinctive expertise led us to expand rapidly. Today, our services span market making, options trading, high-frequency trading, OTC, and DeFi trading desks. But we’re more than a service provider. We’re an initiator. We're pioneers in adopting the Rust Development language for our algorithmic trading, and champions of its use in the industry. We support the growth of Web3 startups through our Accelerator Program. We upgrade ecosystems by injecting liquidity into promising DeFi, RWA, and NFT protocols. And we push the industry's progress with our research and governance initiatives. At Keyrock, we're not just envisioning the future of digital assets. We're actively building it. MISSION STATEMENT We are seeking a Senior Rust Engineer with deep trading systems experience and strong AWS knowledge to join our core Capital Markets division. Candidates with a passion for the Rust ecosystem and a proven track record designing, building, and operating mission-critical trading systems will be at a significant advantage. As part of the engineering team in Capital Markets, you will take ownership of high-impact trading infrastructure, set technical direction in your domain, and drive continuous improvement in system performance, reliability, and operability. You will join a highly-profitable, fast-paced division within Keyrock, where you will be expected to make a senior individual-contributor impact while collaborating with a global, fully-remote team. This role is open to candidates located in European time zones. JOB DESCRIPTION * Design, develop, and optimise low-latency, mission-critical trading systems * Own key trading stack components end-to-end — from architecture through to production operation * Collaborate closely with quants, traders, and engineers to deliver solutions that improve trading performance and resilience * Maintain and evolve trading infrastructure with a focus on performance, stability, observability, and operational excellence * Troubleshoot complex production issues across exchange connectivity, execution, and market data handling * Drive engineering standards through technical leadership, code reviews, and mentoring * Embrace agentic engineering principles: leverage AI-assisted workflows, drive automation of operational tasks, and help evolve the team's agentic tooling * Contribute to functional, component, and production-readiness testing for critical trading components BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE TECHNICAL SKILLS * Production-grade Rust experience building high-performance, concurrent systems; proficiency with Tokio is a strong advantage * Hands-on experience in a systematic trading environment (HFT, Market Making, Quantitative Trading, or similar), with solid understanding of execution, market data, and operational risk * Strong AWS and Linux expertise, including cloud infrastructure trade-offs for latency-sensitive workloads, shell scripting, debugging, and production troubleshooting * Proficiency in Python or other scripting languages for strategy development, automation, and operational tooling * Deep familiarity with trading system protocols (FIX, REST, WebSocket), exchange connectivity, and market data feeds * Solid grasp of low-latency networking: TCP/UDP, packet and latency path analysis, dedicated network infrastructure, and kernel bypass techniques (DPDK) * Familiarity with agentic engineering tools and concepts: LLMs, MCP APIs, AI-First IDEs (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code), harness engineering, and workflow automation * Ability to make sound architectural decisions, articulate trade-offs clearly, and guide implementation across complex systems SENIORITY & COMPETENCIES * Ownership & Reliability – Take full responsibility for your work. Deliver high-quality service, meet deadlines, and follow through on commitments. Anticipate and proactively address potential issues before they arise. * Initiative & Problem-Solving – Approach challenges with a problem-solving entrepreneurial mindset. Make sound, independent judgments and take the initiative to drive solutions rather than waiting for instructions. * Operational Diligence – Respond strategically to technical and operational challenges, ensuring robust and reliable trading infrastructure while instilling confidence in the team’s processes. * Technical Leadership – Influence system design, raise engineering standards, mentor other engineers, and help the team make pragmatic, high-quality technical decisions. * Curiosity & Growth Mindset – Continuously seek to improve your technical skills and knowledge. Stay ahead of industry trends and take the initiative to practice and explore new technologies that excite you. * Agentic Engineering – Embrace AI-assisted workflows and autonomous agents, pushing the boundaries of what engineering teams can achieve through intelligent automation. * Excellent Communication Skills with a team player mindset, collaborating within a fully remote global team. OUR RECRUITMENT PHILOSOPHY We value self-awareness and powerful communication skills in our recruitment process. We seek fiercely passionate people who understand themselves and their career goals. We're after those with the right skills and a conscious choice to join our field. The perfect fit? A senior engineer and crypto enthusiast who’s driven, collaborative, acts with ownership, raises the bar for others, and delivers solid, scalable outcomes. OUR OFFER * A competitive salary package * Autonomy in your time management thanks to flexible working hours and the opportunity to work remotely * The freedom to create your own entrepreneurial experience by being part of a team of people in search of excellence As an employer we are committed to building a positive and collaborative work environment. We welcome employees of all backgrounds, and hire, reward and promote entirely based on merit and performance. Due to the nature of our business and external requirements, we perform background checks on all potential employees, passing which is a prerequisite to join Keyrock. https://keyrock.com/careers/