Global macro trading firm managing discretionary multi-asset portfolios
Caxton Associates is a London-based trading and investment firm running a polyglot tech stack (Python, C#, Rust, SQL across AWS, GCP, and Azure) built around compliance, surveillance, and portfolio management. The hiring profile — finance-heavy but with meaningful engineering and data roles — reflects a firm scaling systematic strategies and control infrastructure rather than pivoting toward technology. Active projects (AWS networking, market-screening dashboards, compliance monitoring) and pain points (performance optimization, multi-regime regulatory compliance, process automation) signal investment in both trading execution velocity and operational governance.
Caxton Associates, founded in 1983, is a discretionary global macro investment manager with offices across London, New York, Monaco, Singapore, and Dubai. The firm manages client and proprietary capital through a suite of products designed for institutional and individual investors, employing a multi-portfolio manager framework. The tech infrastructure spans Python, C#, Rust, and SQL databases (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle) deployed across AWS, GCP, and Azure, supporting trading operations, market surveillance, and portfolio analytics. Current focus areas include systematic strategies, market-abuse surveillance, long/short equity strategies, and portfolio construction, alongside a multi-year effort to enhance operating controls and compliance monitoring across jurisdictions.
Python, C#, Rust, SQL (SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle), AWS, GCP, Azure, Bloomberg, Docker, and Visual Studio. Infrastructure includes AWS RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, and cloud security tools (Microsoft Defender, Azure Defender for Cloud).
Global compliance monitoring, systematic trading strategies, market-abuse surveillance, AWS networking design, scalable web services, equity long/short strategies, portfolio construction, and market-screening dashboards for trading operations.
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