LMAX Group runs its own low-latency exchange infrastructure for FX and digital assets, built on Java, C++ and Kafka with Kubernetes and Nomad orchestration plus a Python data stack (Pandas, Polars, Airflow, Parquet). Current hiring tilts toward compliance, legal and security, with a Head of Compliance search and AML/CFT and goAML work in the UAE, pointing to regulatory build-out in the Middle East alongside an APAC market data sales push.
Notable leadership hires: Head of Compliance
LMAX Group is a privately held, London-headquartered operator of institutional trading venues for FX and digital assets, with additional custody and market data services. Its businesses include an institutional FX exchange, regulated brokerage entities and a digital asset execution venue and custodian. Clients include funds, banks, asset managers, retail brokers and buy-side firms across more than 100 countries. The company develops its own exchange technology, with matching engines in London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore, and employs 201–500 people.
LMAX Group uses Java, C++, Kafka, MySQL, Kubernetes, Nomad and Docker for core systems, Vue and JavaScript on the front end, and Python tools like Pandas, Polars, NumPy and Apache Airflow for data work.
LMAX Group is currently hiring in the United Kingdom, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, with hiring velocity accelerating across engineering, compliance, legal, security, finance and sales.
LMAX Group is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and runs exchange matching engines in London, New York, Tokyo and Singapore.
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