Mako Trading is a London-based proprietary trading firm making markets in options, listed derivatives, equities, fixed income and spot FX. Its stack points to a self-hosted infrastructure push: Kubernetes on Ceph with Cluster API, Kubespray, ArgoCD and Flux, governed by OPA, Kyverno and Vault, alongside C++ and Python for trading systems. Hiring is accelerating across engineering, finance, compliance and trading, with trade surveillance upgrades running in parallel.
Mako Trading is a privately held trading firm founded in 1999 and headquartered in London, England. It provides liquidity on global exchanges, combining pricing and risk management expertise with in-house technology. Its activity spans options market making, listed derivatives, equities, fixed income, spot FX and investment management. The firm employs 201–500 people and currently hires in the United Kingdom and Australia.
Mako runs Kubernetes on Ceph storage, managed with Cluster API, Kubespray, ArgoCD and Flux, secured via OPA, Kyverno and Vault. Core languages include C++, Python, C#, Java and Go, with Terraform and Ansible for automation.
Mako Trading is headquartered in London, England, and is currently hiring in both the United Kingdom and Australia.
Current work includes designing a Linux VM fabric and Ceph storage system, building GitOps delivery, developing volatility pricing models and analytics, and enhancing its trade surveillance system.
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