Graduate Software Engineer (High Performance Systems)

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Arctic Lake is hiring a full-time graduate software engineer for its London office, working on low-latency trading systems used by tier-one banks. The advert lists a start date in 2026 and a salary of 60,000 pounds, plus equity options, a learning budget, pension contribution, 25 days of holiday and weekly team lunches. New joiners may be placed on the trading engine, FPGA hardware acceleration, distributed-ledger products or internal tooling, and the firm says it has many juniors, relies on self-driven learning and has no formal mentoring programme. Recruitment starts with a short application and CV, then a two-hour Java coding challenge, a 45-minute first round, a one-hour pair-programming interview, a cultural interview and an offer. The advert states that visa sponsorship is available and that it is looking for exceptional talent from anywhere in the world; no closing date is given.