Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead C++

Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead (Windows C / C++, C#) London to £115k FTC

Are you a skilled C++ Software Engineer with technical / team leadership skills looking for a new opportunity?

You could be progressing your career in a senior, hands-on role at a global market data provider.

As a Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead you will head-up an Agile team (5 engineers) focussed on building and maintaining Exchange Connectivity software systems that require real-time and low latency, maintaining data feeds and developing key underlying transport protocols for data transmission.

The platform has been built with C++ and C# deploying to AWS and requires high scalability and low latency - they currently handle 40 billion messages per day.

You'll remain hands-on with approximately a 50/50 split between development and technical / team leadership; you'll coach and mentor the team, developing others and providing project leadership.

• You have C / C++ development skills on Windows OS, C# skills would also be of benefit
• You have full software development lifecycle experience
• You have a good knowledge of networking protocols e.g. TCP/IP, multicast
• You have a strong grounding in Computer Science fundamentals e.g. multi-threading, OOP, Data Structures, Design Patterns
• You're collaborative with great communication skills, happy to mentor and develop others

Please note this is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract, with full benefits

As a Senior Software Engineer / Team Lead you'll receive a competitive package:

• Salary to £115k + bonus
• 25 days holiday
• Pension
• Life Assurance and Income protection
• Private Medical and Dental care
• Gym subsidy and wellness apps
• Cycle to work scheme
• Ability to buy stock options
• Family leave and sabbaticals
• Continuous training and career development including personalised budget