Software Engineer
The Block
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
8 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Compensation
£ 103KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Artificial Intelligence
Distributed Systems
Fault Tolerance
Python
TypeScript
Real Time Systems
Build Management
Go
Job description
This is a greenfield platform engineering role with complete ownership over the core architecture. You'll design and build the systems powering real-time trading from the ground up, working directly with exceptional founders on one of the most ambitious infrastructure challenges at the AI/compute-financial markets intersection. Clear path to VP/CTO leadership., * Architect the full platform stack (Python, TypeScript, Golang) handling trading engine, pricing models, hedging mechanisms and marketplace functionality.
- Build scalable, low-latency systems for real-time order matching, risk management and market data distribution.
- Design resilient infrastructure that can handle massive compute trading volumes with 24/7 reliability.
- Integrate with compute providers, exchanges and financial protocols while maintaining strict security and compliance.
- Collaborate directly with founders on technical roadmap, hiring strategy and product evolution, with full flexibility to introduce new technologies and paradigms.
Requirements
- Deep platform/distributed systems experience in high-stakes environments (trading, fintech, infra or high-throughput services).
- Strong proficiency across Python/TypeScript/Golang (or equivalent polyglot stacks) with proven ownership of production-grade systems.
- Expertise in real-time systems, performance optimisation, fault tolerance and scalable architectures under uncertainty.
- Experience with financial protocols, market data feeds, order matching or compute infrastructure is a strong plus.
- Thrives in greenfield environments: making architectural trade-offs, shipping fast, iterating based on live feedback.
Benefits & conditions
- Early-stage opportunity to define a category-leading platform at the nexus of AI compute economics and financial markets.
- £150k base + substantial equity upside with world-class founders and elite VC backing.
- London-based, hands-on technical leadership role tackling novel problems with brilliant minds and rapid impact.