Lead Software Engineer

Client Server
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 130K

Job location

Remote
Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

API
Client Server Models
PostgreSQL
Redis
WebSocket
Information Technology
Kafka
Non-relational Database
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Data Pipelines
Go

Job description

Are you a senior, backend focussed Software Engineer with strong Go / Golang coding skills and real-time messaging experience?

You could be progressing your career in a hands-on Lead Software Engineer role at a global cryptocurrency market data and trade execution technology company that is experiencing great success and is growing as a result, the systems currently deal with multiple billions of events per month.

As a Lead Software Engineer you will work on cutting edge systems that handle a million messages per second from a diverse range of external APIs within a high performance data pipeline. You'll design and implement high throughput data services with a focus on scalability, reliability and performance, taking ownership of projects and collaborating with data and infrastructure teams you'll ensure seamless integration and efficient workflows.

Location / WFH:

You'll join the team in brand new Central London based offices on a fulltime basis (Monday to Friday).

Requirements

  • You have experience of taking ownership of high profile projects
  • You have strong Go / Golang coding skills
  • You have strong experience of designing and implementing scalable solutions to handle high throughput systems including WebSocket APIs and services
  • You have a strong knowledge of queue or stream based messaging systems e.g. Amazon SQS, Kafka
  • You have a good knowledge of both relational and non-relational databases, PostgreSQL and Redis preferred
  • You're highly numerate with strong maths knowledge (numerical computations and algorithms)
  • You are degree educated in Computer Science or similar technical discipline
  • You have a personal interest in traditional financial markets or the cryptocurrency space

Benefits & conditions

  • Highly competitive salary
  • Significant bonus
  • Continual learning and self development opportunities working on cutting edge systems

About the company

At Client Server we believe in a diverse workplace that allows people to play to their strengths and continually learn. We're an equal opportunities employer whose people come from all walks of life and will never discriminate based on race, colour, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The clients we work with share our values.

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