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# Technical Lead / Architect

- **Company:** Curo Services
- **Location:** UK (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Algorithmic Trading, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Cloud Computing, Profiling, Software Quality, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Memory Management, Fault Tolerance, High-Frequency Trading, Enterprise Messaging Systems, Network Programming, Performance Tuning, Data Streaming, Systems Architecture, Multithreading, Cloud Platform System, High Performance Computing, Concurrency, Event Driven Architecture, Low Latency, Real Time Data
- **Published:** July 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.curoservices.com/application/?jobReference=RL8209&jobTitle=Senior%20Technical%20Lead%20/%20Architect%20(Contract)

## About the Role

Our client is seeking a highly experienced Senior Technical Lead/Architect with deep expertise in C programming and extensive experience building, enhancing, and modernizing trading platforms within Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities (FICC) environments. The ideal candidate combines strong hands-on engineering capability with architecture leadership, system design expertise, and a proven track record of optimizing high-performance, low-latency applications used by front-office trading businesses.
This role will drive technical strategy, architecture decisions, platform modernization, performance tuning, and engineering excellence across mission-critical trading systems., * Strong hands-on development experience in C (mandatory).

 * Strong experience in C++ and/or C# (preferred).
 * Deep understanding of:

 1. System Design & Architecture
 2. Distributed Systems
 3. Event-Driven Architectures
 4. Multithreading & Concurrency
 5. High-Performance Computing
 6. Network Programming
 7. Memory Management & Optimization
 8. Performance Profiling & Latency Analysis

Domain Experience:

 * Strong experience within Capital Markets, preferably FICC (Fixed Income, Currencies & Commodities).
 * Experience working on:

 1. Trading Platforms
 2. Market Data Systems
 3. Order Management & Execution Systems
 4. Pricing & Risk Platforms
 5. Low-Latency Transaction Processing Systems
 * Understanding of Fixed Income products, trading workflows, market data, pricing and trade lifecycle processes.

Architecture & Leadership:

 * Proven experience leading architecture and design discussions.
 * Experience defining scalable, resilient, and fault-tolerant solutions.
 * Ability to drive platform modernization and technical transformation initiatives.
 * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills., * Experience with low-latency or high-frequency trading environments.
 * Exposure to legacy platform modernization and re-engineering programs.
 * Experience with Windows and Linux/Unix environments.
 * Knowledge of messaging technologies, real-time data distribution, and event streaming.
 * Familiarity with Cloud, Containers, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices.
 * Experience working directly with traders, quantitative teams, and front-office technology organizations.

## Description

* Lead architecture, design, and development of complex trading and market-facing platforms.
 * Define system architecture, scalability, resilience, and performance strategies for business-critical applications.
 * Drive modernization of legacy trading systems while ensuring business continuity and platform stability.
 * Partner with traders, quants, business stakeholders, and engineering teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
 * Lead performance engineering initiatives including latency reduction, capacity optimization, memory management, and concurrency design.
 * Establish engineering standards, architecture principles, design reviews, and code quality practices.
 * Mentor senior developers and provide technical leadership across distributed teams.
 * Support production stability, root-cause analysis, and continuous platform improvement initiatives.


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