Back End Developer

Cornucopia IT Resourcing
London, UK
11 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Algorithmic Trading C++ (Programming Language) Distributed Systems Real Time Systems Backend Kubernetes

Job description

Founding Back-End Engineer3>

London

Join a high-growth fintech startup transforming global markets. Our client is an early-stage, well-funded fintech venture building a next-generation trading platform that brings 24/7 access, advanced leverage, and cutting-edge performance to traditional financial assets.

Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley investors, they’re reimagining how modern markets should operate - and they’re looking for a founding engineer to shape the core architecture from day one.

This is a rare chance to join a technical founding team with backgrounds in quant trading, HFT, and world-leading financial institutions. You’ll work on real-time systems where microseconds matter, write software that must never go down, and set the engineering standards that future hires will inherit.

If you want to build something truly category-defining - this is it.

What You’ll Need

  • Proven experience with high-performance languages (Rust, C, C++)
  • 3+ years working on real-time trading systems, exchanges, or HFT platforms
  • Ideally a strong STEM degree from a top-ranked university (or equivalent academic excellence)

Bonus Points

  • Fintech, exchange, or low-latency engineering experience
  • Expertise with Rust
  • Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, or distributed systems

Requirements

  • Proven experience with high-performance languages (Rust, C, C++)
  • 3+ years working on real-time trading systems, exchanges, or HFT platforms
  • Ideally a strong STEM degree from a top-ranked university (or equivalent academic excellence), * Fintech, exchange, or low-latency engineering experience
  • Expertise with Rust
  • Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, infrastructure-as-code, or distributed systems

About the company

Join a high-growth fintech startup transforming global markets. Our client is an early-stage, well-funded fintech venture building a next-generation trading platform that brings 24/7 access, advanced leverage, and cutting-edge performance to traditional financial assets.

Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley investors, they’re reimagining how modern markets should operate - and they’re looking for a founding engineer to shape the core architecture from day one.

This is a rare chance to join a technical founding team with backgrounds in quant trading, HFT, and world-leading financial institutions. You’ll work on real-time systems where microseconds matter, write software that must never go down, and set the engineering standards that future hires will inherit.

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