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# Back End Developer

- **Company:** Cornucopia IT Resourcing
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Algorithmic Trading, C++ (Programming Language), Distributed Systems, Real Time Systems, Backend, Kubernetes
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815157649-back-end-developer

## About the Role

* 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

## 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


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