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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Apex Systems Inc
- **Location:** Bromley, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Multitier Architecture, Agile Methodology, Python (Programming Language), Pair Programming, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Integration Tests, Deployment Automation, Restful APIs
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2815175601-software-engineer

## About the Role

* 7+ year of technology development experience and specifically 3+ years of experience in development of front-office equities derivatives systems.
 * Ability to define relevant areas of the roadmap and articulate the vision to senior stakeholders, product owners and teams.
 * Excellent communication, collaboration, interpersonal skills and demonstrate the capability for juggling multiple competing priorities.
 * Proficient in software design focused on a cross-language REST based n-tier architecture and executed using agile methodologies (Scrum, Test Driven Development, unit/integration testing, pair programming, etc.). The successful candidate will be comfortable driving design and architecture, rationalizing business requirements and mentoring less experienced developers. There will be significant interaction with senior developers across other work streams as we integrate an increasingly complex product set. Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following

## Description

Hybrid/Remote : Hybrid - 2 to 3 days per week onsite

Start Date : ASAP

Duration : 2 Years

Job Description:

 * This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a dynamic, enterprising mid-level developer to join the fastest growing area in Equities Derivatives Technology and contribute to the continuing buildout of technology and process automation solutions to enable significant SN and SP business growth.

The successful candidate will

 * Collaborate with other team members, platform teams, sales, trading, structuring, operations to achieve a collective result.
 * Help build applications, services and tools that drive end to end automation, continuous monitoring, exception alerting, and metrics gathering to aid SN/SP decision-making.
 * Optimize Treasury workstream, with a view to increasing STP Rates into Treasury and supporting additional attributes requested by different Treasury Teams.

Must Haves:

 * Solid hands on coding ability

The ideal candidate will possess:

 * 7+ year of technology development experience and specifically 3+ years of experience in development of front-office equities derivatives systems.
 * Ability to define relevant areas of the roadmap and articulate the vision to senior stakeholders, product owners and teams.
 * Excellent communication, collaboration, interpersonal skills and demonstrate the capability for juggling multiple competing priorities.
 * Proficient in software design focused on a cross-language REST based n-tier architecture and executed using agile methodologies (Scrum, Test Driven Development, unit/integration testing, pair programming, etc.). The successful candidate will be comfortable driving design and architecture, rationalizing business requirements and mentoring less experienced developers. There will be significant interaction with senior developers across other work streams as we integrate an increasingly complex product set. Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:

ROLE / RESPONSIBILITIES

 * Develop a thorough understanding of our entire technology stack
 * Design and develop new features within existing Python services; create new services to expand the overall framework
 * Contribute to future design and architecture
 * Plan work in an agile manner with other team members
 * Write acceptance tests in coordination with QA
 * Communicate with our business and platform partners
 * Improve and develop our CI pipeline and deployment strategies

BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE

 * Equity Derivatives
 * Regional variations of products and trading


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