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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** Morgan McKinley
- **Location:** Greater London, UK
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** £70,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Airflow, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Automation of Tests, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Visualization, Relational Databases, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Commercial Software, Scrum Methodology, Systems Development Life Cycle, Standard Sql, Software Engineering, Datadog, Data Logging, Performance Testing, ReactJS, Git, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Apache Flink, AWS Fargate, Real Time Data, Apache Kafka, Restful APIs, Software Version Control, Docker
- **Published:** September 9, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2842868538-software-engineer

## About the Role

You'll have 2+ years' commercial software development experience, with strong skills in:

 * Python and SQL
 * Relational databases
 * Git or similar version control systems
 * Agile ways of working, including Scrum and/or Kanban
 * Building pragmatic solutions that prioritise impact over perfection

Experience working with cloud infrastructure would be advantageous.

Experience that would be a bonus

 * AWS - including EC2, Lambda, Aurora and S3
 * RESTful APIs
 * React or other modern UI technologies
 * CI/CD and DevOps practices
 * Docker/containerisation, ECS, Fargate or Kubernetes
 * Kafka/Kinesis, Flink or other real-time data technologies
 * Airflow and data engineering pipelines
 * Data visualisation and dashboarding
 * Datadog or similar monitoring/logging platforms
 * Automated testing, TDD, BDD and performance testing
 * Low-latency trading or comparable high-performance infrastructure

The kind of person you'll be

Technical ability is important, but so is how you work.

We're looking for someone who:

 * Takes ownership and gets things done
 * Is pragmatic and focuses on the highest-impact work
 * Thinks logically and enjoys solving complex problems
 * Learns quickly and is intellectually curious
 * Works well under pressure and remains calm when priorities change
 * Communicates clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
 * Has a strong team mindset and works without ego
 * Is comfortable challenging ideas and contributing their own
 * Cares about quality while understanding the importance of delivery
 * Is motivated by continuous personal and professional development, If you enjoy Python, solving difficult problems, building useful technology and working in a high-performance environment with low bureaucracy and high ownership, we'd love to hear from you.

## Description

You'll work closely with Trading, Finance and Operations teams to build pragmatic, high-value technology solutions. You'll have the opportunity to influence engineering practices, solve complex problems and automate processes that directly improve how the business operates.

You'll be involved in:

 * Designing, developing and reviewing high-quality software
 * Building technology solutions for trading teams
 * Automating manual and operational processes
 * Solving complex technical and business problems
 * Improving software development and SDLC practices
 * Working with stakeholders across the business to turn ideas into effective solutions
 * Contributing to a high-performing engineering culture focused on ownership, delivery and continuous improvement


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