Senior Software Engineer

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Greater London, UK
25 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Algorithmic Trading Amazon Web Services C++ (Programming Language) Linux Distributed Systems High-Frequency Trading Python (Programming Language) Linux System Administration Performance Tuning Software Engineering System Programming Concurrency
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Backend Kubernetes Low Latency Apache Kafka Asynchronous Programming Docker

Job description

This is an opportunity to build low-latency, high-performance trading systems using Rust in one of the most technically challenging engineering environments. You’ll work alongside experienced software engineers and quantitative teams to develop the distributed systems that power global electronic trading., * Design, build and optimise high-performance Rust applications

  • Develop low-latency trading infrastructure and backend services
  • Build scalable distributed systems running in Linux environments
  • Work closely with quantitative developers and trading teams to deliver business-critical software
  • Drive performance optimisation, reliability and engineering best practices

Requirements

  • Commercial experience developing software in Rust
  • Strong background in systems programming and backend engineering
  • Experience building low-latency or high-performance distributed systems
  • Strong knowledge of Linux, concurrency and asynchronous programming
  • Excellent understanding of software design, algorithms and performance optimisation
  • High Frequency Trading (HFT), Electronic Trading or Capital Markets experience
  • Experience with networking or exchange connectivity
  • Kafka, Docker, Kubernetes or AWS
  • Python or C++

Benefits & conditions

  • Join one of the industry’s leading engineering teams
  • Build software where performance directly impacts trading outcomes
  • Work with modern Rust technologies on large-scale distributed systems
  • Highly competitive salary, bonus and outstanding career progression

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