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# Senior Software Engineer, Platform- Tech-Driven Prop Trading Firm

- **Company:** Yesterday By Efinancialcareers
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Big Data, Cloud Engineering, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Oracle (Applications), Prometheus, Ruby, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Grafana, Apache Spark, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Splunk, Docker, Programming Languages
- **Published:** October 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/senior-software-engineer-platform-tech-driven-prop-trading-firm/57463963

## About the Role

* Minimum 2-3 years' experience of platform-level software development
 * Solid CompSci fundamentals; a degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
 * Strong experience with Java, Python or any modern programming language
 * Experience processing high volumes of data at scale
 * Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
 * Comfort working within a globally distributed team

Nice to have:

A background in one or more of the following:

 * Ruby experience
 * Big data technologies: Spark, Trino, Kafka
 * Financial markets experience
 * SQL: Postgres, Oracle
 * Cloud-native deployments: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
 * Observability: Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana