Senior Software Engineer, Trade Floor

6 days ago


London South East City of London, UK, United Kingdom ARC IT Recruitment Ltd Full time

Senior Software Engineer, Trade Floor
London, City
Director OR VP Level
Highly competitive base salary and total comp

.net, Linux, AWS, Kubernetes

Senior Software Engineer is sought by leading Investment Bank to join their quantitative engineering team withing their Capital Markets Operations. This role will work on enhancing the analytics library used in trading applications across the globe - from desktops and real-time trading applications to risk engines. Based on the trading floor, you will collaborate closely with quants and traders.

This role is all about innovation and creativity, focusing on key areas such as improved distributed computing, Linux infrastructure, cluster optimizations, modernizing spreadsheet integrations, and enhancing quant/developer productivity with optimized pricing frameworks. You will also be involved in developing critical real-time and end-of-day trading applications built on our analytics library. They follow a DevOps model, which means they are hands-on and team members own and operate everything they build. Testing, automation, metrics, and monitoring are all critical to their success, you will interact directly with the trading desks that use the applications.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and develop high-performance software applications using C#

Develop distributed systems and microservices that can operate at scale

Utilize AWS, Kubernetes and other cloud-based technologies to build and deploy applications

Develop and maintain messaging systems using Kafka and ActiveMQ

Implement monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana and Kibana

Participate in code reviews, unit testing and other quality assurance activities

Work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy new features

Maintain and support existing applications and systems

Stay up to date with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure that our products remain competitive and innovative.

Key Requirements:

Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics or Engineering (preferred)

A trade floor background is ideal, otherwise financial services as a minimum.

Strong experience with modern C# development and object-oriented programming

Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture

Familiarity with cloud-based technologies such as AWS and Kubernetes

Knowledge of messaging technologies such as Kafka and ActiveMQ

Experience with cluster software such as Data Synapse / Slurm (preferred)

Expert with Windows and Linux operating systems


Please note this role is 4 days a week in the London office.

This is a fantastic opportunity for talented tech professionals who are looking for a challenging and rewarding role in the fast-paced world of trading. For a full consultation please get in touch




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