Senior Software Engineer – Electronic Trading

Role: Senior Lead Software Engineer – DevOps / Integration Specialist (Electronic Trading)

Location: London, UK (Onsite)

Type: Contract – Inside IR35

Domain: Electronic Trading*/ Investment Banking

Job Description

As a Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Banking – Equities Electronic Trading team, you will be responsible for enhancing, building, and delivering secure, scalable, and market-leading technology solutions. The role focuses on Continuous Integration, automation, testing, and integration of electronic trading platforms.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement Continuous Integration (CI) frameworks.
• Automate testing processes and manual workflows.
• Integrate Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office trading systems.
• Manage release processes and provide environment and production support.
• Perform client, venue certification, and connectivity for exchanges, markets, and dark pools.
• Test and validate individual applications and end-to-end integrations.
• Configure and maintain trading applications and downstream systems.
• Collaborate with Application Development, Business Analysts, Operations, stakeholders, and clients.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of Software Engineering experience.
• Strong programming skills in: Java, Python, Unix/Shell Scripting
• Experience with Automation, Monitoring, and Surveillance.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD and automation.
• Experience creating and automating Test Strategies and Test Plans.
• Strong system design, application development, testing, and operational stability experience.
• Practical Cloud Native experience.
• Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.

Preferred Skills

• Electronic Trading or Capital Markets experience.
• FIX Protocol knowledge.
• Knowledge of:

1. Order Management Systems (OMS)
2. Algorithmic Trading
3. Smart Order Router (SOR)
4. DMA / Sponsored DMA
5. Dark Pools
6. Equities Exchange Protocols

• Knowledge of kdb/q is an added advantage.