Our client is a globally recognised investment firm where engineering is treated as a strategic advantage. Their equity platform is powered by a proprietary technology stack built in-house and used directly by investors to research ideas, construct portfolios and manage risk in real time.
Engineers sit close to the problem space, solving complex data, performance and scale challenges rather than working on generic internal tooling.
London, England, United Kingdom
What You’ll Get
Ownership of systems that directly influence investment decisions
Exposure to modern, cloud-native architecture in a high-performance environment
The ability to work across the full stack, from backend services to user-facing applications
A culture that values clean design, scalability and engineering judgement
Competitive compensation aligned to impact, not tenure
What You’ll Do
Design and build distributed, cloud-native services supporting large-scale equity workflows
Develop high-performance backend systems using C#, Python and Go , with a strong focus on reliability and throughput
Build and evolve APIs and service-to-service communication using gRPC
Contribute to modern web interfaces built with React , used daily by investment professionals
Work with large, complex datasets using analytical and columnar data stores such as Snowflake and ClickHouse
Collaborate closely with users to iterate quickly while maintaining production-grade standards
What You’ll Need
Significant experience building and maintaining production systems (8+ years)
Deep knowledge of an object-oriented language (C# or Java ) and strong Python experience
Experience working with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)
Comfort designing scalable systems and making architectural trade-offs
Financial markets experience is beneficial but not essential, curiosity and problem-solving matter more
A pragmatic, low-ego approach to engineering in a collaborative environment
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