Senior Software Engineer – Quant Full Stack & Infrastructure (Team Lead) Mid shift (UK Client : Remote)

extra parental leave - fully flexible
Work set-up: 
Full Remote
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Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

Minimum 5 years of software development experience in backend and frontend technologies., Proficiency in Python, C++, and Java for trading-grade systems., Experience with modern web frameworks like React and Node.js, and databases such as MongoDB and SQL., Background in fintech, hedge funds, or trading firms, with cloud-native deployment expertise..

Key responsibilities:

  • Lead the design and development of scalable trading platforms and internal tools.
  • Collaborate with cross-disciplinary teams to deliver high-performance solutions.
  • Maintain and optimize trading infrastructure, including low-latency systems and data pipelines.
  • Manage and mentor a team of software engineers, ensuring best practices and high code quality.

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Job description

Set-up and Location: WFH
Work Schedule: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM (BST) | 4:00 PM- 1:00 AM (PH Time)
Employment Type: Full-time

Ready to do work that actually excites you?

We are seeking a highly experienced and versatile Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise across quantitative development, infrastructure engineering, and full-stack development, to join and lead a high-performance team. The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of finance and technology, has led engineering teams, and has built and maintained robust trading systems and developer tooling across cloud-native architectures


What You'll do:

  • Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable trading platforms and internal developer tools.
  • Collaborate with quant researchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to deliver performant solutions.
  • Maintain and optimize trading infrastructure (low-latency systems, data pipelines, monitoring, etc.).
  • Manage a team of software engineers, mentor junior developers, and drive best practices across the stack.
  • Ensure high code quality through code reviews, CI/CD, test automation, and Git-based workflows.
  • Own deployment pipelines across cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) using containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Design and implement microservices and APIs for internal tools and external integrations.
  • Work with data at scale (market data ingestion, real-time analytics, historical storage.

Requirements
What You Bring
We’re looking for someone who:

  • 5+ years of experience in software development, with exposure to both backend and frontend stacks.
  • Strong programming proficiency in Python, C++, and Java (Quant/Trading grade codebases).
  • Expertise in modern web development with React, Node.js, MongoDB, and SQL (Postgres, MySQL).
  • Strong understanding of Git/GitHub, CI/CD workflows, code branching strategies, and code ownership.
  • Prior work in a fintech, hedge fund, or proprietary trading firm environment. Crypto-native a plus
  • Production experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployment strategies.
  • Hands-on with AWS, GCP, and Azure for compute, networking, and storage configurations.
  • Familiarity with monitoring/logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
  • Solid understanding of trading infrastructure, latency optimization, execution systems, and market data feeds.
  • Proven experience managing and mentoring a team of 3–10 engineers.
  • Ability to translate business and research needs into engineering roadmaps.
  • Collaborative mindset, capable of interfacing with multi-disciplinary teams
  • Nice to have experience with Redis, Kafka, or similar real-time streaming/data platforms.
  • Nice to have eperience with financial APIs, FIX protocol, or trading exchange integrations

Benefits
  • HMO, Dental, and Life Insurance for you and one free dependent from day one (with the option to enroll additional dependents)
  • Paid Leaves: Birthday, Vacation, Medical, and Maternity (up to 6 Vacation Leaves are convertible to cash on your anniversary)
  • Employee Engagement Activities: Year-End Party, Family Day, Team Building, and more!
Let’s Talk
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Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
Spoken language(s):
English
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Other Skills

  • Mentorship
  • Team Management
  • Collaboration
  • Problem Solving

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