Software Engineer / Technical Lead

TieTalent; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

Software Engineer / Technical Lead - London, 2 days a week - £(Apply online only) per day inside IR35 - 6 months rolling

Seeking an Algorithmic / Electronic / Real Time Trading Systems Technical Lead. You will be leading a team of developers working closely with the Electronic Market Making (EMM)/Trading Business to build the next generation electronic trading system.

You will be a Technology leader, a strong people leader who can manage an incredibly talented team of expert C++ software engineers.

Passionate developer, hands-on coder designing and developing the core components of the high-performance trading stack.

Operational excellence driver, ensuring platform stability to ensure maximum uptime for trading systems across markets.

Skills Required

1. Expertise and deep proficiency in C/C++ Programming
2. Track record of significant contribution to high-performance and sophisticated Algorithmic / Electronic / Real Time Trading Systems at either Hedge Funds, Proprietary Traders, Specialist liquidity providers, or large financial institutions.
3. Excellent communication skills with the ability to drive technical agenda, lead a team, and influence business stakeholders.
4. Minimum 5 years of experience contributing to Algorithmic / Electronic / Real Time Trading Systems.
5. Deep expertise in C/C++ Programming, Systems Design, Architecture, Distributed Systems, DSA, Performance and Latency Optimisation.
6. Excellent domain knowledge and experience working on Linux platforms.
7. Excellent academic track record in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.
8. Strong expertise in C++ development, with a deep understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms.
9. Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git), build systems, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
10. Knowledge of other programming languages (e.g., Python, Java) and software development tools is a plus.
11. Ability to translate business needs into functional code.
12. Performing PR reviews on other developers' code.
13. Clearly able to demonstrate and report on progress in delivering code.

Experience

1. Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
2. Proven experience as a Technical Lead or similar role in software engineering.
3. Typical Years of Experience: > 5-10 years in Software Development & > 5 years of Technical Leadership.