Junior Software Engineer jobs in United Kingdom

Job Description

My client, a leading global alternatives investment manager with an AUM of over $60 billion, is seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer with a strong focus on product ownership, pure technology expertise, and stakeholder management. This is a hands-on role where you will take ownership of critical in-house systems, supporting the firm's expansion into new asset classes. You will work directly with key business stakeholders, ensuring technology solutions align with strategic objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Product Ownership: Lead the development of new in-house systems to support business growth, taking full ownership from conception to production.
• Stakeholder Management: Work closely with revenue-generating teams, gathering requirements and collaborating on both local and global change projects.
• Technical Execution: Write and maintain high-quality, testable code, ensuring robust and scalable systems. Maintain and enhance existing infrastructure while contributing to systems architecture.

Key Requirements:

• Strong experience in object-oriented development (C# or Java ).
• Proven ability to take ownership of end-to-end product development, working directly with business teams.
• Deep expertise in SQL, database design, and query optimization. Experience with big data processing and NoSQL technologies is a plus.
• Strong understanding of multiple asset classes, including IRS, government bonds, floating rates, repo, and OTC products.
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure platforms (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift) and hardware architectures.
• Exposure to stream processing (Kafka, Flink) and web technologies (React, Vue, Angular) is beneficial.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a flat-structured environment where engineers are empowered to drive technical decisions, working closely with the business to deliver impactful solutions.