2085 IT & Software Developer jobs in the UK
Requirements
Must:
- Expert-level Python developer (min. 5 years professional python experience)
- Demonstrable experience with low-latency/high-throughput systems (e.g., real-time data processing, trading/market data, telemetry, adtech bidding, streaming systems, etc.)
- Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, multiprocessing, and performance optimisation
- Experience handling large volumes of fast-moving data with careful performance considerations
- Ability to profile, measure, and improve performance
- Comfortable owning an existing codebase: refactors, architecture improvements, clean tests
- Experience with Redis and general database performance considerations
- Competent with Azure cloud environments (VMs, deployment, monitoring, etc.)
- Comfortable working independently, making architectural decisions, and maintaining high code quality
- Strong engineering discipline: correctness, edge cases, careful time-handling, attention to detail
- UK-based and available for support during core market hours when needed
Responsibilities
- Maintain, extend, and optimise an existing Python-based trading application
- Add new features and improve current capabilities with a focus on performance, reliability and clean architecture
- Build and optimise real-time pipelines handling high-frequency data
- Improve latency, throughput, and reliability using profiling and performance engineering
- Work with Redis, Azure VMs, and Anaconda environments
- Implement and maintain systems requiring millisecond-level timing precision
- Troubleshoot production issues quickly during key market hours
- Collaborate directly with the founder to shape technical direction and priorities
- Integrate with market data feeds and brokerage/order-routing components
Description
We are looking for an experienced Senior Python Software Engineer to take ownership of an established trading-related application and drive its ongoing development. Our team offers a competitive salary with room for negotiation based on experience, mostly remote work with in-office collaboration days for coordination and planning, and a yearly bonus based on company performance. This is an excellent opportunity to take significant ownership of a live, production-grade system while working in a lean environment with minimal bureaucracy, allowing you to have a direct impact on the roadmap and system design.
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