Back-end software engineer

VirtueTech Recruitment Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 73,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

VirtueTech Recruitment Group is seeking a Software Engineer to join a Front Office Delivery team building real‑time trading systems for European power markets. The role focuses on C#/.NET, SQL data flows, and event‑driven architectures in a commercial, hybrid UK setup.

You will define architectures, develop distributed services, modernise legacy workflows, and contribute to front‑end features used by desks to manage orders.

Qualifications

• Experience in C# and SQL for real‑time data workflows.
• Experience with event‑driven architectures and distributed services.
• Familiarity with front‑office trading environments and order workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define architectures and end‑to‑end system delivery.
• Integrate with market APIs and internal data sources.
• Build distributed services and modernise legacy workflows.
• Develop front‑end features used by desks to manage orders.
• Support production systems, ensuring reliability and performance.

Skills

C#

SQL

Event-driven

Distributed systems

Front‑office

Job description

Software Engineer | C# / SQL / Event‑Driven Systems | Front‑Office Delivery | £81,000 | Commodities & Energy | Hybrid, UK

A Software Engineer is required to join a commercial‑facing Front Office Delivery group responsible for building and maintaining the systems that power real‑time trading workflows across European power markets. This team sits directly between trading, operations and enterprise technology, delivering platforms that query live positions, generate market orders, orchestrate operational processes and feed structured messages into trade‑capture systems

.The work is fast‑moving, highly collaborative and deeply technical. You’ll be working on systems that traders and analysts rely on every day tools that must be accurate, resilient and capable of handling high‑integrity data flows. The environment rewards engineers who can understand complex systems quickly, break down ambiguous requirements, and design solutions that balance robustness with delivery speed

You’ll be involved end‑to‑end: defining architectures, building distributed services, modernising legacy workflows, and contributing to front‑end features used by desks to launch batches, optimise processes and manage explicit orders. The team values engineers who enjoy learning new technologies, exploring new problem spaces and building systems that are genuinely supportable. There is also a strong focus on leveraging AI tooling to improve code quality, test coverage and delivery efficieny.

The Team

The Front Office Delivery team is responsible for the systems that keep trading operations moving. This includes:

Real‑time, event‑driven services that react to market data, position changes and operational triggers

Platforms that generate, modify and close market orders across multiple Europeanhubs

Workflows that transform structured files (XML, CSV) into enterprise‑grade trade‑capture messages

Building front‑end interfaces that consolidate operational actions into a single, orchestrated experience

Designing architectures both tactical and enterprise and delivering them end‑to‑end

Ensuring systems are supportable, maintainable and robust under real‑world trading condit

ions

This is a team where engineers work closely with desks, analysts and business owners, shaping solutions that have immediate commercial im

pact.

Role D

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