Electronic Trading – Senior Developer (.Net)

Santander; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Developer to join a greenfield project aimed at enhancing electronic trading capabilities. This role offers the chance to work closely with the trading business, delivering high-quality software solutions while utilizing best practices in code management and CI/CD. You'll be part of a dynamic team focused on building a cloud-based trading platform using AWS, contributing to a transformative initiative that impacts global trading operations. If you're passionate about technology and eager to make a significant impact, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of .Net/.Net Core and OO principles.
• Experience with ASP.NET Core Web API and RESTful techniques.

Responsibilities

• Ensure quality and scope expectations are met for software delivery.
• Take ownership of technical design and system architecture documentation.

Skills

.Net/.Net Core

ASP.NET Core Web API

RESTful API techniques

Multi-threading

Asynchronous programming

SQL and NoSQL databases

Docker

Microservice architectures

Automated testing (Nunit/Moq/Cucumber)

Middleware messaging services

Continuous integration and delivery tools

Agile development

Education

Bachelor degree in Computer Science

Substantial practical experience in software delivery

Tools

Docker

Git

TeamCity

AWS

Job description

Electronic Trading – Senior Developer (.Net)

Electronic Trading – Senior Developer (.Net)Country: United Kingdom

Santander Digital Services UK has started a greenfield project to enhance its electronic trading offering with in SCIB Fixed Income. Working closely with the fixed income trading business both in London and Spain, the team will deliver on a 3-year strategy to build a cloud-based trading platform. The project is sponsored at high levels with-in the business and is a new initiative. Working in a small development team, the focus will be on delivering high quality solutions for electronic trading and pricing workflows. The aim of the project is to build an agile team that works closely with the business sponsors to ensure a high-quality platform that delivers on the needs of a global trading business.

Senior Developer (.Net)
As a Senior developer you will be responsible for the ensuring the team deliver high quality software, using industry best practices for code management, testing and CI/CD. This is an exciting opportunity to build a new greenfield solution, working as part of a small team, to help the business improve their electronic trading capabilities within the fixed income space. The platform itself is built on top of AWS and makes use of many services within the AWS ecosystem.

Job Responsibilities / Role

• Take responsibility for the software delivery by ensuring quality and scope expectations are met.

• Contribute and take ownership of the technical design and ensure all aspects of the system architecture are well documented.

• Work closely with partner technology teams and to collaborate effectively.

Candidates must have the technical skills listed below, and in addition, have worked within a front-office development team in the last 5- 10 years. History of role stability is preferred.

Technical Skills Required:

• Very deep understanding of .Net/.Net Core and Solid understanding of OO principles.

• Experience in ASP.NET Core Web API and RESTful API techniques

• Solid understanding of and experience with multi-threading and asynchronous programming.

• Familiar with SQL and NoSql databases

• Hands-on experience with containerisation solutions like Docker.

• Experience designing and building api based service oriented or microservice architectures.

• Diligent with automated testing i.e. Nunit/Moq/Cucumber etc .

• Strong experience with middleware messaging services like Rabbit MQ, TIBCO, SignalR etc.

• Solid experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery tools like Git, TeamCity etc.

• Agile development/Software life cycle

Nice to have Skills:

• Fixed Income product knowledge

• Experience configuring continuous integration and continuous delivery tools.

• An awareness of/understanding of one or more javascript single page application framework.

• Experience using AWS platform.

Qualities & Skills

• Energetic, motivated and determined

• Pragmatic and results-oriented

• Adaptable to diverse set of technical responsibilities

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

• Productive and able to manage time effectively

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

Bachelor degree in Computer Science / Information Technology or a related field, or substantial practical experience of software delivery at an advanced level

About the company

Our work touches 140 million lives every day. How? By always innovating, sharing our experiences, questioning how we do things and adapting to new challenges.As we keep reinventing ourselves for the digital age, you’ll find that with us, even your smallest action will have a massive impact. That’s the Santander Effect.