Energy Trading - Principal Software Engineer

Indicium AI; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary with bonus

Personal learning budget

Gear provided: Macbooks, PCs & periph.

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative culture

Job summary

Indicium AI is seeking an exceptional Principal Software Engineer to lead delivery in the Energy & Commodities Trading sector. This hands-on role combines engineering excellence with strategic leadership, mentoring teams and shaping client relationships at the highest level.

You will architect high-performance, low-latency systems, integrate market data feeds, and design scalable AI/data solutions for leading trading organisations. This is a senior, high-impact opportunity.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Python, JavaScript, SQL, and another modern language are required.
• Experience with streaming platforms, real-time processing, and modern data stack tools.
• Deep understanding of low-latency, high-throughput data systems and microsecond-level performance.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy distributed systems with real-time data pipelines for trading environments.
• Lead multi-asset-class trading operations support across Front/MBack/Middle Office.
• Mentor delivery teams and align technical delivery with client objectives.

Skills

Python

JavaScript

SQL

Other programming language

Tools

Kafka

AWS

Azure

PostgreSQL

SQL Server

ClickHouse

MongoDB

Job description

About Indicium AI

Indicium AI is trusted by the world's leading enterprises to deliver AI into production at scale. We are a global AI-native consultancy with proven experience across Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & CPG, and Manufacturing. From strategy, to build, to business outcomes, we unlock value from AI with unmatched clarity, speed, and capability.

About Indicium AI

Indicium AI is trusted by the world's leading enterprises to deliver AI into production at scale. We are a global AI-native consultancy with proven experience across Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Retail & CPG, and Manufacturing. From strategy, to build, to business outcomes, we unlock value from AI with unmatched clarity, speed, and capability.

Powered by 600+ AI experts serving 50+ enterprise clients from 5 global locations, we work side-by-side with top partners - including Anthropic, Databricks, AWS, OpenAI, and Microsoft - to deliver modern AI with speed and measurable impact.

Overview

Indicium AI are seeking an exceptional Principal Software Engineer to lead delivery of exciting engagements within our Energy & Commodities Trading sector. This role demands a unique combination of hands‑on technical excellence and deep domain expertise in trading environments. You will architect and implement critical solutions that power real‑time trading decisions, while mentoring teams and driving client relationships at the highest level. You will go toe‑to‑toe with senior engineering stakeholders in fast‑paced trading environments, influencing architecture, operating models, and data strategy.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

• Architect and deploy complex, distributed systems, with high performance data architectures, real time streaming, APIs, etc and drive technical decision-making across complex, multi-system trading environments
• Lead the development of near‑real time and intraday solutions pipelines supporting trading operations across multiple asset classes
• Architect solutions which are able to integrate market data feeds, position management systems, market fundamentals, P&L Risk and Back Office solutions.
• Establish software engineering best practices and coding standards for trading applications, upskilling more junior members of our delivery teams
• Partner with client CTOs, Heads of Data, and Engineering Leads to align technical delivery with trading objectives and roadmaps and design and implement scalable AI and data solutions for leading trading organisations.

Domain Expertise & Client Delivery

• Lead Front, Middle or Back Office transformation projects through to production delivery
• Act as the point of contact for all technical matters related to our engagements, owning the relationship with our client stakeholders alongside our Client Director
• Support industry thought leadership and Indicium AI’s GTM proposition based on your experience of the sector and our work to date
• Navigate the nuances of physical and financial trading flows, data latency constraints, reliability and regulatory obligations

Technical Expertise

Role

This is a hands‑on role requiring deep technical execution alongside strategic leadership. The ideal candidate brings proven expertise across the following areas:

• Programming: Expert-level proficiency in Python, Javascript, SQL and another modern programming language
• Data Engineering: Proven experience with streaming platforms (e.g. Kafka), real‑time processing frameworks and modern data stack tools
• Architecture: Demonstrated ability to design low‑latency, high‑throughput data systems with microsecond‑level performance requirements
• Cloud Platforms: Hands‑on experience with AWS and or Azure, including managed services for data processing and storage
• Databases: Deep knowledge of both transactional (PostgreSQL, SQL Server) and analytical databases (ClickHouse, MongoDB, etc.), with particular emphasis on time‑series data.
• Additional experience that would be useful but not required includes Kubernetes, pricing & risk engines, working with quants, emerging technologies like AI in trading, AI engineering

Why Indicium AI

• Fast-growing start-up organisation with huge opportunity for career growth
• Highly competitive salary package along with company bonus
• A hugely collaborative working environment where every person’s viewpoint is considered - a chance to make your mark on the business from day one!
• Financially backed business meaning security and support for new initiatives and global market expansion
• Pick your own Gear! Macbooks, PCs, Accessories!
• Drive your development with a personal learning budget