Hands-on Senior C#/.NET Trading Systems Engineer

VirtueTech Recruitment Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 104,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

VirtueTech Recruitment Group in London is seeking an experienced Senior C#/.NET Software Engineer to join an established financial services organisation. The role focuses on designing, developing and enhancing high-performance trading applications and business-critical systems, with ownership of initiatives and architectural input.

The position offers up to 115K base salary plus bonus and benefits, with a hands-on emphasis and opportunities to apply AI and automation in engineering processes.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong backend development experience, including SQL, APIs and system design.
• Background in financial services, ideally trading systems or capital markets.
• Understanding of trading workflows, financial products or order management systems.
• Experience delivering complex technical projects and taking ownership of solutions.
• Strong communication skills and a proactive, hands-on approach.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance trading applications using C#/.NET.
• Build and enhance backend systems, APIs and business logic.
• Take ownership of technical projects from design through to delivery.
• Contribute to architecture, technical decisions and system improvements.
• Work closely with stakeholders and support other engineers.
• Explore opportunities to introduce AI and automation into engineering processes.

Skills

C# / .NET

SQL

APIs

System design

Trading systems

Financial services

Job description

VirtueTech Recruitment Group in London is seeking an experienced Senior C#/.NET Software Engineer to join an established financial services organisation. The role focuses on designing, developing and enhancing high-performance trading applications and business-critical systems, with ownership of initiatives and architectural input.

The position offers up to 115K base salary plus bonus and benefits, with a hands-on emphasis and opportunities to apply AI and automation in engineering processes.