Junior Software Engineer — Trading Platform & Observability

Paragon Alpha - Hedge Fund Talent Business; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hedge fund recruitment firm in Greater London is seeking a junior Software Engineer to help scale their high-performance trading platform. You will focus on building tools and automation for performance monitoring while evolving the observability stack. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of systems design and reliability principles, and will collaborate closely with traders and researchers to improve critical systems. This role offers an exciting opportunity for growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of systems design and reliability principles.
• Experience in building tools for automation and monitoring.
• Ability to evolve observability stack.

Responsibilities

• Build tools and automation for performance and monitoring.
• Evolve the observability stack.
• Work closely with researchers and traders.

Skills

Systems design

Reliability principles

Automation

Performance analysis

Collaboration with internal teams

Tools

Python

Linux

Terraform

Observability tools

Job description

A leading hedge fund recruitment firm in Greater London is seeking a junior Software Engineer to help scale their high-performance trading platform. You will focus on building tools and automation for performance monitoring while evolving the observability stack. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of systems design and reliability principles, and will collaborate closely with traders and researchers to improve critical systems. This role offers an exciting opportunity for growth in a dynamic environment.