Low-Latency Platform Engineer for Electronic Trading (Private Cloud)

Bourne Search Ltd; England; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment firm seeks a Platform Engineer to develop a new electronic trading platform in London. This hybrid role (3 days in-office) focuses on high performance, reliability, and scalability in a fast-paced front-office environment. Ideal candidates have experience with electronic trading systems, performance optimization, and Terraform. This full-time position requires immediate eligibility to work in the UK and offers an engaging opportunity in the capital markets and IT services sectors.

Qualifications

• Experience in electronic trading systems such as eFX, Equities, or Fixed Income.
• Prior work with front-office platforms and close collaboration with traders.
• Ability to operate in high-performance and uptime-demanding environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate a private-cloud platform for electronic trading.
• Support low-latency on-premises environments for performance-critical workloads.
• Collaborate with developers and the trading desk to ensure system reliability.

Skills

Performance optimisation in production environments

Terraform for infrastructure as code

HashiCorp Vault or similar secrets management

Private cloud infrastructure

Job description

A recruitment firm seeks a Platform Engineer to develop a new electronic trading platform in London. This hybrid role (3 days in-office) focuses on high performance, reliability, and scalability in a fast-paced front-office environment. Ideal candidates have experience with electronic trading systems, performance optimization, and Terraform. This full-time position requires immediate eligibility to work in the UK and offers an engaging opportunity in the capital markets and IT services sectors.