Real-Time Trading Platform Engineer

Barlowe LLP; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Monthly company events

Job summary

Barlowe LLP, based in Greater London, is seeking skilled software engineers to design and optimize production-grade trading platforms. Candidates should have a strong background in software engineering, familiarity with typed languages such as Java, and knowledge of Kubernetes.

The role offers competitive compensation, annual leave, and various benefits including healthcare and a cycle-to-work scheme, all within a supportive work environment that values work/life balance.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering, ideally in distributed, real-time systems.
• Experience in at least one typed language, such as Java, Kotlin, C#, C++ or Rust.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies, such as Kubernetes, in production environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve production-grade trading platforms and services end-to-end.
• Optimise software performance, throughput and efficiency at scale.
• Apply strong software engineering practices across testing, code quality, automation and observability.

Skills

Strong background in software engineering

Experience with typed languages (Java, Kotlin, C#, C++, Rust)

Familiarity with containerisation and orchestration technologies (Kubernetes)

Passion for developing maintainable software

Focus on clean, maintainable code

Job description

Barlowe LLP, based in Greater London, is seeking skilled software engineers to design and optimize production-grade trading platforms. Candidates should have a strong background in software engineering, familiarity with typed languages such as Java, and knowledge of Kubernetes.

The role offers competitive compensation, annual leave, and various benefits including healthcare and a cycle-to-work scheme, all within a supportive work environment that values work/life balance.