Senior Backend Engineer – Trading Systems & Cloud

TP ICAP Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

TP ICAP Group is looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer in Greater London. In this role, you will design and maintain high-performance, data-intensive applications and APIs, ensuring system reliability while collaborating with architects and stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in trading systems, knowledge of cloud-native architectures, and strong skills in .NET technologies. TP ICAP offers opportunities for innovation within a diverse and inclusive environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with front-office trading systems such as OMS and Execution.
• Deep understanding of concurrency and performance optimisation.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and containerisation.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain robust server-side applications and APIs.
• Lead engineering deliverables through the entire lifecycle.
• Mentor engineers and elevate code quality standards.

Skills

Latency-sensitive trading systems experience

Cloud-native application expertise

Low-latency engineering knowledge

Relational database optimization (MSSQL, MySQL)

Automated testing frameworks

Problem-solving capabilities

API design (REST, GraphQL)

Education

Significant years of hands-on experience

Tools

.NET technologies

Docker

Kubernetes/EKS

AWS

Job description

TP ICAP Group is looking for a Senior Back-End Engineer in Greater London. In this role, you will design and maintain high-performance, data-intensive applications and APIs, ensuring system reliability while collaborating with architects and stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in trading systems, knowledge of cloud-native architectures, and strong skills in .NET technologies. TP ICAP offers opportunities for innovation within a diverse and inclusive environment.