Senior Software Engineer

VirtueTech Recruitment Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

VirtueTech Recruitment Group partners with a leading global energy trading business to hire a Senior Backend Developer who will build and own data platforms at the heart of a data-driven operation.

You will take ownership of features from concept to production, solving complex distributed systems and high-volume data engineering problems at scale, with a Core Tech Stack including C# / .NET, SQL Server, Kafka, Docker, and Azure services.

Qualifications

• Senior engineering with expert C# / .NET experience and data-intensive systems.
• Strong knowledge of event-driven architecture, data modelling and distributed design.
• Experience with high-volume ingestion and real-time data platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable APIs and data services for real-time market data streams.
• Optimise data layers for low-latency queries across SQL/NoSQL stores.
• Deploy, scale, and maintain containerised services in Kubernetes.
• Mentor developers and influence platform architecture.
• Implement CI/CD, observability, logging, and testing practices.

Skills

C#/.NET

Distributed systems

Event-driven architecture

Data engineering

API design

Tools

Kafka

Docker

Azure Service Bus

Grafana

Azure DevOps

SQL Server

ClickHouse

PostgreSQL

Job description

A leading global energy trading business is looking for a Senior Backend Developer to build and own data platforms at the heart of a data driven energy trading operation. You will take ownership of features from concept to production, solving complex distributed systems and high volume data engineering problems at scale.

The Core Tech Stack: C# | .NET | ASP.NET | Angular | Kafka | SQL Server | Docker | Azure Service Bus | Grafana | Azure DevOps

What You Will Do:

• Design scalable APIs and high performance data services handling real time market data streams and high volume ingestion pipelines
• Optimise data layers and query performance across relational and non relational databases including SQL Server, ClickHouse, and PostgreSQL
• Deploy, scale, and maintain distributed backend systems containerised via Docker and orchestrated within Kubernetes environments
• Mentor other developers, contribute to architectural direction, and influence the overall platform strategy
• Implement modern engineering practices including test automation, observability, logging, and CI/CD pipelines

What We Are Looking For:

• Senior Engineering Experience: Expert level C# and .NET with several years of commercial experience building data intensive systems
• System Design Expertise: Solid understanding of event driven architecture, data modelling, and distributed systems design
• Data Engineering Background: Experience with high volume ingestion, low latency streaming, or real time data platforms