Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Software Engineer in Platform Engineering. This role focuses on defining the architecture for trading and technology platforms, enhancing scalability and integrity across software and cloud infrastructures. You will design and maintain robust software solutions while collaborating with DevOps and Engineering teams to implement best practices. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in software architecture, strong skills in Python and other programming languages, and a passion for driving innovation in technology. If you’re ready to make an impact in a dynamic environment, we invite you to apply!

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software architecture and implementation.
• Strong expertise in Python and another object-oriented language.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain software and platform solutions.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud teams for best practices.

Skills

Software Architecture

Python

C#

Java

C++

GoLang

Kubernetes

RESTful APIs

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems

Tools

Terraform

gRPC

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Platform Engineering

London

Posted 6 Days Ago

BAM is looking for an experienced technologist to help define the architecture for our trading and technology platforms and enhance the scalability and integrity of our software and cloud infrastructure as a member of our Platform Engineering team.

The primary focus is to design, build and maintain common software and platform solutions that are leveraged across the business. Evangelizing architecture standards, and applying cloud best practices. You’ll be responsible for driving the evolution of our systems and overseeing the delivery and software and infrastructure enhancements. You will work closely with our DevOps, Cloud and Engineering teams to ensure we are utilizing best in breed technologies across the stack.

To be considered a good fit, you must have:

• 10+ years, hands-on experience architecting and implementing testable software
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, or equivalent experience
• Software engineering experience with Python and one other object-oriented programming language (e.g. C#, Java, C++, GoLang)
• Experience working with containers and Kubernetes
• Experience building RESTful APIs
• Experience working with distributed high throughput systems
• Experience working with configuration/infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform)
• Detailed communication and documentation skills – ability to represent ideas, requirements, reference architecture and problems in clear, concise, and business-friendly documents
• Experience working with event-driven systems and gRPC
• Experience with security patterns and distributed authentication
• Experience with CI/CD platforms and automation of SDLC processes
• Contributions to open-source libraries, projects, or communities
• Any Kubernetes resource specializations or certifications

Don’t have all the skills listed above? Have extra skills you think are important that we haven’t thought of? Please, let us know by applying and telling us a bit more about yourself and why you think you’re qualified!