Senior Software Engineer (Python), Institutional

Blockchain.com; Camden Town; Hybrid; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm in Camden Town is seeking a Software Engineer to build low latency trading services and enhance OMS functionality. The ideal candidate has strong experience with Python and SQL, and a commitment to delivering high-quality software. Join a collaborative team committed to innovative financial solutions. This role offers a flexible work culture and numerous benefits including professional development budgets.

Benefits

ClassPass

Budgets for learning & professional development

Unlimited vacation policy

Apple equipment

Flexible work culture

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience in trading systems architecture and familiarity with OMS and exchange gateway.
• Commitment to high-quality software development with integrated testing.

Responsibilities

• Build low latency, scalable trading services in Rust.
• Enhance OMS functionality for efficient order execution.
• Collaborate with engineering team on cutting-edge systems.

Skills

Python

SQL

Multithreading

Network programming

Performance benchmarking

Job description

Overview

We are hiring a Software Engineer to join our Institutional team in our London office. Blockchain.com is a high-performance culture marked by fearlessness and hyper productivity. You are a hardworking team player with a desire to learn and grow with us, someone who can work harder, faster, and smarter to deliver tangible results and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Build low latency, scalable and highly performant trading services in Rust, including Order Management System (OMS), exchange gateways, and risk management systems.
• Enhance and maintain OMS functionality, ensuring efficient order execution, routing, and management in a high-frequency trading environment.
• Collaborate with a fast-paced, dedicated engineering team committed to iterating on cutting-edge systems.
• Contribute to building new financial services, systems, and architecture for the cryptocurrency exchange ecosystem.
• Gain exposure to low-latency, high-throughput techniques and algorithms.
• Prioritize security, employing advanced encryption and secure data handling practices.
• Work with other tech teams to deliver high-quality products and improve performance across the board. Remote work policy: work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days per year.

Qualifications

• You possess an innate curiosity and thrive on learning new technologies.
• Strong experience with Python and SQL.
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: multithreading; network programming (including multicast); performance benchmarking and tuning.
• Extreme commitment to delivering high-quality software with integrated testing from unit tests through integration, performance, and failure recovery testing.
• Experience in trading systems architecture: familiarity with OMS, exchange gateway connectivity, market data ingestion/processing, and high-throughput, low-latency systems.
• A pragmatic approach to developing clean solutions to complex problems.
• Basic understanding of algorithms, data structures, databases, and distributed systems.

Benefits

• ClassPass
• Budgets for learning & professional development
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
• Apple equipment
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field
• Flexible work culture
• We support a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Legal and Equal Opportunity

Blockchain is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruitment, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, and apprenticeship. Blockchain makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time. You may contact our Data Protection Officer by email at [e-mail]. Your personal data will be processed for recruitment purposes, including interviews and assessments, in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations. We may share data with service providers (e.g., cloud or recruitment platforms) and transfer data as required by our recruitment processes. For EU data subjects, GDPR rights and safeguards apply. See our formal privacy notices for full details.