Senior Software Engineer - Quant Full Stack & Infrastructure (Team Lead)

Trireme; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the finance sector seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead a high-performance team. This role involves developing scalable trading platforms and collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in quantitative development and infrastructure engineering, with strong programming skills in Python, C++, and Java. Candidates will work in a tech-forward culture with opportunities for performance-based bonuses.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Performance-based bonuses

Opportunity to work on cutting-edge financial systems

Tech-forward culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Experience with trading infrastructure and latency optimization.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of trading platforms.
• Collaborate with quant researchers and traders.
• Manage a team of software engineers.

Skills

Python

C++

Java

React

Node.js

MongoDB

SQL

Git

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Engineering

Mathematics

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Prometheus

Grafana

ELK stack

Job description

• Senior Software Engineer – Quant Full Stack & I...

Senior Software Engineer – Quant Full Stack & Infrastructure (Team Lead)

Trireme

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Full Job Description

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly experiencedand versatile Senior Software Engineer with deep expertiseacross quantitative development, infrastructure engineering, andfull-stack development , to join and lead a high-performance team.The ideal candidate thrives at the intersection of finance andtechnology, has led engineering teams, and has built and maintainedrobust trading systems and developer tooling across cloud-nativearchitectures.

Location:

London |Dubai | Hybrid (Subject to Candidate)

KeyResponsibilities:

• Lead architecture, design, anddevelopment of scalable trading platforms and internal developertools.
• Collaborate with quantresearchers, traders, and infrastructure teams to deliver performantsolutions.
• Maintain and optimizetrading infrastructure (low-latency systems, data pipelines,monitoring, etc.).
• Manage a team ofsoftware engineers, mentor junior developers, and drive best practicesacross the stack.
• Ensure high codequality through code reviews, CI/CD, test automation, and Git-basedworkflows.
• Design andimplement microservices and APIs for internal tools and externalintegrations.
• Work with data at scale(market data ingestion, real-time analytics, historical storage).

Required Skills & Experience:

Core Engineering:

• 5+ years of experience insoftware development, with exposure to both backend and frontendstacks.
• Strong programming proficiencyin Python , C++ , and Java (Quant/Trading gradecodebases).
• Expertise in modern webdevelopment with React , Node.js , MongoDB , andSQL (Postgres, MySQL) .
• Strongunderstanding of Git/GitHub , CI/CD workflows, code branchingstrategies, and code ownership.
• Priorwork in a fintech, hedge fund, or proprietary trading firmenvironment. Crypto-native a plus

Infrastructure & DevOps:

• Productionexperience with Kubernetes and cloud-native deploymentstrategies.
• Hands-on with AWS ,GCP , and Azure for compute, networking, and storageconfigurations.
• Familiarity withmonitoring/logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).

Trading Systems & Finance:

• Solid understanding of trading infrastructure ,latency optimization , execution systems , and marketdata feeds .
• Experience working inor with quantitative research, HFT, or hedge fund teams ishighly desirable.

Leadership:

• Proven experience managing and mentoring a team of 3–10engineers.
• Ability to translatebusiness and research needs into engineering roadmaps.
• Collaborative mindset, capable of interfacingwith multi-disciplinary teams.

Nice toHave:

• Experience with Redis, Kafka, or similarreal-time streaming/data platforms.
• Familiarity with financial APIs, FIX protocol, or tradingexchange integrations.

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science,Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation +performance-based bonuses.
• Opportunityto work on cutting-edge financial systems with high-impact teams.
• Tech-forward culture with strongengineering autonomy.