Senior Software Engineer - Trading & Data AI (Hybrid)

bp; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

bp is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Trading, Shipping & Supply & Technology team in London. You will design and build backend services and cloud-native applications that support trading workflows across Risk, Pricing and Trading platforms.

The role emphasizes data and AI solutions from discovery to production, with opportunities to influence architecture, tooling and long-term strategy.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals (OOD, data structures, algorithms)
• Experience designing and developing distributed, cloud-native apps
• Experience with Java, C#, Python, Scala or Go
• Experience with cloud platforms and PaaS (GKE/OpenShift/EKS/AKS, Cloud Foundry)
• Experience with event-driven architectures (Kafka/RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ)
• Experience with PostgreSQL/MySQL
• Experience with high-throughput, low-latency streaming ingestion/processing
• Experience with reactive programming and DDD
• Strong JVM performance knowledge
• Experience with TDD/BDD, CI/CD, code reviews and automated testing
• Production systems operation/maintenance experience
• Experience mentoring engineers
• Knowledge of security, privacy, data residency/compliance

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services, platforms and RESTful APIs for trading workflows
• Build cloud-native applications with modern software engineering practices
• Write high-quality, tested code with emphasis on automated testing
• Address technical debt and performance bottlenecks
• Apply Domain-Driven Design and event-driven architectures
• Contribute to architecture decisions and long-term technology roadmap
• Create production-grade streaming solutions with low latency and high throughput
• Work on multi-agent data/AI solutions from discovery to production
• Collaborate with traders, risk teams, finance and product managers
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to engineers
• Ensure availability and resilience of production systems

Skills

Java

C#

Python

Scala

Go

GKE/OpenShift/EKS/AKS

Kafka/RabbitMQ/ActiveMQ

PostgreSQL/MySQL

Multithreading/Concurrency

Domain-Driven Design

Reactive programming

TDD/BDD/CI/CD

JVM performance

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Tools

Kubernetes (GKE/OpenShift/EKS/AKS)

Cloud Foundry

Job description

bp is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join the Trading, Shipping & Supply & Technology team in London. You will design and build backend services and cloud-native applications that support trading workflows across Risk, Pricing and Trading platforms.

The role emphasizes data and AI solutions from discovery to production, with opportunities to influence architecture, tooling and long-term strategy.