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Senior Software Engineer - Trading Systems | Rust

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Greater London

Hybrid

GBP 150,000 - 200,000

Full time

10 days ago

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Job summary

An innovative fintech start-up is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop a next-generation trading platform. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape critical financial infrastructure by combining traditional finance with blockchain innovation. You will design and optimize low-latency trading systems and collaborate with product teams to ensure seamless platform integration. Join a well-funded start-up and make a significant impact in the financial technology space while working in a hybrid environment.

Qualifications

Hands-on experience in trading system engineering.
Proven background in building trading systems for financial institutions.
Strong programming skills with modern engineering practices.

Responsibilities

Design and optimize backend trading systems.
Develop trading infrastructure and ensure seamless integration.
Deliver robust order execution and position management solutions.

Skills

trading system engineering

Rust programming

low-latency system design

algorithmic execution

problem-solving

automated testing

Senior Software Engineer - Trading Systems | Rust

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Principal Consultant at Switch Tech Talent

Role: Senior Software Engineer – Trading Systems

Location: London - hybrid (meet once a month)

Salary: £150,000 to £200,000 + Guaranteed and Performance Bonus'

An innovative fintech start-up, backed by significant private investment, is looking for an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to build its next-generation trading platform from scratch. Combining traditional finance expertise with blockchain innovation, the company offers a unique opportunity to shape critical financial infrastructure at the earliest stage.

You will need hands-on experience in trading system engineering, ideally gained within crypto/blockchain start-ups, investment banks, hedge funds, market makers, or proprietary trading firms.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and optimise low-latency, high-throughput backend trading systems.
Develop and maintain trading infrastructure such as market data feed handlers, algorithmic execution engines, backtesting frameworks, and risk management systems.
Deliver robust trading connectivity, order execution, and position management solutions.
Collaborate with financial and blockchain product teams to ensure seamless platform integration.
Proven background in building trading systems for major financial institutions or trading firms.
Hands-on development of core trading infrastructure, including market connectivity and execution frameworks.
Strong programming skills, writing clean, modular, and efficient code, and working with modern engineering practices (TDD, CI/CD, SOLID principles), ideally with Rust.
Deep knowledge of financial markets, including order routing, execution optimisation, and multi-venue trade reconciliation.
Experience with crypto markets, particularly derivatives such as perpetual swaps, futures, and other digital assets.
High-performance system design, focused on ultra-low-latency execution and high-throughput architectures.
Excellent problem-solving ability, capable of designing scalable, high-quality technical solutions.
Advocate for automated testing, with real-world experience in unit, integration, regression, and performance testing.

Offer:

Salary between £150,000–£200,000 + guaranteed and performance bonus'.
Hybrid working with access to a Central London office (1–4 days per month) - the core team are London based and are open to meeting more regularly.
High-impact role building mission-critical systems at an early-stage, well-funded start-up.

Seniority level

Seniority level
Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Employment type
Full-time

Job function

Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Software Development and Financial Services

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