Software Engineer

Stott and May

United Kingdom

Remote

GBP 90,000 - 110,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Wellness budget

Electric vehicle scheme

30 days' holiday with tenure

Low-ego engineering culture

Job summary

A leading tech recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join a collaborative remote team focused on building and maintaining trading systems. This role involves developing microservices, working with communication patterns, and applying strong engineering practices. Offering a salary of up to £100,000 and various benefits including a wellness budget and support for an electric vehicle scheme.

Qualifications

Deep understanding of concurrency, threading, and async design.
Expertise in C#.NET and .NET Core.
Experience with critical systems; finance experience beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain trading applications built on microservices.
Contribute to system architecture and design.
Collaborate closely within a small team focused on reliability.

Skills

Microservice architecture

C#.NET

RESTful APIs

Async design

SQL Server

RabbitMQ

Azure Service Bus

Unit testing

Integration testing

Job description

Base pay range

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London Delivery Team Lead @ Stott and May

Senior Software Developer – Trading Systems (Fully Remote, UK)

Location: London (Fully Remote with Optional Hot Desking)

Salary: Up to £100,000 + Benefits

The Role

We’re seeking a Senior Software Developer to join a small, collaborative team building and maintaining mission-critical trading systems within a modern microservice architecture. You’ll replace a long-standing contractor and work alongside two other developers, a hands‑on manager, and dedicated QA support.

This is a highly impactful role offering full autonomy, complex technical challenges, and the ability to work fully remotely.

What You’ll Do

Develop and maintain trading applications built on microservices.
Work extensively with queuing, including synchronous and asynchronous communication patterns.
Contribute to system architecture, threading, and advanced async design.
Build across C#.NET, .NET Core, REST APIs, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, SQL Server, WPF, and some React.
Apply strong engineering practices: unit/integration testing, DDD, TDD.
Collaborate closely within a small team focused on reliability and performance.

What You’ll Bring

Strong background in microservice architecture and messaging/queuing systems.
Deep understanding of concurrency, threading, and async design.
Expertise in C#.NET, .NET Core, and legacy .NET frameworks.
Experience with RESTful APIs, SQL Server, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, and UI technologies.
Exposure to Azure or cloud platforms is a plus.
Experience in critical systems; finance experience beneficial but not essential.
Collaborative, open‑minded, and a good fit for a relaxed, small‑team culture.