Software Engineer - £120,000 + Comps - London

Hunter Bond; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Fintech company in London seeks a Software Engineer to join their technology team. This role involves designing scalable Python-based tools and enhancing internal platforms that support high availability and reliability. Required skills include expertise in Python, Linux systems, and observability tools like ELK Stack and Grafana. A Computer Science degree is also essential. This is a mid-senior level full-time position.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Python with a strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals.
• Solid experience working on internal platforms or developer tools.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with modern observability and logging tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable Python-based tools and automation systems.
• Build platforms for monitoring, alerting, logging, and diagnostics.
• Solve complex distributed systems challenges.
• Collaborate to ensure high availability and resilience of services.

Skills

Python

Linux systems

SQL

ELK Stack

Grafana

Prometheus

Apache Spark

Education

Computer Science degree from a top-tier university

Job description

Overview

Software Engineer – London. Our client, a globally recognised Fintech leader known for its innovation and engineering excellence, is seeking a Software Engineer to join their London-based technology team.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of a critical engineering group – building tools and systems that empower teams responsible for keeping production environments fast, reliable, and observable at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust, scalable Python-based tools and automation systems used across the firm’s infrastructure.
• Build and enhance platforms that streamline monitoring, alerting, logging, and system diagnostics.
• Solve complex distributed systems challenges and improve platform performance and observability.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to provide internal tooling that ensures high availability and resilience of services.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Python, with a strong grasp of software engineering fundamentals.
• Solid experience working on internal platforms or developer tools, ideally those supporting infrastructure or operations teams.
• Strong knowledge of Linux systems and SQL.
• Hands-on experience with modern observability and logging tools such as ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Grafana, Prometheus, and ideally Apache Spark.
• A Computer Science degree from a top-tier university (or equivalent academic background).

Details

• Senior level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Finance, Information Technology, and Manufacturing
• Industries: Software Development, Financial Services, and Data Infrastructure and Analytics