Software Engineer (Market Data)

Hackajob Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Office lunches twice a week

Private medical insurance

Dental cover

25 days annual leave + bank holidays

Enhanced company pension plan

Study leave for professional quals

Salary sacrifice schemes

Death in service

Job summary

TradingHub, established in 2010, invites a Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain our market data environment and related analytics. You will join a team delivering sophisticated trade surveillance tools for world‑leading financial institutions and work on productionising complex data pipelines with pricing quants and risk strategists.

Hybrid working and comprehensive benefits are offered. The role suits someone who enjoys complex architectures, practical problem-solving, and

Qualifications

• Industry software engineering experience, preferably within financial services.
• Proficiency with C#, Python, Java or similar.
• Good knowledge of database design and data structures.
• Proficiency with SQL-related technologies.
• Knowledge of AWS such as ECS, S3, DynamoDB is desirable.
• Evidence of exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail and ability to work on multiple fast-paced projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, support and productionise data and analytics that are integral to our products.
• Enhance understanding of financial markets and how market data is used within our key products.
• Contribute to new tools development for data lineage, governance and reporting.
• Research data storage techniques and processing for large data sets.
• Utilise our in-house big data language for large-scale modelling and analysis.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to solve and understand critical production issues.

Skills

C#

Python

Java

SQL

Data structures

Analytical thinking

Tools

AWS

Job description

Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements

• Industry software engineering experience, preferably within financial services
• Proficiency with C#, Python, Java or similar
• Good knowledge of database design and data structures
• Proficiency with SQL-related technologies
• Knowledge of AWS such as ECS, S3, DynamoDB is desirable
• Evidence of exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills
• High attention to detail and the ability to work on multiple fast-paced projects simultaneously
• Proactive and curious mindset, with accountability as a core personal value

Responsibilities

• Develop, support and productionise data and analytics that are integral to our products
• Enhance your understanding of financial markets and how market data is used within our key products
• Contribute to new tools development for data lineage, governance and reporting
• Research data storage techniques and processing for large data sets
• Utilise our in-house big data language for large-scale modelling and analysis
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to solve and understand critical production issues

Technologies

• AWS
• Big Data
• C#
• Support
• Java
• Python
• SQL
• Cloud
• LESS

More

We are TradingHub, founded in 2010, and we deliver uniquely intelligent trade surveillance software to world‑leading financial institutions. Our solutions, developed by market professionals, use sophisticated modelling techniques to detect single and cross-product market manipulation. With a team of over 150 experts worldwide, we combine global reach with deep markets expertise to help our customers mitigate financial, regulatory and reputational risk. We are hiring a Software Engineer to help design, build and maintain our market data environment and associated analytics. This hands‑on role suits someone who enjoys complex architectures and practical problem‑solving, and you will work alongside Pricing Quants and Risk Strats to productionise financial markets data and drive service enhancements. We offer a competitive compensation package, hybrid working, office lunches twice a week, private medical insurance and dental cover, extended parental leave, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, an enhanced company pension plan, study leave towards professional qualifications, salary sacrifice schemes, and death in service coverage. Our culture is built on Accountability, Ambition, Partnership and Trust, and we value individuality, collaboration, growth and inclusion.

last updated 40 week of 2026