Trade Tech Software Engineer — Real-Time Distributed Systems

G-Research; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Annual discretionary bonus

Lunch provided via Just Eat for Business

Dedicated barista bar

30 days’ annual leave

9% company pension contributions

Informal dress code

Comprehensive healthcare and life assurance

Cycle-to-work scheme

Monthly company events

Job summary

G-Research in Greater London is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Trade Technology team. You will design and develop robust trading platforms, ensuring they are efficient and reliable. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in software engineering, proficiency in languages like Java or C++, and experience with Kubernetes. The role offers attractive benefits such as a competitive salary, 30 days of annual leave, and a focus on work/life balance.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering, ideally in distributed, real-time systems.
• Experience in at least one typed language such as Java, Kotlin, C#, C++, or Rust.
• Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies in production environments.
• A passion for developing robust, maintainable software that is well monitored in production.

Responsibilities

• Designing, building and evolving production-grade trading platforms and services end-to-end.
• Optimising software performance, throughput and efficiency at scale.
• Contributing to the reliability and operational excellence of critical systems.
• Applying strong software engineering practices across testing, code quality, automation and observability.
• Participating in production support rotations and troubleshooting runtime issues.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Java

Kotlin

C#

C++

Rust

Containerisation

Kubernetes

Clean code

Job description

G-Research in Greater London is seeking a Software Engineer to join their Trade Technology team. You will design and develop robust trading platforms, ensuring they are efficient and reliable. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in software engineering, proficiency in languages like Java or C++, and experience with Kubernetes. The role offers attractive benefits such as a competitive salary, 30 days of annual leave, and a focus on work/life balance.