Software Engineer (Back End)

768 TP ICAP Management Services Ltd (Philippines Branch); Taguig; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

TP ICAP Group is hiring a Back-End Engineer to design, develop, and maintain robust server-side applications and APIs for high-volume, data-intensive environments. You will shape technical architecture, drive reliability, and promote best practices across cross-functional teams.

The role requires hands-on experience with latency-sensitive trading systems, distributed architectures, and modern .NET technologies.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and supporting latency-sensitive front-office trading systems (OMS, Matching, Execution).
• Strong background in designing and maintaining distributed, event-driven, cloud-native applications.
• Understanding of low-latency engineering, concurrency, multithreading, and performance optimisation.
• SDLC experience across design, development, QA, deployment, and production support.
• Balance rapid delivery with architectural rigour and long-term maintainability.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and orchestration.
• Familiarity with FIX protocol and FIX message handling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain robust server-side applications and APIs for high-volume environments.
• Collaborate with Architects and Trading SMEs to deliver mission-critical systems end-to-end.
• Drive performance, scalability, resilience, and adherence to engineering best practices.

Skills

Latency-sensitive systems

Distributed architecture

.NET/C#

Cloud-native applications

CI/CD

Observability

Stakeholder collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Redis

Solace

MS SQL/MySQL

Job description

About TP ICAP Group

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure. Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions. Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions. The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform. Founded in London in 1866, the Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,200 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

Role Overview

As a Back-End Engineer, you will design, develop, and maintain robust server-side applications and APIs that support high-volume, data-intensive environments. You will play a key role in shaping technical architecture, ensuring system reliability, and driving best practices in software engineering. This position requires strong problem‑solving skills, deep technical expertise, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

Working as a hands‑on engineer, working closely with Architects, Principal Engineers, and Trading SMEs to design, build, review, test, and deliver mission‑critical, high‑performance systems end‑to‑end. Contribute to engineering deliverables throughout the full lifecycle, ensuring performance, scalability, resilience, and alignment with engineering best practices. Drive innovation through POCs, technical evaluations, and continuous improvement initiatives. Communicate progress proactively, highlighting risks and removing delivery impediments.

Experience & Competences

• Hands‑on experience building and supporting latency‑sensitive front‑office trading systems (OMS, Matching, Execution).
• Strong background in designing and maintaining distributed, event‑driven, cloud‑native applications.
• Strong understanding of low‑latency engineering, concurrency, multithreading, and performance optimisation.
• Comprehensive SDLC experience across design, development, QA, deployment, and production support.
• Ability to balance rapid delivery with architectural rigour and long‑term maintainability.
• Strong relational database design and optimisation skills (MSSQL, MySQL).
• Proven problem‑solving capabilities and ability to validate ideas through POCs.
• Experience building automated testing frameworks for complex distributed systems.
• Ability to engage effectively with traders, quants, and other business stakeholders.
• Desired Domain experience in Credit or Fixed Income.
• Expertise in modern .NET technologies and C# (Java or similar OO languages considered).
• Experience implementing observability (metrics, tracing, logging) for distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerisation (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS).
• Knowledge of distributed messaging and caching technologies (e.g., Solace, Redis, or similar).
• Understanding of FIX protocol and FIX message handling.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS, microservices, and serverless patterns.
• Familiarity with React and DAPR (nice to have).
• Understanding of TDD, BDD, or similar testing methodologies.

Role Band & Level: Professional, 5 #LI-Hybrid #LI-ASO

Location

Philippines – Ecoprime Building – Taguig City

Company Statement

We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.

About us

TP ICAP Group is a collection of premium brands each with a distinct, client‑focused offering. Underpinning and connecting these client‑facing brands is the financial security, operational strength and know-how we have as a Group. Connections are at the heart of what we do. We combine our people’s know-how with the latest technology to improve price discovery, trade execution and liquidity flow. Connections create strength. Through them, we help our clients to manage risk, realise investment strategies and expand the scope for growth. And connections act as a catalyst. Sparking richer solutions for our clients to break new ground, modernising markets for future performance, and creating dynamic careers for our people. Our capacity to connect builds trust, supports communities and gives us the power to anticipate and respond to change, whatever direction the world takes. It’s what makes TP ICAP a mainstay in the global markets, now and in the future. TP ICAP. We connect.