Treasury Software Engineer

Luno; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 600 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in South Africa is seeking a Treasury Engineer to enhance trading operations and develop strategies. The ideal candidate has strong software engineering experience, proficiency in Python, and a grasp of treasury operations. This role offers a collaborative work environment with remote options and numerous perks including medical insurance and additional leave days.

Benefits

Remote work policy

Option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave

Excellent private medical insurance

Access to learning platforms

6 months primary caregiver leave

Paw-ternity leave

Annual Inspiration Day

Collaborative work community

0 fees with Luno Instant Buy

Qualifications

• Proven software engineer experience with strong background or interest in financial systems.
• Ability to drive technical improvements across teams.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with quants to build and productionise trading strategies.
• Develop and automate internal transfer and market‑making logic.
• Maintain and enhance existing Go-based strategies.

Skills

Software engineering

Financial systems knowledge

Python

Data structures

Algorithms

Large-scale system design

Leadership and communication

Tools

Kotlin

Swift

Angular

Go

gRPC

Job description

Role Overview

As a Treasury Engineer at Luno, you'll be at the heart of our 24 / 7 trading operation, transforming innovative strategies into robust production systems and optimising our market‑making capabilities to put our customers first.

Join us and make a tangible impact on building a new global financial system.

Mission & Responsibilities

• Strategy Development & Implementation: Collaborate with quants to prioritise, build, and productionise trading strategies and POCs.
• Market Making: Develop and automate internal transfer and market‑making logic.
• Maintenance & Optimisation: Maintain and enhance existing Go-based strategies, pricing schemes, and exchange behaviours.
• Configuration: Add and refine console parameters to optimise for volume, spread, profit, or rebalancing.
• Quality & Governance: Maintain regression tests, ensure compliance, and document strategy performance and parameterisation.
• Delivery & Alignment: Own project delivery from design to production, aligning outcomes with OKRs and Treasury objectives.
• Collaboration: Partner with Product and Engineering Managers to ensure priorities and timelines are realistic.
• Coaching: Mentor engineers on Treasury‑related systems and best practices.

About You

• Experience: Proven software engineer experience with a strong background or interest in financial systems, particularly trading and treasury operations.
• Technical Skills: Proficient in Python, with solid knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and large‑scale system design.
• Domain Knowledge: Understanding of treasury operations and trading strategy implementation.
• Change Leadership: Proven ability to drive technical and architectural improvements across teams.
• Collaboration: Strong leadership, facilitation, and communication skills, fostering teamwork, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Tech Stack & Perks

• Kotlin, Swift & Angular
• Go(lang), gRPC
• CloudFlare, CloudFront, nginx
• Remote but reachable work policy—choice of working from home or the office
• Option to buy and sell up to 5 days leave
• Excellent private medical insurance
• Access to Learnably and other learning platforms for personal and professional development
• 6 months primary caregiver leave
• Paw-ternity leave for your furry friend
• Annual Inspiration Day in addition to your annual leave (increases with length of service)
• A collaborative, friendly work community with regular social events
• 0 fees up to a certain amount with Luno from the day you start
• Offer only available on Luno Instant Buy, not Luno Exchange

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.