VirtueTech Recruitment Group
Senior Engineer – Data Platform Team | C#/.NET, Kafka, Event-Driven / Streaming | Up to £130,000 + Bonus + Benefits | Hybrid | FX Trading Firm | London
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Senior Engineer – Data Platform Team
Overview
I'm currently working with a leading London-based FX trading technology team that is looking to hire a Senior Engineer to join its Data Platform team and help scale a mission-critical, real-time platform powering high-volume electronic trading systems.
This isn't a typical backend development role. It sits at the intersection of high-performance engineering and modern data platform architecture, focused on designing and building distributed systems capable of processing and streaming vast volumes of trading data in real time.
⚡ When market volatility increases, trade and order volumes can surge dramatically within seconds. The platform must remain exceptionally fast, resilient, and fault-tolerant under extreme load. The team is looking for engineers who enjoy solving complex engineering challenges where scalability, concurrency, low latency, and performance are fundamental.
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This is an opportunity to work on genuinely large-scale distributed systems where you'll tackle difficult technical problems, influence platform architecture, and build technology that sits at the heart of a front-office trading environment.
Tech Stack
Key technologies include:
- C# / .NET (currently.NET 8 with ongoing investment in the latest.NET versions)
- Kafka or similar event-streaming technologies (RabbitMQ, Kinesis, Azure Service Bus, etc.)
- PostgreSQL and large-scale relational databases
- Real-time data pipelines and distributed systems
- Event-driven microservices architecture
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What You'll Be Doing
- Designing and scaling high-throughput real-time data ingestion pipelines
- Building and enhancing event-driven platform services
- Processing and distributing large volumes of live market and trading data
- Designing resilient, scalable, low-latency backend services
- Collaborating with product owners and engineering teams to deliver production-ready solutions
- Contributing to the technical direction of a highly scalable data platform
Package
- Base Salary: Up to £130,000 + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits
- Location: London (Hybrid – 3 days per week)
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