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Senior Software Architect | C# .NET | Azure | London, Hybrid
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Senior Software Architect | C# .NET & Azure | London, Hybrid
đź“ŤLondon, Hybrid | đź’° Excellent Salary + Bonus + Comprehensive Benefits
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We're partnering with a global financial services organisation that's investing heavily in the modernisation of its technology estate. This is a rare opportunity to play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture of business-critical trading platforms while continuing to work with modern technologies and engineering teams.
You'll influence technology strategy, define architectural standards and deliver scalable, resilient solutions across front, middle and back-office systems within a highly regulated environment.
The Role
Working closely with engineering teams, product owners and senior stakeholders, you will combine hands-on engineering with technical leadership and make a lasting impact across a global technology platform.
As the Senior Software Architect, you will:
- Define and evolve the architecture for enterprise trading platforms
- Design scalable, cloud-native solutions using modern architectural patterns
- Drive the adoption of event-driven architecture, microservices and DevSecOps
- Lead the modernisation of integration frameworks and APIs
- Produce architecture documentation and technical roadmaps
- Mentor developers and champion engineering best practice
- Ensure solutions meet operational resilience, security and regulatory requirements
- Help shape the organisation's approach to AI adoption within software engineering
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Experience and Skills Required:
- A University Degree, ideally in Computer Science or a related field
- At least 10 years' experience in software engineering / infrastructure experience and at least 3 years of experience in a Senior Architecture Role
- C# /.NET development expertise within Azure cloud environments and preferably from within the financial services space i.e. capital markets, investment banking, e-trading.
- SQL Server and Software architecture and solution design
- Event-driven architectures and real-time data pipelines
- Microservices and containerised applications
- Kafka and/or IBM MQ
- API design and systems integration
- FIX Protocol with CCP or vendor connectivity
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Highly desirable experience:
- Trading platforms and low-latency systems
- Real-time market data and High-performance distributed systems
- DevSecOps and CI/CD practices and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Knowledge of Financial regulations such as MiFID II, EMIR, DORA or CFTC
This is an opportunity to join an organisation where architecture is seen as a genuine strategic capability rather than simply governance.
You'll have the autonomy to influence technology direction, work on complex distributed systems processing high volumes of real-time data, and collaborate with talented engineers solving challenging technical problems.
If you are interested in this Senior Software Architect Role, please apply directly to this advert with your updated CV.
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