Cubestech Ltd
Senior Software Engineer – Electronic Trading
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Role: Senior Lead Software Engineer – DevOps / Integration Specialist (Electronic Trading)
Location: London, UK (Onsite)
Type: Contract – Inside IR35
Domain: Electronic Trading*/ Investment Banking
Job Description
As a Senior Lead Software Engineer within the Commercial & Investment Banking – Equities Electronic Trading team, you will be responsible for enhancing, building, and delivering secure, scalable, and market-leading technology solutions. The role focuses on Continuous Integration, automation, testing, and integration of electronic trading platforms.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and implement Continuous Integration (CI) frameworks.
- Automate testing processes and manual workflows.
- Integrate Front Office, Middle Office, and Back Office trading systems.
- Manage release processes and provide environment and production support.
- Perform client, venue certification, and connectivity for exchanges, markets, and dark pools.
- Test and validate individual applications and end-to-end integrations.
- Configure and maintain trading applications and downstream systems.
- Collaborate with Application Development, Business Analysts, Operations, stakeholders, and clients.
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Required Skills
- 5+ years of Software Engineering experience.
- Strong programming skills in: Java, Python, Unix/Shell Scripting
- Experience with Automation, Monitoring, and Surveillance.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD and automation.
- Experience creating and automating Test Strategies and Test Plans.
- Strong system design, application development, testing, and operational stability experience.
- Practical Cloud Native experience.
- Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field.
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Preferred Skills
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Electronic Trading or Capital Markets experience.
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FIX Protocol knowledge.
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Knowledge of:
- Order Management Systems (OMS)
- Algorithmic Trading
- Smart Order Router (SOR)
- DMA / Sponsored DMA
- Dark Pools
- Equities Exchange Protocols
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Knowledge of kdb/q is an added advantage.
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