Selby Jennings
Software Developer
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We are hiring a Software Developer to support a growing systematic crypto trading team based in London. The firm has an established background as a discretionary proprietary trading business and has expanded significantly into systematic trading, particularly across crypto markets, with teams across Europe, the US, and Asia.
This role will focus on providing technical coverage for the team's core trading and research systems, working closely with portfolio managers and researchers to help deploy, support, and productionize trading strategies in a live environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day engineering support for the core trading and research platform used by the systematic crypto team
- Help maintain and improve live production systems used for systematic trading
- Work closely with portfolio managers and researchers to deploy, test, and productionize trading strategies
- Support operational coverage across time zones, partnering with teams in Asia and the US
- Contribute to backend systems and infrastructure that support trading reliability, scalability, and performance
- Assist with tooling, deployment workflows, and cloud/container-based environments
- Partner with global technology colleagues to troubleshoot issues and support ongoing platform development
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Requirements
- 1-3 years of experience as a software engineer
- Strong backend or systems engineering skills
- Experience working with live production systems
- Strong programming ability in Go and/or Python
- Preference for candidates with experience in compiled languages such as Go, C, or Java
- Familiarity with technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-based infrastructure
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and system performance
- Comfortable working in a collaborative, high-ownership environment with global stakeholders
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Preferred Background
- Experience in financial services or electronic trading is helpful, but not required
- Candidates coming from investment banking technology teams may be a strong fit, particularly those with 1-2 years of experience
- Exposure to trading, market infrastructure, or research platform support is advantageous
This is an opportunity to join a systematic crypto trading team at an exciting stage of growth. The environment offers the chance to work in a collaborative, agile setting with a high degree of autonomy. The team values strong engineers who enjoy solving production problems, working across functions, and helping build systems.
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