Selby Jennings
Software Engineer - Distributed Systems
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Our client, one of the world's leading hedge funds, is seeking an experienced Software Engineer with strong Java backend development expertise to join their London-based team.
This is an opportunity to work on mission-critical technology spanning pre-trade research platforms, trading systems, and large-scale financial infrastructure. You'll be building highly available, low-latency systems capable of processing millions of transactions per second while helping to drive automation and operational efficiency across the business.
As a member of this team, you will design, develop, and deploy innovative solutions that solve complex financial data challenges within a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment that directly supports the firm's global trading operations.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and deploy software solutions that drive automation across multiple business functions.
- Partner closely with end users and stakeholders to identify workflow inefficiencies and deliver scalable solutions that remove manual processes and reduce operational risk.
- Build and maintain high-performance, distributed systems handling large volumes of financial data.
- Contribute throughout the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation through to deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimisation.
- Collaborate with engineers, traders, researchers, and operations teams to deliver impactful technology solutions.
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Requirements
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong proficiency in Java and object-oriented programming principles.
- Proven experience owning production services from design and implementation through deployment, monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement.
- Strong understanding of distributed and event-driven architectures, including scalability, resilience, correctness, and production debugging.
- Experience working with high-throughput, low-latency systems in demanding production environments.
- Exposure to financial platforms such as Clearing, Settlement, Reconciliation, Payments, Transaction Processing, Position Management, or related domains is highly desirable.
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What's on Offer
- The opportunity to work at one of the most sophisticated technology-driven hedge funds globally.
- Exposure to large-scale distributed systems and complex financial data challenges.
- A collaborative, engineering-focused culture with direct business impact.
- Competitive compensation and long-term career growth opportunities.
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