Morgan McKinley
Software Engineer
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🚀 Software Engineer | Python & SQL | Commodities Trading
Location: London - 3 days a week
Salary: up to £70k basic
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We’re looking for a Software Engineer to join a growing technology team within an established commodities trading business operating across global markets.
This is an opportunity to work in a high-ownership engineering environment where technology has a direct impact on trading, automation, and business performance.
The opportunity
You’ll work closely with Trading, Finance, and Operations teams to build pragmatic, high-value technology solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to influence engineering practices, solve complex problems, and automate processes that directly improve how the business operates.
You’ll be involved in:
- Designing, developing, and reviewing high-quality software
- Building technology solutions for trading teams
- Automating manual and operational processes
- Solving complex technical and business problems
- Improving software development and SDLC practices
- Working with stakeholders across the business to turn ideas into effective solutions
- Contributing to a high-performing engineering culture focused on ownership, delivery, and continuous improvement
What we’re looking for
You’ll have 2+ years’ commercial software development experience, with strong skills in:
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- Python and SQL
- Relational databases
- Git or similar version control systems
- Software engineering best practices
- Agile ways of working, including Scrum and/or Kanban
- Building pragmatic solutions that prioritize impact over perfection
Experience that would be advantageous:
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure
- AWS — including EC2, Lambda, Aurora, and S3
- RESTful APIs
- React or other modern UI technologies
- CI/CD and DevOps practices
- Docker/containerisation, ECS, Fargate, or Kubernetes
- Kafka/Kinesis, Flink, or other real-time data technologies
- Airflow and data engineering pipelines
- Data visualisation and dashboarding
- Datadog or similar monitoring/logging platforms
- Automated testing, TDD, BDD, and performance testing
- Low-latency trading or comparable high-performance infrastructure
The kind of person you’ll be
Technical ability is important, but so is how you work. We’re looking for someone who:
- Takes ownership and gets things done
- Is pragmatic and focuses on the highest-impact work
- Thinks logically and enjoys solving complex problems
- Learns quickly and is intellectually curious
- Works well under pressure and remains calm when priorities change
- Communicates clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Has a strong team mindset and works without ego
- Is comfortable challenging ideas and contributing their own
- Cares about quality while understanding the importance of delivery
- Is motivated by continuous personal and professional development
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What’s on offer
Alongside a competitive salary and discretionary performance bonus, the package includes:
- 39 days' holiday
- Pension contribution
- Income protection and life insurance
- Physical health allowance
- Professional coaching and personal development support
- Support for professional qualifications and certifications
- A book-a-month personal development initiative
- Team events and social activities
- A supportive, inclusive environment where ideas are encouraged and implemented
Why join?
This is a chance to join a business where engineering is not simply a support function. You’ll have genuine ownership, close exposure to the business, and the opportunity to build technology that makes a measurable difference.
If you enjoy Python, solving difficult problems, building useful technology, and working in a high-performance environment with low bureaucracy and high ownership, we’d love to hear from you.
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