Software Engineer
Software Engineer - London 2 days a week - £650-667 per day inside IR35 - 6 months rolling
Seeking an Algorithmic/Electronic/Real Time Trading Systems Technical Lead. You will be leading a team of developers working closely with the Electronic Market Making (EMM)/Trading Business to build the next generation electronic trading system.
You will be a Technology leader, a strong people leader who can manage an incredibly talented team of expert C++ software engineers.
Passionate developer, hands on coder designing and developing the core components of the high-performance trading stack.
Operational excellence driver, ensuring platform stability to ensure maximum uptime for trading systems across markets.
Skills required
- Expertise and deep proficiency in C/C++ Programming
- Track record of significant contribution to high-performance and sophisticated Algorithmic/Electronic/Real Time Trading Systems at either Hedge Funds, Proprietary Traders, Specialist liquidity providers, or large financial institutions.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to drive technical agenda, lead a team, and influence business stakeholders.
- Minimum 5 years of experience contributing to Algorithmic/Electronic/Real Time Trading Systems.
- Deep expertise in C/C++ Programming, Systems Design, Architecture, Distributed Systems, DSA, Performance and Latency Optimisation.
- Excellent domain knowledge and experience working on Linux platforms.
- Excellent academic track record in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
- Strong expertise in C++ development, with a deep understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms
- Experience with version control systems (eg, Git), build systems, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
- Knowledge of other programming languages (eg, Python, Java) and software development tools is a plus.
- Ability to translate business needs into functional code
- Performing PR reviews on other developers' code
- Clearly able to demonstrate and report on progress in delivering code Experience:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience as a Technical Lead or similar role in software engineering
- Typical Years of Experience: > 5-10 years in Software Development & >5 years of Technical Leadership
Software Engineer - London 2 days a week - £650-667 per day inside IR35 - 6 months rolling
Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.
Reference: 2908034014
Software Engineer

Posted on Mar 5, 2025 by Damia Group LTD
Software Engineer - London 2 days a week - £650-667 per day inside IR35 - 6 months rolling
Seeking an Algorithmic/Electronic/Real Time Trading Systems Technical Lead. You will be leading a team of developers working closely with the Electronic Market Making (EMM)/Trading Business to build the next generation electronic trading system.
You will be a Technology leader, a strong people leader who can manage an incredibly talented team of expert C++ software engineers.
Passionate developer, hands on coder designing and developing the core components of the high-performance trading stack.
Operational excellence driver, ensuring platform stability to ensure maximum uptime for trading systems across markets.
Skills required
- Expertise and deep proficiency in C/C++ Programming
- Track record of significant contribution to high-performance and sophisticated Algorithmic/Electronic/Real Time Trading Systems at either Hedge Funds, Proprietary Traders, Specialist liquidity providers, or large financial institutions.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to drive technical agenda, lead a team, and influence business stakeholders.
- Minimum 5 years of experience contributing to Algorithmic/Electronic/Real Time Trading Systems.
- Deep expertise in C/C++ Programming, Systems Design, Architecture, Distributed Systems, DSA, Performance and Latency Optimisation.
- Excellent domain knowledge and experience working on Linux platforms.
- Excellent academic track record in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent
- Strong expertise in C++ development, with a deep understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms
- Experience with version control systems (eg, Git), build systems, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
- Knowledge of other programming languages (eg, Python, Java) and software development tools is a plus.
- Ability to translate business needs into functional code
- Performing PR reviews on other developers' code
- Clearly able to demonstrate and report on progress in delivering code Experience:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience as a Technical Lead or similar role in software engineering
- Typical Years of Experience: > 5-10 years in Software Development & >5 years of Technical Leadership
Software Engineer - London 2 days a week - £650-667 per day inside IR35 - 6 months rolling
Damia Group Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept our Data Protection Policy which can be found on our website.
Please note that no terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate on the grounds of a person's gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation. Every candidate will be assessed only in accordance with their merits, qualifications and ability to perform the duties of the job.
Damia Group is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy and in accordance to Conduct Regulations 2003.
Reference: 2908034014

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