Senior Software Engineer

Senior Software Engineer

Department: Engineering

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: London, UK

Description We currently have an opportunity for an experienced Developer to join this fast developing area of our business. This role will be joining a small, dynamic team developing a cutting-edge in-play football modelling and trading platform.

We are building systems that process real-time match and market data to execute automated trading strategies with millisecond latency - think high-frequency financial trading meets sports analytics. This is an opportunity to work on challenging technical problems in a collaborative environment where your contributions directly impact our platform's success.
Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize BigQuery-based solutions for real-time, low-latency data processing
• Implement and maintain API integrations with multiple trading platforms
• Enhance and refactor existing model and trading strategy implementations for improved performance
• Design and implement BigQuery schemas for both real-time data processing pipelines and analytical reporting
• Monitor and optimize system performance to maintain millisecond-level latency targets
• Collaborate closely with quantitative analysts to translate trading strategies into production code
• Maintain and improve our GCP-based infrastructure and deployment pipelines

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• BigQuery Expertise: Solid understanding of BigQuery architecture and optimization techniques.
• Postgres: Familiarity with Postgres and/or other traditional RDBMS.
• Programming Proficiency: Strong skills in Python and Java, with working knowledge of R
• Cloud & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Docker containerization
• API Development: Experience building and integrating with RESTful APIs, particularly for real-time applications
• Low-Latency Systems: Understanding of performance optimization techniques and experience building resilient systems with strict latency requirements, streaming data architectures and event-driven systems
• Data Engineering: Solid grasp of data pipeline design, ETL processes, and schema design for both transactional and analytical workloads
• Version Control & CI/CD: Proficiency with Git and modern deployment practices

Benefits

• Salary depending on experience.
• Annual discretionary performance bonus.
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus UK bank holidays.
• Private health & dental insurance.
• Optical cover through Aviva.
• Pension plan.
• Gympass membership to over 1900 gyms and wellness businesses.
• Breakfast bought in everyday and lunch bought in twice a week
• Free coffee & snacks at the office.
• Regular team events & socials.