Technology Roles Expressions of Interest

Life Trading Pty Ltd is a growing proprietary trading company with offices in Australia and the UK. We are driven by a mission to achieve success in trading by combining disciplined execution with innovative technology and strong operational foundations.

Our culture is relaxed and high-performing built on trust accountability and respect. We believe in doing great work while maintaining balance outside of it.

Technology is core to everything we do from the systems we trade on to the infrastructure that keeps us running. Were always interested in meeting talented engineers who want to build things that matter.

This is an Expression of Interest. By registering youre putting yourself forward for current and upcoming Technology opportunities across software engineering infrastructure and data. We review every submission and reach out when theres a fit whether thats now or as the business grows.

Youll work on systems where performance reliability and correctness genuinely count. We hire across a range of areas and levels software engineers low-latency specialists infrastructure and reliability engineers and data engineers and we care about how you think as much as the languages on your CV.

Build & Engineer:

• Design build and maintain the systems that power our trading and research
• Write clean well-tested and maintainable code
• Solve performance latency and reliability challenges in a demanding environment
• Contribute to architecture and technical decisions as the platform grows

Infrastructure & Reliability:

• Build and operate robust infrastructure deployment and monitoring
• Help keep critical systems fast stable and observable
• Identify and remove bottlenecks across the stack

Data & Tooling:

• Build data pipelines and tooling that support trading and research teams
• Improve developer experience and internal tooling across the business

Collaboration:

• Work closely with traders and quants to understand needs and ship solutions
• Share knowledge openly and contribute to a strong engineering culture

• Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures algorithms systems)
• Proficiency in one or more of C Python Rust Go or similar
• A pragmatic problem-solving mindset and high standards for quality
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with real ownership
• Clear communication and a collaborative approach
• Curiosity about how systems work end to end

• Experience with low-latency high-performance or real-time systems
• Strong Linux networking or systems-level knowledge
• Experience with infrastructure containers cloud or observability tooling
• Background in trading fintech or other performance-critical domains
• Contributions to open source or personal projects youre proud of

Youll be joining a capable collaborative technology team that works closely across the entire business. The environment is fast-paced but low-ego with a strong focus on teamwork ownership and building things well.

At Life Trading we recognise that our people are our most valuable asset. We offer:

• Competitive Package: Reflecting your experience and contribution
• Flat Structure: Open communication and real ownership from day one
• Work-Life Balance: Supportive and collaborative team environment
• Health & Wellbeing: Access to wellbeing initiatives and support programmes
• Anniversary Leave: Additional leave to celebrate milestones
• Social Events: Team lunches socials and company events
• Paid Parental Leave: Support for growing families
• Professional Development: Opportunities to learn and grow with the business
• Employee Recognition: Celebrating individual and team contributions

Not seeing a specific technology role advertised Register your interest here and well be in touch when an opportunity that suits you comes up.