Software Developer (Python)

London - UK

Yearly Salary: GBP 50000 - 75000

Posted on: 2 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Were working with a software company based in Hammersmith thats looking to add a Software Developer to their engineering team. This is a role for someone who enjoys solving real-world problems in a fast-moving environment.

The team operates with a high degree of autonomy and ownership. Engineers are trusted to make decisions move quickly and take responsibility for their work end to end from initial design through to production support. If you enjoy seeing the direct impact of what you build this role offers plenty of that.

Tasks

Building integrations with new data and liquidity sources using advanced web scraping and reverse-engineering techniques
Developing and maintaining low-latency real-time data feeds that support internal strategies
Improving system observability and visibility to identify integration issues and optimisation opportunities
Working within an agile team on a flexible roadmap that evolves as new information and opportunities arise
Owning software throughout its full lifecycle: design development testing review deployment and production support
Supporting live systems including participation in a rotating out-of-hours support schedule
Design and delivery: Build features aligned to business goals writing maintainable performant production-ready code
Code quality: Review and test peer contributions to ensure high standards of reliability and performance
Production ownership: Help keep systems stable and respond quickly when issues arise
Collaboration: Work closely with other engineers and internal stakeholders to design effective technical solutions

Requirements

Strong software development experience with solid Python expertise
Degree in Computer Science or a similar numerate discipline
Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas clearly
Confidence making architectural and implementation trade-offs
Experience with web scraping and reverse-engineering including working around bot-protection tooling

Nice to have

Experience building event-driven systems
Comfortable working in Linux/Unix environments
Exposure to cloud migration projects (AWS ideal)

Benefits

Up to 30% bonus.
Enhanced pension contributions
Private health insurance and life assurance
Sabbatical option after five years
33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
The opportunity to work on technically challenging high-impact systems that directly influence business performance

Tasks

Building integrations with new data and liquidity sources using advanced web scraping and reverse-engineering techniques
Developing and maintaining low-latency real-time data feeds that support internal strategies
Improving system observability and visibility to identify integration issues and optimisation opportunities
Working within an agile team on a flexible roadmap that evolves as new information and opportunities arise
Owning software throughout its full lifecycle: design development testing review deployment and production support
Supporting live systems including participation in a rotating out-of-hours support schedule
Design and delivery: Build features aligned to business goals writing maintainable performant production-ready code
Code quality: Review and test peer contributions to ensure high standards of reliability and performance
Production ownership: Help keep systems stable and respond quickly when issues arise
Collaboration: Work closely with other engineers and internal stakeholders to design effective technical solutions

Requirements

Strong software development experience with solid Python expertise
Degree in Computer Science or a similar numerate discipline
Excellent communication skills and the ability to explain complex ideas clearly
Confidence making architectural and implementation trade-offs
Experience with web scraping and reverse-engineering including working around bot-protection tooling

Nice to have

Experience building event-driven systems
Comfortable working in Linux/Unix environments
Exposure to cloud migration projects (AWS ideal)

Benefits

Up to 30% bonus.
Enhanced pension contributions
Private health insurance and life assurance
Sabbatical option after five years
33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
The opportunity to work on technically challenging high-impact systems that directly influence business performance