PMS Engineer

PMS Engineer

Location: London

About Elwood

We have built a digital asset trading infrastructure for institutional investors. The end-to-end modular solution for execution risk and portfolio management workflows. Elwood provides the operational backbone for modern capital markets. Run the full platform or the modules that fit your stack with API-first connectivity into your existing infrastructure.

Built by industry experts with decades of combined experience in investment management and digital technology Elwood provides market infrastructure at scale enabling financial institutions neobanks and corporations to access digital asset markets quickly and efficiently.

Job Description

Elwood is seeking an experienced PMS Engineer to join our Engineering Team. If you are interested in pursuing a career in the world of digital assets you will take a key role in the design development and analytical requirements of our industry-leading Portfolio Management Systema core component of our Trading Platformwhilst working closely with the Product Team.

We operate in small highly autonomous teams that take complete end-to-end ownership of our features. We are looking for an engineer with high agencysomeone who thrives with minimal oversight takes initiative and drives projects from concept to production

Key Responsibilities

• Build enhance develop and support our Portfolio Management System with Golang to fulfill essential business and product requirements.
• Working as a member of the Elwood Engineering team to ensure consistency across the instances and broader client build road map
• Take ownership of the design development and testing of new features from concept to deployment.
• Building features that help customers collaborate on asset management
• Working with engineers designers product managers and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter
• Monitor and support all production system components ensuring stability and performance enhancing our platform for low latency/high frequency trading
• Leverage AI tools (such as Claude) to assist in writing reviewing and continuously improving code quality and output.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence.

Qualifications / Knowledge

• Financial Services experience (Buy or Sell-Side). Experience with a portfolio execution or order management systems is an advantage.
• Proven commercial experience developing services with Golang or experience with other strongly typed languages such as Java C and C#
• Proficient in building REST WbSockets and/or FIX-based APIs.
• Familiarity/experience with messaging systems like NATS or Kafka
• Experience of deploying software on cloud native tech platforms (AWS Azure GCP K8s)
• Strong knowledge of data structures algorithms and software design patterns.
• Database development experience using PostgreSQL or similar (MySQL Oracle).
• Excellent object-oriented or functional programming expertise.
• A proven ability to own outcomes and work effectively with others to deliver high-quality software.
• Bachelors degree or relevant work experience in a technical discipline.
• Experience effectively using AI assistants (e.g. Claude) to augment your capabilities and enhance your role as a developer.

What we offer:

Competitive salary and compensation packages

Fully paid medical and discounted dental schemes for employees and their family

Generous time off bank holidays

Enhanced parental leave for all employees who have been with the company for one (1) year

Fully stocked kitchen and access to Ubereats

Discounted gym scheme with Fitness First

Employee Assistance Programme

Paid study leave and personal leave

Why Elwood

• Join a FinTech startup with tier 1 institutional backing and a strong market presence.
• Help shape the future of finance - our platform is enabling institutional access to digital assets.
• Work with a modern technology stack and help solve complex problems.
• Strong client focused team with a diverse background.
• Were a Global company and have modern offices based centrally in London New York and Singapore.