Software Engineer

Who you are

• Software Engineering Experience: Proven track record of building and operating production-grade systems
• Systems Engineering Language: Proficiency with systems-level programming languages e.g. Rust
• Data Streaming: Experience working with high-throughput data streaming systems e.g. rabbitmq/NATS
• Python: With a focus on writing clear, maintainable, and tested code - this is where most of your day-to-day work will be
• High-Performance Systems: Experience building real-time, latency-sensitive platforms, such as exchange connectivity or streaming data pipelines
• Observability Stack: Familiarity with modern observability stacks and tracing eg OTEL
• Databases: Practical experience designing and evolving database schemas, including managing migrations with tools like Alembic
• Monitoring & Reliability: Experience with observability, production monitoring, debugging live issues, and designing systems that fail safely
• Ownership & Collaboration: A proactive, collaborative working style, comfortable partnering closely with both traders and engineers, and taking full ownership of the systems you build

What the job involves

• Build reliable, production-grade systems in Python-our primary language across the stack, from data and strategy code to operational tooling
• Contribute to our low-latency trading engine, written in Rust. Order management, exchange connectivity, market data handling, and risk controls.
• Develop and maintain real-time data pipelines (RabbitMQ, PostgreSQL, DuckDB), infrastructure (including Kubernetes and ArgoCD), and cloud deployment tooling
• Collaborate with Quant Traders to turn strategy ideas into robust, deployed systems

The application process

• 1. A 30-minute video call on Google Meet to get to know our Founding Software Engineer, Max, or CTO & Co-Founder, Michael.
• 2. A 40-minute video call with our tech team, starting with a 10-minute presentation on a project you’ve worked on, either professionally or in your free time. We’ll ask you to walk us through what you built, your role in the project, and some of the technical decisions you made.
• 3. A 90-minute technical interview with our tech team. You’ll work through a coding and architecture problem during a 60-minute session, with your camera off so you can focus on the task. We encourage you to ask questions, clarify requirements, and discuss your thinking or seek guidance as you work through the problem
• 4. An in-person opportunity to get to know members of our trading, quant, and tech teams, and for us to get to know you.

Benefits

• Participation in Employee equity programme
• Vitality Health Insurance
• Additional day of annual leave for your birthday
• Free lunch Friday and fully stocked fridge
• Competitive salary with regular reviews + Pension Plan contributions
• Regular company funded socials