Software Engineer (Golang) - Venues

Job Description If you're interested in pursuing a career in the world of digital assets, then come and join my client's Engineering Team based in London where you will contribute to the development of the Trading Platform whilst working closely with the Product Team. Responsibilities ● Build, enhance, deploy and support connectivity to external venues including but not limited to Exchanges, Brokers, OTC Platforms. ● Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang ● Work 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 ● Estimation, design, development and testing of features Required Experience ● Financial Services experience (Buy or Sell-Side) ● Golang experience or other structured languages (C#, C++, Java) ● Proficient in building REST, WebSockets, and/or FIX-based APIs ● Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms ● Database development using PostgreSQL or similar (MySQL, Oracle) ● Excellent object oriented or functional programming experience ● Excellent software design and debugging skills ● Bachelor's degree or relevant work experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline ● Proven ability to own outcomes and work effectively with others as required to deliver Nice to have We’d love it if you have experience of some or all of the following: ● Deploying software on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) ● Designing client-facing APIs ● Building performant low-latency systems ● Performance testing distributed systems ● Understanding of containerisation and associated technologies (Docker etc) ● Caching technologies such as Redis, Elasticache, Memcached, Hazelcast ● Messaging/streaming technologies such as Kafka, NATS, ActiveMQ, or RabbitMQ ● Trading experience (either digital assets or traditional markets) ● Execution, order, or portfolio management systems ● Building monitoring dashboards using technologies such as the ELK stack, Prometheus, Datadog, InfluxDB, Grafana Values ● Passion - As a backend software engineer, you are passionate about building high-quality, performant services. ● Respect - As part of a diverse team, you have deep cultural empathy and respect for fellow workers, clients, partners, and regulatory obligations. ● Teamwork & Communication - You value cross-team collaboration, effective communication, and efficient processes that deliver best results. ● Tenacity - You know that delivering stable, performant systems takes hard work and persistence and you bring both these qualities to table every day. ● Trust & Transparency - You are willing to share your knowledge with the rest of the team and aren’t afraid to ask questions to improve your work and progress delivery. ● Excellence - Excellence is a mindset and you strive to be the best version of yourself and expect the same from others.