Senior Software Engineer, Backend (FX)

As a Senior Software Engineer at TP ICAP you will be part of a talented team delivering business critical software for the internal broking division and their external customer base.

You will work within an Agile environment, from design through to implementation, with a strong focus on Continuous Improvement whilst working collaboratively as part of self-organising, cross-functional team. There will be a focus on continuous integration and deployment.

• Work closely with the Architect/Principal to build solutions that align to the IT strategy/vision.
• Provide support and mentoring to other members of the team.
• Work in partnership with QA counterpart to ensure the delivery of quality software.
• Promote delivery of quality software – unit tests, code reviews etc.
• Experiment with multiple technologies and methodologies as part of delivery, to help guarantee the best solution and approach.
• Deliver against both Functional and Non-functional requirements.
• Take Ownership/Accountability for development of key features and drive to completion.
• Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery.

Experience / Competences

• Degree or +7 years equivalent industry experience, preferred financial or trading systems.
• Expert in recent and latest versions of .NET Framework and .NET Core (C#) using Visual Studio for C# development.
• Skilled in relational databases (e.g., MSSQL Server, MySQL), including schema design and optimization.
• Demonstrable experience in message and event-based asynchronous messaging.
• Capable of writing and maintaining a distributed real-time system.
• Skilled in designing components of a distributed system.
• Knowledge and use of AWS (or a similar cloud platform), including deployment and management of assets.
• Familiarity with Gitlabs/GitHub, CI/CD build pipelines, and package management.
• Knowledgeable in Jira or similar issue management system.
• Adept at Agile working practices, strong communication including collaboration with local and remote team members.
• Appreciation of the full SDLC, proactive involvement in shaping the delivery prior and during development, through QA phase, and post-release support.
• Excellent attention to detail, highly organised with a proactive and independent approach to problem solving and innovative solutions.
• Delivery-focused and pragmatic, capable of working on multiple tasks simultaneously and managing deadlines.
• Critically evaluate and offer challenge to design or approach to achieve the best outcome for the project.
• Delivering a proof of concept (POC) to the required level of detail to validate an approach.
• Experience in building scalable and maintainable automated testing solutions for complex systems

• Background and experience of financial/ trading platforms and knowledge of financial markets
• Knowledge of FIX protocol and ability to handle FIX interactions.
• Understanding of Java and JavaScript.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services.
• Experience with serverless architecture and microservices.
• Experience with TDD, BDD or similar approaches to specifying requirements and design.