Clear Street - Senior Software Engineer - Futures and Options Execution Services

London, UK+ Equity3w ago

In Office Senior EMEA Cloud Computing Senior Software Engineer Java Back-end Rust AWS Kafka

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience using Java. • At least 4 years of experience working with modern technologies, including a proven track record operating at Senior Engineer level. • Hands-on experience building and supporting low-latency, front-office trading systems. • Deep understanding of execution management systems (EMS), including their core functionality and workflows. • Strong knowledge of software design patterns, data structures, and algorithms. • A collaborative mindset and a preference for working in team-oriented environments. • A strong commitment to engineering quality, reliability, and high development standards. • Passion for delivering a best-in-class developer experience, with a focus on tooling, performance, and maintainability.

Responsibilities

• You will be building a brand new EMS platform for Listed Futures and Options. • Translate product and design requirements into clean, maintainable and well-tested components. • Collaborate closely with product managers, business, traders, designers and back-end engineers to deliver high-quality experiences. • Identify and resolve performance, accessibility, and usability issues across the application. • Participate in code reviews, contribute to shared component libraries, and help uphold our engineering standards. • Support the operational health of your features and help maintain a high SLA. • The Team • You will work with a team of talented, passionate and highly collaborative engineers. Working together, we have built a platform that serves institutional clients and is at the forefront of technological innovation. Our engineers take pride in not just the value we provide our customers but the quality of our work. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies, collaborate with colleagues from diverse backgrounds, and make a meaningful impact on the financial industry. We value creativity, innovation, strong work ethics, and we are committed to providing our team members with the support and resources they need to succeed. • Java and/or Rust, AWS, FIX protocol, Kafka , Kubernetes and Cloud (AWS or Azure).

Benefits

• At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, pension, gender-neutral parental leave, and full medical and dental insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person. As such, we require employees to be in the office a minimum of three days per week.