Lead Software Engineer / Backend Developer (Node API JavaScript CFA) London

Are you a lead technologist with strong financial services experience combined with backend development expertise?

You could be progressing your career in a hands-on leadership role at a global cryptocurrency market data and trade execution technology company that is experiencing great success and is growing as a result.

As a Lead Software Engineer you will take ownership of designing, building and maintaining cutting edge solutions for cryptocurrency market data, ensuring the accuracy, scalability and reliability of index calculation engines in collaboration with product and cross functional teams to deliver impactful features. You'll be building and optimising systems to handle high volume real-time market data streams and also working with clients and business stakeholders to understand requirements and business impact.

Location / WFH:

You'll join the team in brand new Central London based offices three days a week with flexibility to work from home the other two days.

About you:

• You have strong experience of designing and implementing scalable solutions to handle high throughput systems
• You have strong backend Node.js and JavaScript / TypeScript coding skills
• You have a strong understanding of financial market data systems and ideally hold a CFA certification
• You have technical project leadership and mentoring experience
• You have a good knowledge of both relational and non-relational databases, PostgreSQL and Redis preferred
• You have a good knowledge of UNIX based systems for development and deployment
• You have a strong appreciation of DevOps principles including secure coding practices, CI/CD pipelines, automated deployment
• You are degree educated in Computer Science or similar technical discipline

What's in it for you:

As a Lead Software Engineer / Backend Developer (Node API JavaScript CFA) you will earn a significant base salary and a comprehensive benefits package; you'll also be working on cutting edge tech with lots of challenges, learning opportunities and career progression.

Apply now to find out more about this Lead Software Engineer / Backend Developer (Node API JavaScript CFA) opportunity.

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