C# .NETCore, Azure, Kubernetes, Microservices - Senior Developer. Front Office and Risk, Commodities Trading.

Ink Search are currently working with one of the front running firms in the UK & Asian Commodities Trading markets. With a large, multi £M investment and an exciting 3 year greenfield programme, they are redesigning and developing their Front Office, valuations, pricing and pre-trade analytics systems estate and creating a complex, cutting edge, multi-stream FO commodities trading technology ecosystem from scratch. As part of the programme they are recruiting 5 x Senior Developers to work on the design and development of various streams of the programme (Analytics, Pricing/Valuations, Trader Workbench, Integration, Route to Market). The successful candidates will be involved in solution design, analysis and hands on software development for the creation of a best in class trading technology environment for the EU, UK, North American and Asian markets.

Essential skills:

• Proficiency in the .NET ecosystem, demonstrating in-depth expertise in:
  • Event-driven architecture and data processing, utilizing frameworks such as Azure Event Hubs or Apache Kafka.
  • Developing, deploying, and maintaining microservices, with a strong understanding of RESTful APIs and gRPC.
  • Implementing database solutions, with a preference for experience in both relational databases like SQL Server and NoSQL databases like MongoDB or CosmosDB.
  • Advanced debugging and troubleshooting skills within the .NET environment, including performance optimization and monitoring.

• Familiarity with a range of software development tools, such as source code management (eg Azure DevOps, Git), build and release management (eg Azure DevOps Pipelines) and test automation (eg unit testing tools, BDD tools like Cucumber/Gherkin)
• Familiarity with cloud PaaS and IaaS (Microsoft Azure), and experience in developing containerized microservice architectures using technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with at least one type of DB technology (SQL Server, Mongo DB etc)
• Experience working on multiple projects as a Software Engineer within a multi-disciplinary team, being proactive in taking ownership your deliverables, while collaborating across the team, following the direction set by technical and delivery leads
• Familiarity with the mechanics of financial markets, preferably with a focus on commodities,

These are excellent opportunities to work on a modern, greenfield programme, right at the forefront of the market. The client will interview and hire based on a 1 stage (90min) interview with no upfront technical test. The vacancies are Outside IR35, based in Central London with hybrid 3 days office/2 days work pattern.

If you are interested and meet all of the above criteria, please don't hesitate to apply.