If you are a Full Stack Developer with strong UI experience, we have a new 1-year FTC we’d like to discuss with you. This role would be ideal for someone with 3-5 years’ experience and requires 3 days per week onsite in The City of London.
About the Company
A leading global financial services firm specialising in electronic trading and liquidity solutions is undergoing a significant technology transformation. With an established presence across major financial hubs, the business works with top-tier institutional clients and is investing heavily in modernising its trading platforms and infrastructure.
This is an opportunity to join a high-performing, collaborative technology team working on cutting‑edge, real‑time systems within a fast‑paced environment.
The Role
We’re looking for a mid-level Full Stack Developer with strong front‑end expertise to play a key role in delivering next‑generation trading applications.
You’ll join a small Agile team, working closely with both technology and business stakeholders on greenfield and enhancement projects, with a particular focus on real‑time UI development.
This role would suit someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and enjoys building high‑performance, user‑centric applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Translate user stories into scalable, high‑quality technical solutions
- Contribute to Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, stand‑ups, and retrospectives
- Design, build, test, and deploy applications within a microservices architecture
- Develop responsive, real‑time front‑end interfaces for trading workflows
- Build proof‑of‑concepts (PoCs) and UI prototypes to support business requirements
- Write and maintain integration tests as part of the development lifecycle
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to deliver key milestones
- Provide support for production systems when required
Technical Skills & Experience
- Strong experience with Next.js, React, and TypeScript
- Solid front‑end engineering experience, ideally within real‑time or trading environments
- Experience with WebSockets or SignalR for real‑time communication
- Backend development experience with .NET (C#) and/or Python
- Strong understanding of REST APIs and microservices architecture
- Experience with message brokers (e.g. RabbitMQ or Kafka)
- Knowledge of caching technologies (e.g. Redis)
- Experience with Azure DevOps / CI/CD pipelines / Git
- Working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure or AWS)
- Experience with containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Knowledge of financial systems or trading platforms
- Exposure to FIX protocol
- Understanding of asset classes such as FX, derivatives, or similar
Qualifications & Experience
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- 2–3 years’ experience in full stack or front‑end development
- Prior experience working on data‑driven or real‑time UI applications preferred
Key Attributes
- Proactive and self‑motivated, with the ability to work independently
- Comfortable working in a fast‑paced, evolving environment
- Strong attention to detail and quality
- Effective problem solver with a pragmatic approach
- Collaborative team player with strong communication skills
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