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Technical Lead

Certain Advantage
Posted 13 hours ago, valid for 12 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Salary

£30,000 - £36,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • Certain Advantage is hiring a Technical Lead in London for an initial 3-month hybrid contract.
  • The role requires significant experience in Algorithmic, Electronic, or Real-Time Trading Systems, with a strong focus on C/C++ programming.
  • Candidates should have a proven track record in managing teams of software engineers and driving operational excellence in trading systems.
  • Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate business needs into functional code are essential for this position.
  • The salary for this role is competitive, and candidates should have prior experience as a Technical Lead or in a similar role.

Technical Lead

Certain Advantage are hiring for a Technical Lead based in London.

This role is on an initial 3-month contract and is hybrid.

You will be leading a team of developers working closely with the Electronic Market Making (EMM)/Trading Business to build the next generation electronic trading system.

The role:

  • Technology leader, a strong people leader who can manage an incredibly talented team of expert C++ software engineers.
  • Passionate developer, hands on coder designing and developing the core components of the high-performance trading stack.
  • Operational excellence driver, ensuring platform stability to ensure maximum up time for trading systems across markets.
  • Expertise and deep proficiency in C/C++ Programming
  • Track record of significant contribution to high-performance and sophisticated Algorithmic / Electronic / Real Time Trading Systems at either Hedge Funds, Proprietary Traders, Specialist liquidity providers, or large financial institutions.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to drive technical agenda, lead a team, and influence business stakeholders.

The individual:

  • Experience contributing to Algorithmic / Electronic / Real Time Trading Systems.
  • Deep expertise in C/C++ Programming, Systems Design, Architecture, Distributed Systems, DSA, Performance and Latency Optimisation.
  • Excellent domain knowledge and experience working on Linux platforms.
  • Strong expertise in C++ development, with a deep understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms
  • Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git), build systems, and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
  • Knowledge of other programming languages (e.g., Python, Java) and software development tools is a plus.
  • Ability to translate business needs into functional code
  • Performing PR reviews on other developer's code
  • Clearly able to demonstrate and report on progress in delivering code Experience:
  • Proven experience as a Technical Lead or similar role in software engineering

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