Senior Software Engineer – Exchange

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Take charge of the design, development, testing, and deployment of robust, high-performance backend services that support the FMX trading platform.

• Responsible for end-to-end ownership of services and features: from specifications and implementation to deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvements based on performance metrics.

• Work to modernize a Java codebase while also contributing to the creation of new services in Go, Java, and Kotlin.

• Play a key role in shaping the architecture for order processing, market data distribution, and trade lifecycle management within a regulated product framework.

• Develop and uphold reliable daily reporting pipelines that guarantee data integrity and comprehensive audit trails for all trading activities.

• Engage in 24/7 on-call rotations; assist in defining SLOs, developing alerting strategies, and managing incident responses for critical trading infrastructure.

• Model and oversee data related to contracts, orders, positions, and settlements with a focus on accuracy, integrity, and regulatory compliance.

• Collaborate with the DevOps/Platform team to ensure services are observable, scalable, and conform to MNPI and insider trading regulations.

• Conduct in-depth code reviews, enhancing code quality, readability, security, and maintainability.

• Utilize AI tools to boost development speed while upholding high standards for security, accuracy, and regulatory adherence.

• Create and document team standards for AI utilization, including prompt patterns, code review checklists, and validation methods.

• Contribute to a dynamic 0→1 environment, removing obstacles for others and taking initiative in areas where processes are being established.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 4 years of experience in developing highly scalable and high-performance backend applications or distributed systems.

• Experience in regulated exchanges or financial infrastructure is highly desirable, including brokerage firms, futures/derivatives exchanges (CBOE, CME, ICE), or similar CFTC/SEC-regulated environments.

• Proficient in Java with production experience; familiarity with Go or a strong motivation to work in Go is essential.

• Experience with event-driven architectures (such as Kafka, Kinesis, PubSub, or equivalent) in a financial or high-throughput setting.

• Strong knowledge of data integrity and transaction management in PostgreSQL or similar RDBMS, with an emphasis on financial-grade data modeling.

• A solid understanding of software design principles (SOLID, DRY) and testing methodologies (unit, integration, end-to-end).

• Knowledge of CFTC compliance requirements, MNPI handling, and audit trail responsibilities in a regulated trading environment.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and secure deployment practices for backend services.

• Experience with production reliability, including monitoring, logging, alerting, on-call duties, and SLO definition.

• Proven experience using AI tools (such as Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) to deliver production code; able to explain specific workflow enhancements.

• Ability to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to engineering, compliance, and business stakeholders.

• Thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment where priorities shift and quick decision-making is essential.

🏝️ Benefits

• Home office setup stipend