Senior Software Engineer, Platform

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

📋 Description

• Become a key member of the Platform Services team as a high-impact individual contributor.

• Immediately engage in the design, development, and management of internal platforms and services.

• Collaborate effectively within a distributed team across London and North America.

• Provide senior-level independence during North American hours, ensuring continuous progress even when the London-based team is offline.

• Design, implement, and oversee backend services and platform capabilities primarily using Java.

• Deploy and manage services on Kubernetes and virtualized infrastructure within an on-premises environment (no public cloud providers).

• Utilize Postgres and Oracle databases as fundamental data stores.

• Contribute to and occasionally lead discussions on system design and architecture, especially concerning internal access management platforms and trade limits platforms utilized by risk and compliance stakeholders.

• Collaborate with engineers from London and North America through a combination of pair programming and asynchronous teamwork.

• Take full ownership of work from design to implementation, automated testing, deployment, and production support (full lifecycle ownership).

• Employ AI-assisted development tools while upholding high code quality and robust review practices.

• Engage in and enhance team practices surrounding code review, operational excellence, and documentation.

⛳️ Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Senior Software Engineer or in a similar role.

• Strong Java development background within production systems.

• Proficient in deploying and operating on Kubernetes (preferably on-premises or self-managed clusters).

• Familiarity with relational databases (Postgres and/or Oracle).

• Comfortable working closely with infrastructure and platform-related concerns (deployment, environments, access, configuration, observability).

• Demonstrated success in system design and architecture for complex backend/platform systems.

• Experience with full lifecycle development processes.

• Openness to or familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and workflows.

• Capability to operate with a high degree of autonomy during North American working hours.

• Strong collaboration skills within distributed teams.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working hours.

• Options for remote work.