Software Engineer
Software Engineer – DevEx/Developer Experience- London- Tier 1 trading firm compensation structure with a highly competitive base salary and uncapped bonus potential
We're partnering with one of the world's most sophisticated technology-driven trading firms to hire a Software Engineer into a high-impact Developer Experience team that has doubled in size YoY and has no signs of slowing down.
This is an opportunity to work at exceptional scale, improving the productivity of hundreds of engineers globally by building the platforms, tooling and automation that power the entire software development lifecycle.
You'll join a business where engineering excellence sits at the core of everything they do. From build systems and CI/CD platforms to AI-assisted development tooling, you'll help shape the future of how software is built, tested and deployed across a globally distributed engineering organisation.
The Opportunity
As a senior member of the Developer Experience function, you'll focus on removing friction from the development process and enabling engineering teams to move faster with greater confidence.
You'll be responsible for designing and building the tooling, infrastructure and workflows that support developers from local development environments through to production deployment.
This is a highly visible role where your work will directly influence engineering productivity across multiple teams, products and regions.
What You'll Be Doing
Designing and maintaining scalable build platforms and shared engineering tooling used across the organisation
Building and improving CI/CD pipelines, deployment workflows and release automation
Creating developer tooling including CLI applications, IDE integrations and containerised development environments
Driving improvements to build performance, test reliability and deployment speed
Partnering closely with software engineering teams to identify bottlenecks and streamline developer workflows
Defining and implementing meaningful engineering productivity metrics
Exploring emerging AI-assisted development technologies and integrating them into daily engineering practices where appropriate
Influencing engineering standards, tooling strategy and developer productivity initiatives across the wider business
What We're Looking For
The develop team are keen to speak with engineers who have a genuine passion for Developer Experience, Platform Engineering or Internal Developer Platforms.
You'll likely bring:
Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building production-grade systems
Experience designing and scaling developer tooling, build systems or engineering platforms
Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle from development through to deployment and operations
Expertise with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins or similar platforms
Experience working with containerised development environments using technologies such as Docker
Exposure to modern build systems and tooling including Bazel, CMake, Ninja, Poetry or comparable technologies
Strong programming ability across both scripting and compiled languages
A track record of delivering measurable productivity improvements through tooling, automation and platform enhancements
The ability to influence stakeholders and drive technical initiatives across multiple engineering teams
Why Join?
This organisation is widely recognised as one of the industry's leading engineering environments, offering:
Complex technical challenges at enormous scale
Exceptional levels of engineering autonomy
Access to some of the strongest engineering talent globally
Significant investment in tooling, innovation and technical excellence
A collaborative culture focused on continuous improvement
Long-term career growth and internal mobility opportunities
Package
Among the strongest packages currently available within the London trading market, with exceptional bonus potential and long-term earning opportunities.
Market-leading benefits package
Private healthcare
Generous pension contributions
Daily meals and commuting support
Learning and development budget
Conference and training opportunities
Flexible hybrid working model
If you're passionate about developer productivity, platform engineering and building tools that empower world-class engineers to do their best work, please click apply now!