REMOTE Senior Software Engineer - FinTech Scale up

Fully Remote | Up to £120k Base Bonus Stock Options We're partnered with a high-growth FinTech scale-up at the forefront of building next-generation market surveillance and risk monitoring technology .

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Backed by leading investors and trusted by global financial institutions, regulators, and crypto-native firms, they process trillions of market events daily to protect investors, detect manipulation, and ensure integrity across both traditional finance and digital asset markets .

As a Senior Software Engineer , you'll play a key role in designing and scaling advanced systems and algorithms that safeguard some of the most dynamic and complex markets in the world.

This is a chance to build high-performance, low-latency, and cloud-native systems while tackling challenges in fraud detection, data engineering, and market integrity .

?? What you'll do Design, implement, and optimise algorithms for detecting manipulation, fraud, and compliance breaches in real-time and batch data.

Build and scale high-volume data pipelines handling billions of daily events across distributed systems.

Work with cutting-edge tech including Java, Kafka, Spark, Kubernetes, Clickhouse, Snowflake, Redis .

Collaborate with quants, data scientists, and compliance experts to improve surveillance strategies.

Contribute to system architecture for low-latency monitoring and high-throughput processing .

Continuously improve data quality, reliability, and query optimisation at scale.

?? What we're looking for 5 years' experience in software engineering , ideally in financial markets, market surveillance, or large-scale data systems .

Strong skills in Java (or similar: Kotlin, C#, C++) ; Python is a plus.

Proven experience with real-time, low-latency systems and distributed data pipelines .

Hands-on with Kafka, Spark, K8s, Clickhouse, Snowflake, and modern data architectures .

Solid foundations in algorithms, system design, and optimisation .

Curious, proactive, and comfortable working in a fast-moving, scaling environment.

?? Why apply? Fully remote role with global reach .

Up to £120k base bonus stock options .

Build mission-critical systems at the intersection of finance, crypto, and AI/ML-driven surveillance .

Work alongside world-class engineers, quants, and technologists shaping the future of market integrity.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.d02fcfcb-6df4-40ee-95cf-3eb059ce3173
Remote working/work at home options are available for this role.