Senior Software Engineer - Distributed Systems & Platform Engineering

Salary ranges based on experience & performance in interviews.

No 3rd party or Corp-to-Corp. This is a direct hire role.

We are partnering with a leading global investment and technology-driven organization that is scaling multiple engineering teams focused on building business-critical platforms.

This is an opportunity for engineers who enjoy owning complex systems, solving difficult distributed-systems problems, and seeing a direct connection between engineering decisions and business outcomes.

Unlike many larger organizations where engineers contribute to a small piece of a product, engineers in this environment own systems end-to-end, influence technical direction, and work closely with senior stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions.

What You'll Be Working On

You may contribute to platforms involving:

• Distributed backend systems
• Event-driven architectures
• High-volume transaction processing
• Data and ingestion platforms
• Workflow orchestration systems
• Financial infrastructure and operational platforms
• Real-time business-critical services
• Large-scale API and integration ecosystems
• Cloud-native platform modernization

What We're Looking For

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong commercial experience with either Java, C++ or Python
• Experience building distributed systems and microservices
• Strong understanding of event-driven architectures

Experience with technologies such as:

• Kubernetes
• AWS
• REST APIs
• SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience owning systems through design, development, deployment and production support
• Strong problem-solving and system design skills
• Ability to explain technical decisions and tradeoffs clearly

Strongly Preferred

Experience with one or more of:

• Trading systems
• Payments infrastructure
• Transaction processing
• Reconciliation platforms
• Settlement workflows
• Market data systems
• Reference data platforms
• Order management systems
• Large-scale data pipelines
• Workflow orchestration platforms

What Makes Someone Successful Here / The strongest engineers typically:

• Remain highly hands-on
• Take ownership beyond their immediate responsibilities
• Influence technical direction
• Understand the business impact of their work
• Have built systems that are still running in production today
• Enjoy operating in small, high-performing teams
• Thrive in environments with significant ownership and accountability

Why Engineers Make The Move

• Larger ownership of critical systems
• More influence on architecture and product direction
• Faster career progression opportunities
• Exposure to exceptionally strong engineering peers
• Complex technical challenges at scale
• Direct impact on business outcomes