Software Engineer, Test
Cboe Global Markets
Distributed SystemsJenkinsLinuxPostgresPythonSQLUnix
Software Engineer
Elliptic
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesScalaTerraform
About the role
- Write beautiful functional code and tests
- Think about how to solve hard problems and weigh up the pros and cons of different approaches against a variety of non-functional requirements
- Build infrastructure and take advantage of cutting-edge cloud technology and AI to spend less time writing mundane code and more time thinking about our customers problems
- Be willing to discuss problems and solutions openly with engineers and non-engineers alike
- Take responsibility for the code that you write and see it through from PR to production
- Contribute to a variety of projects across our platform such as forensics investigation products, entity exposure APIs, and blockchain visualisation tools
Requirements
- Take pleasure from writing clean code and see tests as core to software engineering
- Use data to make decisions about what to build and how to iterate
- Measure success using outcomes rather than release milestones
- Embrace AI to let you focus on what really matters
- Thrive in roles that require proactive communication with teams outside of your immediate area, especially when gathering and clarifying requirements
- Are not afraid to fail, experiment often, and learn quickly
- Are keen to learn new technologies and challenge existing tools, methodologies, and processes
- Experience in delivering and maintaining distributed data processing systems using Big Data tools, Lakehouse platform, and workflow orchestration.
- Experience working with cloud-based systems, e.g.. AWS, Azure, GCP
- Experience working with AI tools and platforms, e.g., LLMs, predictive models, AI infrastructure
- An understanding of design patterns around distributed systems and their trade-offs
- An understanding of different non-functional requirements (e.g. scalability, reliability, performance, and observability) and how to write software with these requirements in mind
- A background in Scala (or a desire to learn Scala if no previous experience)
- Bonus Points for an interest in solving problems with functional programming
- Experience in streaming processing concepts like delivery semantics, ordering or partitioning
- Experience managing infrastructure with Terraform or Cloud Formation
- Experience running applications in containerised environments (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Helm)
- An interest in cryptocurrency and/or blockchain technology
Benefits
- Hybrid working and the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year
- £500 Remote working budget to set up your home office space
- $1,000 Learning & Development budget to use on anything (agreed with your manager) that contributes to your growth and development
- Holidays: 25 days of annual leave + bank holidays
- An extra day for your birthday
- Enhanced parental leave: we provide eligible employees, regardless of gender or whether they become a parent by birth or adoption, 16 weeks fully-paid leave and leave.
- Private Health Insurance - we use Vitality!
- Full access to Spill Mental Health Support
- Life Assurance: we hope you will never need this - but our cover is for 4 times your salary to your beneficiaries
- £100 cryptocurrency for you!
- Cycle to Work Scheme
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
functional programmingclean codeBig Data toolsLakehouse platformworkflow orchestrationcloud-based systemsAI toolsScalastreaming processinginfrastructure management
Soft skills
proactive communicationproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilitylearning agilitydecision-makingresponsibilityopen discussionexperimentationcustomer focus
