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Software Engineer - Build Platform- Leading High Frequency Trading Firm

London, England, GBFull-time2026-10-22 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and roll out modern C++ build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and container images to accelerate build times and improve developer experience for a high-frequency trading firm.

Role type

Senior IC DevEx/Build Platform Engineer

Builds

Common build libraries, reusable CI/CD pipelines, container images, and observability platforms

Domain

High-frequency trading / Financial technology

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

C++ build systems, Bazel, Buck2, Pants, Gradle, CI/CD platforms, incremental builds, caching, reproducibility, dependency graphs, remote execution, artifact management, SDLC

Preferred skills

Migration from established tooling, observability implementation, developer productivity tools

Technologies

C++, Bazel, Buck2, Pants, Gradle, GitHub Actions, Buildkite, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab

Responsibilities

Develop common build libraries and reusable CI/CD pipelines, build observability into the platform to measure performance and adoption, work with engineering teams to identify workflow friction and create scalable solutions, help teams adopt new tools

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC