Architect & Senior Developer

Role overview

Architecture responsibilities

• Oversee architecture across trading, clearing, and post-trade systems and integrations with CCPs, exchanges, vendors, and customers.
• Modernise integration patterns and frameworks while reinforcing security principles.
• Steer data architecture strategy and ensure data quality, ownership, security, and accessibility.
• Chair architecture governance forums and produce architecture documentation, decision records, and target-state blueprints.
• Design resilient systems that meet RTO/RPO requirements and FCA operational resilience obligations.
• Drive DevSecOps and infrastructure-as-code adoption and mentor engineering teams on architecture and cloud-native practices.

Regulatory and AI responsibilities

• Meet regulatory obligations by design, including EMIR, MiFID II, DORA, and other relevant global requirements.
• Contribute to change management and incident management frameworks.
• Support governance of AI solutions so they are secure, explainable, compliant, and aligned with data protection and internal risk guidance.

Technical and domain requirements

• Deep financial markets technology knowledge and experience designing systems for listed derivatives, securities, and/or FX processing are required.
• The role requires understanding of order processing, execution, risk management, margining, collateral, valuation, and give-up processing.
• Strong FIX protocol knowledge, CCP or vendor connectivity, event-driven architecture, message brokers, and real-time data pipelines are required.
• Knowledge of UK, EU, and US regulatory frameworks including EMIR, MiFID II, CASS, MAR, DORA, and CFTC is required.
• Proficiency in microservices, containerisation, and cloud architecture is required, preferably with Azure experience.
• Expertise in .NET, C#, and SQL Server is required; React.js and Python are desirable.

Experience and qualifications

• The role requires 10+ years of software engineering or infrastructure experience, including at least 3 years in a senior architecture role.
• A university degree, ideally in Computer Science or a related field, is listed in the candidate profile.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to present to C-suite and technical stakeholders are required.

Future perspective

• ADM describes challenging work, short decision-making processes, personal responsibility, flexible work time models, career development, continuous learning, and employee networks.
• Benefits include remuneration, social benefits, health and fitness support, parental leave support, and mental-health awareness training.

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