Lead Software Engineer – Crypto
Front-Office | Digital-Markets Group | London | Salary: up to £180,000
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This specialist digital-asset house has spent the past decade building the rails that link professional investors to crypto markets. Three core businesses power the firm:
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For a confidential conversation, contact Con Lam at Harrington Starr on 07367 446 935, or click Apply and attach your CV
Front-Office | Digital-Markets Group | London | Salary: up to £180,000
This specialist digital-asset house has spent the past decade building the rails that link professional investors to crypto markets. Three core businesses power the firm:
- Actively managed hedge-fund strategies – run by veteran traders who deploy dynamic, market-beating tactics for institutional clients.
- Multi-asset indices – transparent benchmarks that bridge traditional and digital assets, covering equities, crypto and even gold.
- Capital-markets & treasury desk – a front-office team that designs low-latency trading tech, manages group liquidity and provides execution services to every business line.
- Real front-office exposure to FX, equities, commodities and crypto flow
- 70 % hands-on coding in Python 3.12 and Go 1.22; occasional C++ / Java where latency demands.
- Exchange-connectivity challenges at scale – order routing, market-data ingestion, venue gateways.
- Direct route to Head of Engineering as the platform grows.
- High-velocity delivery culture: decisions in minutes, releases in days, not quarters.
- Top-tier comp: base, bonus and full benefits.
- Architect and deliver low-latency market-data and execution services from scratch.
- Stay deeply technical while mentoring a small squad of engineers.
- Embed with traders to iterate quickly on new features and strategies.
- Drive best practice in test automation, observability and secure coding.
- Proven front-office or buy-side background in FX, equities, commodities or crypto.
- Expert-level Python and/or Go; comfortable switching from C++ or Java
- Track record shipping exchange-connectivity or execution-flow systems.
- “Get-it-done” mindset – able to cut through blockers and hit aggressive deadlines.
- Leadership experience: coaching devs, owning architecture and the full SDLC.
- Happy to work in London 5 days a week.
For a confidential conversation, contact Con Lam at Harrington Starr on 07367 446 935, or click Apply and attach your CV
