Software Engineer - Back End

About Elwood

Elwood Technologies is a FCA regulated firm that provides end-to-end institutional-grade digital asset Execution, Liquidity Access and Portfolio Monitoring & Risk Management Software. Built with institutions for institutions, Elwood’s EMS offers best available price execution, smart order routing and algorithmic tooling alongside a traditional finance grade Portfolio Management System.

Our seamless end-to-end platform connects to global crypto exchanges, custodians, and liquidity providers, via a single Application Programming Interface (API). Elwood provides market infrastructure at scale, enabling financial institutions, neobanks, and corporations to access digital asset markets quickly and efficiently.

We believe it’s time for digital assets to take their rightful place in the world of professional investment. If you like the sound of driving change, making a meaningful impact, and having an unprecedented opportunity to shape the future of finance, we want to hear from you.

Job Description

We’re currently looking for a first-class back-end Software Engineer to join our Engineering team based in London. As a key role within the engineering team you will be responsible for the design, implementation and testing of the backend components and contribute to the development and functionality requirements of the Data Platform whilst working closely with all other teams across Elwood.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance our trading platform for low latency/high frequency
• Build new services to meet critical product and business needs using Golang
• Build features that help customers collaborate on asset management
• Work with engineers, designers, product managers, and senior leadership to turn our product and technical vision into a tangible roadmap every quarter
• Write reusable, testable and efficient code that is performant, stable and secure.
• Monitor and support all production system components (trading algorithms, exchange connectivity, analytics, market data)
• Estimation, design, development and unit testing of features

Qualifications / Knowledge

• Financial Services experience is essential (Buy or Sell-Side)
• Experience with backend technologies including Go or other structured languages (C#/ Java)
• React, Typescript and Javascript
• Postgresql
• Cloud Function/App Engine/Big Query
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and designing for performance
• Have an understanding of deployment technologies and concepts
• Have an understanding of issue management, code versioning, continuous integration and deployment tools.
• Excellent object-oriented or functional analysis and design skills
• Strong communication skills, and team collaboration
• POSIX-oriented, Serverless Architecture, Public cloud experience GCP/AWS
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience in Computer Science, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline

Nice to have

We’d love it if you have experience of some or all of the following:

• Deploying software on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Designing client-facing APIs
• Building performance low latency systems
• Performance testing distributed systems
• Understanding of containerisation and associated technologies (Docker etc)
• Caching technologies such as Redis, Elasticache, Memcached, Hazelcast
• Messaging/streaming technologies such as Kafka, NATS.io, ActiveMQ, or RabbitMQ
• Trading experience (either digital assets or traditional markets)

Values

• Passion - As a Software Engineer, you are passionate about performance and strive for perfection in all your deliverables.
• Respect - As part of a diverse team, you have deep cultural empathy and respect for fellow workers, clients, partners, and Elwood’s regulatory obligations. 
• Teamwork & Communication - You know that teamwork and communication are vital to success and you thrive off of celebrating your wins as a team.
• Tenacity - Building new solutions and enhancing existing services takes hard work and persistence and you bring both these qualities to table every day.
• Trust & Transparency - You share your knowledge with the rest of the team and aren’t afraid to ask questions to improve your work.
• Excellence - Excellence is a mindset and you strive to be the best version of yourself and expect the same from others. 

Why Elwood? 

• Join one of the fastest-growing FinTech companies and help shape the future of finance
• An exciting “startup” vibe with deep financial backing and a strong market presence
• Work with a modern technology stack and help solve high-impact problems
• Collaborate with a strong client-focused team from a diverse range of backgrounds 
• A global company with offices in New York, Singapore and London
• Competitive compensation package
• A hybrid model of working in the office and working from home (minimum 3 days in the office)

Equal Opportunities

As an equal opportunities employer, you can read more about our policy here: https://elwood.io/diversity/