Software Engineer, Backend Developer

Industry: Technology Solutions / Financial Services, Private Capital & Defence

Tech Stack: C#/.NET, Java, Rust, or Python

Formed through a strategic joint venture between a global management consultancy and a leading alternative investment fund manager, this engineering consultancy creates bespoke, high-performance technology solutions for leading institutions across banking, financial services, private equity, and defence.

The culture is built on trust, intellectual autonomy, and collaborative engineering. Rather than working in isolation in back-office ticketing systems, you will operate hand-in-hand with business stakeholders and domain experts to tackle complex technical challenges directly linked to world markets and global events.

End-to-End Ownership: Assume early responsibility for designing, developing, and deploying resilient software from conception through release.

Direct Stakeholder Engagement: Partner closely with end users and subject matter experts to translate complex operational needs into pragmatic, clean software architectures.

System Innovation: Continually evaluate and challenge existing processes, applying cutting-edge engineering standards to optimize performance.

Continuous Technical Learning: Stay ahead of evolving language features, frameworks, and architecture trends to keep delivery standards at the cutting edge.

• Core Programming Strength: Extensive, hands-on experience in at least one modern language - primarily C#/.NET, Java, Rust, or Python
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• Academic Background: Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a closely related STEM field (minimum 3.3 GPA or equivalent, ideally from a top-tier institution).
• Problem-Solving Mindset: A proactive, self-directed attitude with an urge to take ownership of complex technical challenges.
• Communication &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Ability to articulate technical trade-offs clearly to both engineering colleagues and business users.
• Domain Exposure (Advantageous): Previous exposure to financial services, risk systems, or consulting environments is a plus, but not mandatory.

• Immediate Impact: Take full ownership of deliverables from day one within a lean, high-performing team.
• Market Insight: Gain deep exposure to how global financial markets, defence operations, and institutional capital ecosystems function.
• Fast-Paced Growth: Build bespoke solutions across varied project scopes in a rapidly scaling US office backed by global institutional resources.

• Online Coding Assessment (Codility): Complete a practical programming challenge on your own schedule.
• Aptitude Evaluation: A short, speed-driven assessment focused on logic and analytical thinking.
• Management Discussion: Meet with engineering leadership to discuss past project architectures, problem-solving approaches, and cultural alignment.
• Team Technical Interview: A conversational technical deep dive with senior peer engineers.

This is not simply an opportunity to join another established consultancy. The firm is at an important stage of its US growth, creating genuine scope for hires to shape how the business develops, working across a variety of clients in financial services, banking, private equity and defence.

For more information regarding the role, please contact Demetrious at d