Senior Software Engineer; C# ​/.NET - Team Lead - Caxton Associates

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Software Engineer to lead a team within our London-based Software Development group. This is a hands‑on leadership role combining system design, delivery ownership, and team development. The team builds and maintains services and applications that support trading, compliance, and operations across the firm. You will work closely with various Technology and Operations teams across London, Bengaluru and New York.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of engineers
• Design and build scalable, maintainable distributed systems in C#/.NET
• Own delivery across multiple concurrent projects and priorities
• Drive best practices in testing, CI/CD, and software quality
• Collaborate with technical and business stakeholders across regions
• Contribute to architecture and long-term platform direction
• Act as the technical point of contact for the team

• 8+ years of software development experience with C# and the .NET stack
• Proven experience leading or mentoring software engineers
• Strong track record building reliable, production‑grade systems
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and architectural patterns (event‑driven, layered, client‑server)
• Experience with Python and its ecosystem
• Experience with CI/CD and modern development workflows
• Strong SQL and relational database skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities effectively
• Strong communication skills with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
• Exposure to financial products and market data (e.g. Bloomberg, Reuters)
• Displays and operates at the highest degree of ethics and integrity

• Knowledge of finance, markets, order to trade life cycle
• Experience with Bloomberg market data APIs like SAPI, B‑PIPE, Desktop API
• Experience with Docker and AWS (EC2, RDS)
• Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field