Senior Software Engineer; Commodities

Contract: 6-month initial contract (multi-year programme)

X4 Technology are partnered with a Commodities Trading company undergoing a major technology transformation, moving from a traditional CTRM-centric architecture to a modern, event-driven data platform.

As part of this multi-year programme, the business is decoupling its ETRM platform to build a scalable data hub, enabling real-time integration of trading, risk and market data across the organisation.

They are looking for an experienced .NET Software Engineer to build cloud-native microservices, event-driven integrations and real-time data services that underpin critical commodities trading and risk platforms.

Responsibilities for the Contract Senior Software Engineer (Commodities)

• Design, develop and deploy cloud-native .NET microservices within Microsoft Azure
• Build event-driven integrations using Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus and real-time messaging patterns
• Develop APIs, data processing services and integration components supporting commodity trading, market data and risk platforms
• Build scalable services for processing near real-time trading events and business workflows
• Deploy and manage containerised applications using Azure Kubernetes Service and Docker
• Contribute to solution architecture, ensuring highly available, resilient and scalable distributed systems
• Implement modern engineering practices including CI/CD, automated testing, monitoring and deployment automation using Azure Dev Ops
• Collaborate with Architecture, Infrastructure and Trading Technology teams to deliver secure, high-performance solutions

Requirements for the Contract Senior Software Engineer (Commodities)

• Proven experience building event-driven architectures using Azure Event Hubs, Azure Service Bus or Apache Kafka
• Strong experience developing microservices, REST APIs and distributed systems (gRPC desirable)
• Experience building cloud-native applications on Microsoft Azure, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Docker
• Experience with Cosmos DB, SQL Server or other relational/No
  
  SQL database technologies
• Strong understanding of asynchronous messaging, event streaming and integration patterns
• Experience with Azure Dev Ops, Git, CI/CD pipelines and automated testing
• Excellent debugging, troubleshooting and performance optimisation skills within distributed environments
• Previous experience within Commodities Trading, Energy Trading, Capital Markets or other front-office trading environments would be advantageous

This is an excellent opportunity to join a high-performing engineering team delivering a large-scale digital transformation for a leading commodities trading business. You'll work on modern Azure technologies, event-driven architecture and microservices, helping build the next generation of trading and risk technology on a long-term outside IR35 programme.