Job Description

Job Title: Solace Middleware Engineer

Job DescriptionWe are seeking a Senior Solace Middleware Engineer for a dynamic role within a front-office trading technology team, focusing on FX and Fixed Income environments. This position involves hands-on engineering responsibilities, owning, and evolving a low-latency messaging platform crucial for real-time trading systems.

Responsibilities

Own and manage Solace PubSub+ infrastructure in a production trading environment.

Design and implement low-latency messaging patterns, such as pub/sub, guaranteed messaging, and request-reply.

Tune and optimise messaging performance, latency, and throughput.

Integrate trading applications into the messaging layer.

Troubleshoot real-time messaging and latency issues impacting trading flows.

Support market data and trade execution systems.

Manage capacity planning, high availability/disaster recovery (HA/DR), and scalability of the platform.

Collaborate closely with developers and front-office stakeholders.Essential Skills

Strong hands-on experience with Solace PubSub+.

Background in low-latency or real-time environments, ideally in front-office trading.

experience with electronic trading systems, such as FX or Fixed Income.

Strong understanding of messaging patterns, including pub/sub, multicast, and guaranteed messaging.

Solid Linux/Unix and networking fundamentals.

Proven ability to diagnose and resolve performance and latency issues.Additional Skills & Qualifications

experience with market data systems or trading workflows.

Exposure to middleware technologies like Tibco, MQ, or similar.

Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Geneos or Corvil.

Familiarity with FIX protocol or trading connectivity.

Scripting skills in Python or Shell.Why Work Here?Join a vibrant team within a top-tier investment banking environment, offering a hybrid working model based in London. This role provides the opportunity to make a significant impact within a mission-critical trading platform, with the added flexibility of on-call/out-of-hours support.

Work EnvironmentThis role is based in London with a hybrid working model. The work involves a high-pressure, real-time environment where performance and speed are paramount. The position requires close collaboration with engineering and trading stakeholders, with opportunities for autonomy and ownership in mission-critical tasks.

Location

London, UK

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