Front Office Full Stack Engineer

Job Title: Front Office Full Stack Engineer – Trading & Risk Services Location: London (Hybrid or Onsite) Salary: Competitive (£110,000 - £160,000) Bonus Benefits A leading financial services firm with over £60bn AUM is expanding its core engineering group to power the next generation of its front-office trading, risk, and data infrastructure. This is a unique opportunity to work in a modern, high-performance tech environment shipping production-grade code daily, solving real business problems, and collaborating directly with end users across trading, strats, and operations. The Opportunity: You’ll join a multidisciplinary engineering team building services and tools that underpin: Trade capture and lifecycle management across asset and liability books Risk calculation, storage, and distribution for complex portfolios Market and reference data services enabling pricing and analytics You’ll work across the stack, building performant services and UIs using Rust, Python, React, and PostgreSQL/ClickHouse, with deployments to AWS and Kubernetes. This is a hands-on engineering role with strong product ownership and daily interaction with front-office users. What You’ll Do Design, implement, and maintain scalable HTTP/GRPC services in Rust and Python Develop and optimise data pipelines, databases, and schemas (Postgres, ClickHouse) Build intuitive, real-time UIs using Python and React Translate complex financial logic into accurate, testable code Collaborate with business teams to define requirements and deliver solutions fast Contribute to service design, infrastructure automation (Terraform, Flux), and CI/CD Write unit and integration tests with a strong focus on correctness and resilience Deploy to production daily and support systems in a dynamic trading environment What We’re Looking For Strong engineering fundamentals and commercial experience delivering production systems Proficient in at least two of: Rust, Python, React, or SQL/Postgres Experience building APIs (REST, gRPC), microservices, or distributed systems Interest or background in financial systems, trading, or risk (bonus, not required) Experience with cloud infrastructure (especially AWS, Kubernetes) is a plus Fast learner, pragmatic problem-solver, and clear communicator Passion for testable, maintainable, and well-structured code Mindset You take pride in what you ship and enjoy doing so frequently You write accurate, well-tested code and care about correctness You’re energised by working directly with end users to improve their tools You thrive in a fast-paced, front-office setting where priorities evolve You balance autonomy with teamwork and enjoy owning systems end-to-end This is a high-impact, high-trust role for engineers who care about precision, velocity, and collaboration. If you love solving tough problems with clean code and want to build the systems that power a modern financial platform this is the place. For more information please send your CV to me on Kamni.Sharma@lafosse.com

Location: City of London, London, GB

Posted Date: 7/13/2025