Principal Software Engineer - Trade Finance AppDev - Ops & Payments

*Great Opportunity for talented & experienced Principal / Senior / Tech Lead Developer / Senior Software engineer*

Talensa Partners are seeking a hands on software engineering lead for a greenfield project to design & build MVP to then further develop and implement a scaleable Trade Finance execution platform.

My client are a well-established, PE backed Trade finance firm specialising in providing working capital solutions for their International corporate clients. Working with corporates and funders to implement working capital solutions that align with their long-term funding strategies.

Located: London, City

Initially a contract role, which could become a permanent role.

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineering lead / hands on developer to design, build, and implement a Trade Execution Platform Application that integrates seamlessly with their backend database to automate and streamline trade execution operations processes.

The platform will optimize operations-based trade processing, leveraging Azure hosting and current tools like SQL, and Excel. This role is ideal for a candidate who has expertise and experience in (greenfield) application design, MVP delivery, application development, backend systems integration, database optimization, and workflow automation.

Key elements to consider:

• Transaction level is relatively low volume and not to complex, initially Trade operations confirmations.
• Application needs to be scaleable to future incorporate API\’s and Payments and then further develop to other forms of working capital solution provisions. So would expect a future similar development iteration to occur after execution of current plan.

Key Responsibilities:

• Platform Development: Design and develop a robust trade execution platform to process trades efficiently, integrating with existing backend databases.
• Enable secure and efficient data file exchange between users.
• Database Integration: Work with SQL databases to handle data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL), ensuring real-time accuracy.
• File Processing: Build capabilities to handle input and output of data in a range of formats including Excel for seamless data exchange and communication with corporate clients.
• Azure Cloud Integration: Utilize Azure hosting for deployment, ensuring scalability, security, and performance optimization.
• Workflow Automation: Develop automated processes for trade processing to minimize manual interventions.
• Testing & Debugging: Perform rigorous testing to ensure platform reliability and troubleshoot issues to deliver a stable product.
• Documentation: Prepare clear and comprehensive documentation for system architecture, user operations, and maintenance.

Candidate Specification:

Technical Skills:

• Programming Languages: Strong proficiency in Python, Rust, C#, or Java, ASP.NET, or Django for backend development.
• Database Expertise: Advanced skills in SQL (querying, optimization, ETL processes) and working knowledge of integrating relational databases.
• File Handling: Hands-on experience processing and manipulating Excel files programmatically.
• Cloud Technologies: Proficiency in Azure services, including Azure Functions, Azure SQL
• API Development: Ideally Familiarity with RESTful / API design and integration.
• Data Transformation: Experience with data cleansing, validation, and transformation.

Preferred Experience:

• Prior experience in developing trade, finance, payments-related platforms.
• Familiarity with trade finance or finance transactional, banking workflows with multi-parties.

Soft Skills:

• Problem Solving and Ability to design scalable and efficient solutions for complex workflows.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Attention to Detail: Ensures data accuracy and platform reliability.
• Adaptability: Thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment.
• Ability to work independently, managing multiples priorities in a fast-pace environment.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Years of professional experience in backend development, database integration, and cloud technologies. Front end development ideal.
• Certifications in Azure or SQL (preferred but not mandatory).

This position offers an opportunity to work on a transformative platform for trade execution, leveraging cutting-edge tools and technologies.

There is an ideal view that this person may take up a permanent position with the firm thereafter to support our growth story, but this is open to the right and interested candidate.