Infrastructure Lead

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About TradingHub

Founded in 2010, TradingHub delivers uniquely intelligent trade surveillance software to world‑leading financial institutions. Developed by market professionals, our solutions use sophisticated modelling techniques to detect single and cross‑product market manipulation. With a team of over 150 experts based in London, Toronto, Singapore and Sydney, TradingHub combines global reach with deep markets expertise to help our customers protect themselves from financial, regulatory, and reputational risk.

The Role

We are looking for an Infrastructure Lead to join our Engineering team in London. This role is focused on building the infrastructure foundation on AWS for our analytics platform which will allow financial professionals to create bespoke surveillance controls and run them on provisioned infrastructure. You will be leading a team of software engineers tasked with delivering this, striving for a cost‑efficient, low‑latency and stable platform that utilises immutable deployment, containerisation and IaC strategies. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate great understanding of infrastructure technologies as well as software engineering, with the ability to deep dive into specific areas of the stack when required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and train a team of software engineers to write C#, CloudFormation and Terraform
• Identify underlying production issues, leveraging knowledge and experience to suggest actionable solutions
• Set clear team goals aligned with business priorities
• Partner with stakeholders to design our services, demonstrating the highest levels of professionalism throughout
• Collaborate with other teams across engineering as well as cross‑functionally
• Develop an excellent understanding of TradingHub’s key product

Requirements

• Significant software engineering ability using C# or another OOP language
• Previous experience designing from scratch using first principles as well as off‑the‑shelf technologies
• Excellent task management and commercial prioritisation skills
• Expertise with AWS technologies such as EC2, S3, ECS
• Comfortable working on multiple fast‑paced projects throughout their lifecycle
• Working knowledge of CloudFormation or Terraform
• Experience leading and developing high‑performing teams

Benefits

Life at TradingHub is a rewarding journey within a fast‑growing company that thrives on innovation and collaboration. By combining the best of both technology and global markets, we’re able to solve complex problems together and deliver meaningful results to our customers. Everybody has value to bring, and we welcome individuality as a key driving force behind our collective success. Rooted in everything that we do are our core values: Accountability, Ambition, Partnership and Trust. These provide the foundation for a sustainable workplace culture and the platform for you to harness your unique experience and become the best version of yourself. We believe in our people and invest in their growth, and together, we can sit on the right side of history.

Employee Benefits

• Annual discretionary performance bonus (permanent employees only)
• Hybrid working policy
• Office lunches twice a week
• Private medical insurance + dental cover
• Extended parental leave (up to 6 months of fully paid maternity leave)
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays
• Enhanced company pension plan
• 5 days study leave towards professional qualifications
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Death in service coverage

Don’t tick every single requirement? Research shows that candidates from under‑represented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet all the criteria. We are dedicated to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, so if this role excites you, please don’t let our specification hold you back. Get in touch!

Equal Opportunity

TradingHub is an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, ethnic or national origins, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, socio‑economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics. TradingHub selects candidates for interview based solely on their skills, experience and qualifications. We are committed to making our recruitment process accessible to all and we encourage candidates to inform us of any required adjustments. A full copy of our diversity, equity and inclusion policy will be made available to you upon request.