Backend Engineer

Details:
Start: asap
Duration: until 31.12.2026 (option for extention)
Location: 100% remote
Language: English
Region: Europe only (outside DACH)!!!

Skills (must have):

• Strong Python expertise combined with hands-on experience in trading or algorithmic trading
• Practical experience with trading strategies, automated trading systems, or trading platforms
• Previous exposure to energy trading, financial markets, or comparable trading environments
• A combination of strong technical/programming skills and domain knowledge in trading
• ReactJS and Java
• Cloud Providers: Microsoft Azure
• Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka
• PostgreSQL, Redis
• Microsoft Azure

Tasks:

• User onboarding and platform readiness
• Onboard new users onto the existing execution platform.
• Configure required access, permissions, and operational setup.
• Support user readiness for trading and monitoring workflows.
• Programmatic interface and risk monitoring integration
• Enhance the programmatic access layer of the execution platform.
• Develop the interface between the execution platform and the internal risk monitoring tool.
• Support automated data exchange between trading logic, execution components, and monitoring services.
• Implement or support post-trade checks, monitoring logic, and relevant control calculations.
• Advanced algorithmic trading capabilities
• Support the development of advanced algorithms for the current execution platform.
• Develop and integrate Python and Java backend applications with Azure services such as Azure Kubernetes Service, PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure DevOps.
• Extend platform capabilities to support future algorithmic trading use cases.
• Engineering collaboration and quality
• Collaborate with architects, traders, product owners, and engineering teams to design scalable, efficient, and secure software solutions.
• Ensure code quality and adherence to software development best practices, including documentation, version control, testing, and code reviews.