Software Engineer
Smarkets, London
The role
Please note: We’re not actively hiring for this role right now, but we’re always keen to hear from talented engineers. Applications are welcome at any time, and we’ll keep your details on file. We may reach out sporadically as suitable openings come up, so please bear with us if you don’t hear back right away.
WHO ARE WE?
As a Mid-Level Software Engineer within our Engineering org, you will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, and maintaining the services that power Smarkets' business operations products. You will collaborate closely with engineering managers, technical leadership, and product managers to lead complex technical projects aligned with the Smarkets product roadmap.
Smarkets is looking for talented and passionate engineers like you for an exciting opportunity to create a unified and high-performing system that will not only optimize our services but also elevate Smarkets to new heights of success.
We believe in using the best tools for the job. We support two programming languages - a fast compiled language (Rust) for critical path operations and a slower interpreted one (Python) for other tasks. Our Kafka pub/sub MQ, the heart of our system, offers high availability, low latency, and message persistence. We provide gRPC and HTTP APIs for various metadata, while PostgreSQL and ElasticSearch serve as our go-to databases.