Ambition Hiring! Full Time Senior Software Engineer (Python - C-- - Java - C# - Rust) in - Ricebowl

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for a Senior Software Engineer to join a high-calibre technology team building large-scale, low-latency, business-critical platforms. We are seeking outstanding engineers with strong backgrounds in Python, C++, Java, C#/.NET or Rust, who have experience developing distributed systems at scale within front-office trading environments, leading hedge funds, market makers, exchanges, or world-class technology companies.

This role is ideal for intellectually curious engineers who enjoy solving complex technical problems, building resilient distributed systems, and working alongside some of the brightest minds in the industry.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain high-performance, mission-critical software systems.
• Build scalable distributed applications, services and platforms using Python, C++, Java, C#/.NET or Rust.
• Develop microservices, event-driven architectures and high-throughput backend systems.
• Optimise performance, latency, concurrency and system reliability.
• Work closely with traders, quantitative researchers and business stakeholders to deliver impactful technology solutions.
• Design and implement robust APIs, messaging frameworks and distributed data-processing pipelines.
• Take ownership across the full software development lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment and production support.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, technical strategy and engineering best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related quantitative discipline from a top-tier university.
• Outstanding academic record with evidence of academic excellence, such as First Class Honours, Summa Cum Laude, Dean's List, scholarships, programming competitions, Olympiads or other notable achievements.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience building complex, large-scale systems.
• Strong programming expertise in Python, C++, Java, C#/.NET and/or Rust.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, concurrency, multithreading, networking and software architecture.
• Proven experience building highly scalable, fault-tolerant, low-latency systems.
• Strong knowledge of messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Pulsar, SQS or similar.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms, containerisation and modern DevOps practices.
• Excellent problem-solving ability, data structures, algorithms and system design skills.
• Front-office trading, electronic trading, hedge fund, HFT, market-making or quantitative finance experience is highly desirable.
• Candidates from globally recognised technology companies with experience building distributed systems at scale are also strongly encouraged to apply.

Ideal Backgrounds

We are particularly interested in engineers from:

• Leading hedge funds, proprietary trading firms and market makers.
• High-frequency trading and electronic trading environments.
• Quantitative trading, exchange technology and front-office engineering teams.
• FAANG and tier-one global technology firms.
• Companies building large-scale distributed platforms serving millions of users.

What's on Offer

• Opportunity to work on some of the most technically challenging engineering problems in the industry.
• Exposure to large-scale distributed systems handling significant transaction volumes and real-time data.
• Work alongside highly accomplished engineers, traders and quantitative researchers.
• Strong technical ownership and autonomy.
• Meritocratic, engineering-led culture focused on excellence and innovation.
• Highly competitive compensation package and career progression opportunities.

If you're a top-performing engineer from a leading technology company or front-office trading environment, have a history of academic excellence, and enjoy solving complex distributed systems challenges, we'd love to hear from you.