Harrington Starr has partnered with a leading financial technology company within London, where they are currently looking for a technical software support engineer, to maintain and support their platform.

You will ideally come from a software and infrastructure background working within a DevOps environment. You will be AWS certified, with solid Python experience. You will also have excellent customer service skills and empathy for clients’ needs.

You will learn new technologies as well as building on your current experiences. You will work in a fast-paced environment with a mix of financial developers, DevOps and infrastructure engineers, and application developers to provide front line support to our clients and staff. In this role, you will work directly with the teams to triage and analyze technical issues logged into our ticketing system.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collect and triage production support incident tickets and follow documented standard operating procedures
• Maintain and create support documentation and knowledgebase
• Own production support issues and collaborate with support engineers to resolve issues within designated SLAs
• Provide regular updates to internal and external stakeholders on outstanding issues
• Interact directly as needed with clients and stakeholders
• Provide daily and weekly issue reports
• Be an active participant at production support meetings
• Monitor environment logs for errors and troubleshoot accordingly
• Flexibility to work additional hours as needed

Required Skills

• Infrastructure Engineering
• A relevant Information Technology qualification such as Microsoft certifications or AWS certifications
• Proven hands-on experience with Linux servers (Ubuntu/RedHat Enterprise Linux)
• Familiarity with cloud Infrastructure such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• Exposure to DevOps tools such as Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management

Software Development

• Experience with Python
• Exposure to at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, C, C++, Golang
• Exposure to coding/scripting or automating manual tasks
• Essential Criteria
• Desire to learn other programming languages to help support the environment
• A degree or active pursuance of a degree in a relevant STEM field
• Attention to detail
• Excellent customer service skills and empathy for clients’ needs
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage workload
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical problems to non-technical audiences

 Desired Skills

• Familiarity with test-driven code development and SCM tools such as Git
• Experience with and interest in financial markets
• Experience with SecDB/Athena/Quartz
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus

This is a rare opportunity to work for a leading financial technology company who is currently growing. Joining currently means huge scope to build out a team or progress into different parts of the business. If you are looking for a new challenge, progression and working in a fast-paced environment using the latest technologies then please apply now. For immediate enquiries please contact Jake Browne at Harrington Starr.

Harrington Starr has partnered with a leading financial technology company within London, where they are currently looking for a technical software support engineer, to maintain and support their platform.

You will ideally come from a software and infrastructure background working within a DevOps environment. You will be AWS certified, with solid Python experience. You will also have excellent customer service skills and empathy for clients’ needs.

You will learn new technologies as well as building on your current experiences. You will work in a fast-paced environment with a mix of financial developers, DevOps and infrastructure engineers, and application developers to provide front line support to our clients and staff. In this role, you will work directly with the teams to triage and analyze technical issues logged into our ticketing system.

Primary Responsibilities

• Collect and triage production support incident tickets and follow documented standard operating procedures
• Maintain and create support documentation and knowledgebase
• Own production support issues and collaborate with support engineers to resolve issues within designated SLAs
• Provide regular updates to internal and external stakeholders on outstanding issues
• Interact directly as needed with clients and stakeholders
• Provide daily and weekly issue reports
• Be an active participant at production support meetings
• Monitor environment logs for errors and troubleshoot accordingly
• Flexibility to work additional hours as needed

Required Skills

• Infrastructure Engineering
• A relevant Information Technology qualification such as Microsoft certifications or AWS certifications
• Proven hands-on experience with Linux servers (Ubuntu/RedHat Enterprise Linux)
• Familiarity with cloud Infrastructure such as AWS, Azure or Google Cloud
• Exposure to DevOps tools such as Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and configuration management

Software Development

• Experience with Python
• Exposure to at least one of the following languages: JavaScript, C, C++, Golang
• Exposure to coding/scripting or automating manual tasks
• Essential Criteria
• Desire to learn other programming languages to help support the environment
• A degree or active pursuance of a degree in a relevant STEM field
• Attention to detail
• Excellent customer service skills and empathy for clients’ needs
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and effectively manage workload
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical problems to non-technical audiences

 Desired Skills

• Familiarity with test-driven code development and SCM tools such as Git
• Experience with and interest in financial markets
• Experience with SecDB/Athena/Quartz
• Knowledge of monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus

This is a rare opportunity to work for a leading financial technology company who is currently growing. Joining currently means huge scope to build out a team or progress into different parts of the business. If you are looking for a new challenge, progression and working in a fast-paced environment using the latest technologies then please apply now. For immediate enquiries please contact Jake Browne at Harrington Starr.

Senior C++ Developer – FinTech

City, London

Harrington Starr are working with a leading provider of Trading Technology.  Our client is an exciting Tech start-up who are founded and run by two of the industries game changes within Financial Technology space. 

Due to a hugely successful start our client is looking to hire a brand-new role into the business, they are looking for a Senior C++ Developer.  The role will be based out of the London office, and is a greenfield opportunity to launch, run and mentor internal developers.

This Senior C++ role would be well suited to someone who has strong communication skills, takes ownership of their work and has good attention to detail. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to have the complete autonomy to lead the development team.

To be considered as the Senior C++ Developer:

• Expert knowledge of Data Structure
• Strong C++ Development experience
• Experience with Docker and web development
• Linux/Unix
• Bonus: Python development experience
• Beneficial: Financial Services/FinTech experience

Apply now!

For more information get in touch with Kashasa Barreto-Inman at Harrington Starr.

Senior C++ Developer – FinTech

City, London

Harrington Starr are working with a leading provider of Trading Technology.  Our client is an exciting Tech start-up who are founded and run by two of the industries game changes within Financial Technology space. 

Due to a hugely successful start our client is looking to hire a brand-new role into the business, they are looking for a Senior C++ Developer.  The role will be based out of the London office, and is a greenfield opportunity to launch, run and mentor internal developers.

This Senior C++ role would be well suited to someone who has strong communication skills, takes ownership of their work and has good attention to detail. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to have the complete autonomy to lead the development team.

To be considered as the Senior C++ Developer:

• Expert knowledge of Data Structure
• Strong C++ Development experience
• Experience with Docker and web development
• Linux/Unix
• Bonus: Python development experience
• Beneficial: Financial Services/FinTech experience

Apply now!

For more information get in touch with Kashasa Barreto-Inman at Harrington Starr.

Java Developer – make a move into finance

£65,000 + bonus + benefits

City, London

Tech: Java, Spring, SQL

An Investment Bank are seeking a Java Developer with approx. 4 years commercial experience with Java, Spring and SQL to join a core development team and learn the inner-workings of a banking environment.

Previous industry experience isn’t required – but you must have a demonstrable desire to work in the sector and learn the banking industry. As a bonus, you’ll also be trained in cloud-based technologies and DevOps practices (AWS, Openshift, Containers, Docker).

Please contact Ian Bailey at Harrington Starr for full details

Java Developer – make a move into finance

£65,000 + bonus + benefits

City, London

Tech: Java, Spring, SQL

An Investment Bank are seeking a Java Developer with approx. 4 years commercial experience with Java, Spring and SQL to join a core development team and learn the inner-workings of a banking environment.

Previous industry experience isn’t required – but you must have a demonstrable desire to work in the sector and learn the banking industry. As a bonus, you’ll also be trained in cloud-based technologies and DevOps practices (AWS, Openshift, Containers, Docker).

Please contact Ian Bailey at Harrington Starr for full details