WE ARE:
At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.
Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintech and capital market service providers. With a global reach with offices in London, New York, Barcelona, Manila and Montreal, we have a proven track record of delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.
We are now looking for a Solution Engineer to join our team in London.
YOU ARE:
*An exceptional technologist who loves to solve complex problems as part of a team
*An individual with experience building solutions in the capital markets domain
*Able to build strong relationships easily with your team and clients
*Can think strategically and communicate concepts clearly to others
*An individual who acts with authenticity and integrity through their work and interactions
YOU WILL:
*Be an ambassador to Adaptive’s clients
*Build a strong, long term and trusting relationship with your team
*Help others to grow and evolve through coaching, mentorship and feedback
*Be accountable for the success and technical excellence of solutions delivered to clients at Adaptive: *Through individual contribution to the codebase on the most challenging aspects of a Delivery
*Ensuring the output quality of the team you work meets the standards within Adaptive
*Through the application of best practices within design and development (e.g. separation of concerns)
*Through the advocacy of testing approaches (e.g. behaviour driven testing)
*By helping to define and facilitate the adoption of standards within teams
*Through the definition of performant and resilient architecture, and detailed design informed by the domain and client need

*Be expected to advocate for technical decisions to your Team, Clients and other Stakeholders
*Be able to lead a team in proper adherence to software development lifecycle processes
*Be able to work with leadership to ensure that delivered work meets time, budget and possible constraints
*Be comfortable escalating and articulating risks to team members, management and clients
YOU HAVE:
*Strong communication skills
*Experience in providing mentorship and support to team members
*Significant, professional experience within capital markets, developing software solutions using Java in a highly performant, low latency manner
*Experience using Aeron in a high-performance scenario within capital markets or digital assets
*Familiarity with appropriate data structures and their usages (e.g. sets, maps and queues)
*Relevant experience in building solutions within these domains: *Order Management Systems
*Execution Management Systems
*Smart Order Routing
*Trading Venues & Exchanges
*Matching Engines
*Algo Containers
*Risk Management
*FIX Gateways

*Experienced in working within an Agile environment and following a mature SDLC.
*Distributed Systems and Consensus Algorithms
*Event-driven architecture
*Replicated State Machines
WHY US:
*To work on exciting and groundbreaking client projects where you have the opportunity to innovate and drive change at pace
*To be immersed in high-standard engineering culture
*To work amongst industry-leading experts in technology and capital markets
*To be part of the growth and development of a great company
*Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns
*Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in
*Great work/life balance (flexible, hybrid working model when clients permit, well-being benefits…). The balance between professional and personal life is extremely important to us
*We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well-being, diversity and inclusion programmes
WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK OF US:
You can check our Glassdoor! :)
BENEFITS:
We create benefits with YOU in mind
*25 days holiday
*Pension scheme
*Family medical and dental
*Life insurance and Long-term disability cover
*Cycle scheme
*Season ticket loan
*Gym subsidy
*Employee Assistance Programme
*Mental Health First Aiders
THE PROCESS:
Long interview processes are stressful and boring, and that is not us We want to make sure that everything runs smoothly.
So here you will have three stage interviews:
1- A chat with one of our great recruiters
2- An interview with our technology leadership team, involving questions and a design exercise focused on your technology knowledge and your experiences with designing and delivering capital markets solutions, as well as your approach to leadership.
3- A final meeting with our executive leadership team
But don’t worry; everything will be explained to you step by step by your recruiter.
Here is a little tip for you during those stages:
Collaboration is extremely important to us, so don’t hesitate to share your thoughts, ask questions, ask for help if needed, etc at any stages! <