Hybrid OTC Software Engineer – EMEA

at Flowdesk

• Job title: OTC Software Engineer – EMEA
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Microservices, Rust
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Software Engineer designing and maintaining high-performance trading systems for OTC operations at Flowdesk. Join us to contribute to our mission of building a transparent financial markets infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Flowdesk's mission is to build a global financial institution for digital assets, one designed from the ground up for market integrity and efficiency.
• To achieve this in a rapidly evolving market, we apply a disciplined, first-principles approach to everything we do. This approach is embedded in our core services, from institutional liquidity provision, trading solutions, OTC execution to our comprehensive treasury management offerings. This is how we cut through the noise and build robust and scalable systems across all our business lines. We look for individuals who are driven by this systematic approach. Joining Flowdesk means you will be a key contributor in building and scaling a more transparent and efficient financial markets infrastructure.
• We are seeking Software Engineer with extensive experience in OTC trading to join us. You will design, develop, and maintain high-performance trading systems that power our OTC operations.

Requirements

• **Key Responsibilities:**
• Develop and optimize trading infrastructure for OTC execution and settlement.
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and cross-functional teams to implement trading strategies and workflows.
• Build scalable APIs and microservices for trade lifecycle management, pricing, and risk systems.
• Design resilient solutions for clearing, settlement, and regulatory compliance Required.
• **Qualifications:**
• Extensive hands-on experience building OTC trading systems or platforms.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong expertise in low-level programming language.
• Deep understanding of financial markets, trade lifecycle, and OTC market structures
• ****Nice to Have:**
• Rust programming experience highly valued.
• Knowledge of cryptocurrency or digital asset markets.
• Familiarity with trading protocols (FIX, WebSocket) and market data systems.
• Experience with high-frequency or algorithmic trading.

Benefits

• International environment (English is the main language)
• Pension
• 100% health coverage
• Team events and offsites