Senior C++ Developer/Software Engineer - London/Hybrid

Senior C++ Developer/Software Engineer - London/Hybrid

Posted Today by REAL Technical Solutions Limited

£650 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
London/Hybrid, UK

Summary: The Senior C++ Developer/Software Engineer role is based in London and involves overseeing programming assignments for large-scale system projects within a leading fintech company. The position requires extensive experience in C++ development, particularly in the financial sector, and includes responsibilities such as project management, system enhancements, and client support. The role is hybrid, requiring two days in the office, and is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Maintains project estimates and project management timelines for multiple major projects.
  • Verifies completeness and accuracy of specifications for multiple major projects to be estimated (eg, report changes, control file changes, file fixes).
  • Determines programming requirements for multiple major projects (eg, product updates, conversions).
  • Develops requirements for system enhancements.
  • Conducts research and documents findings and recommendations by using analytical problem solving.
  • Provides client support, training, testing and vendor relations.
  • Develops technical designs that will meet system objectives and minimize the impact on operations.
  • Maintains and develops on-line and batch application programs.
  • Codes programs that interface with multiple applications.
  • Trains new employees on all aspects of an application or system product.
  • Develops complex procedural language routines.
  • Provides applications development and support and utilizes troubleshooting and diagnostic tools.
  • Monitors, measures, and optimizes individual and combined utilisation of hardware, software, and telecommunications components.
  • Responsible for software Installation and maintenance - may act as project leader.
  • Develops and implements a disaster recovery plan.

Key Skills:

  • 7+ years of commercial software development experience using C++.
  • SQL experience.
  • Relevant degree in a numeric discipline, or equivalent work experience.
  • Excellent written and spoken English.
  • Recent Financial based industry experience.
  • Unix/Linux experience (bonus).
  • Experience of financial markets and the trade life cycle (bonus).
  • C# and any GUI development experience (bonus).

Salary (Rate): £650 per day

City: London

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Senior C++ Developer/Software Engineer - London

Based in the City of London (2 days in the office)/6 months rolling/£650 per day (Inside IR35)

A global leading fintech solutions company and member of the Fortune 500, seek an experienced Senior C++ Developer/Software Engineer, to be responsible for preparing programming assignments, including the design, planning and supervision of the implementation of large-scale system projects.

This will include: Reviews, analysing, and modifying programming systems including encoding, testing, debugging and installing for a large-scale Mainframe computer system.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities for the Senior C++ Developer/Software Engineer:

  • Maintains project estimates and project management timelines for multiple major projects.
  • Verifies completeness and accuracy of specifications for multiple major projects to be estimated (eg, report changes, control file changes, file fixes).
  • Determines programming requirements for multiple major projects (eg, product updates, conversions).
  • Develops requirements for system enhancements.
  • Conducts research and documents findings and recommendations by using analytical problem solving.
  • Provides client support, training, testing and vendor relations.
  • Develops technical designs that will meet system objectives and minimize the impact on operations.

Othe core skills and requirements for the Senior C++ Software Engineer/Developer:

  • Recent Financial based industry experience.
  • Maintains and develops on-line and batch application programs.
  • Codes programs that interface with multiple applications.
  • Trains new employees on all aspects of an application or system product.
  • Develops complex procedural language routines.
  • Provides applications development and support and utilizes troubleshooting and diagnostic tools.
  • Monitors, measures, and optimizes individual and combined utilisation of hardware, software, and telecommunications components.
  • Responsible for software Installation and maintenance - may act as project leader.
  • Develops and implements a disaster recovery plan.

As a Senior C++ Software Engineer/Developer, you need to have:

  • 7+ years of commercial software development experience using C++
  • SQL experience.
  • Relevant degree in a numeric discipline, or equivalent work experience.
  • Excellent written and spoken English.

Added bonus if as the Senior C++ Software Engineer/Developer, you have:

  • Unix/Linux experience.
  • Experience of financial markets and the trade life cycle beneficial.
  • C# and any GUI development experience.

Senior C++ Developer/Software Engineer - London

Based in the City of London/6 months rolling/£650 per day (Inside IR35)