Software Engineer

Introduction 

Would you like to be part of a dynamic team that creates cutting-edge software solutions in the financial domain? If the answer is yes, we offer you an exciting opportunity to join PrismFP Analytics, an innovative FinTech firm that has spun out of an investment brokerage based in London and New York. We support our analytical brokerage business by offering a differentiated end-to-end digital platform, supporting the entire derivatives trading life cycle and all downstream integrations, analysis and reporting. 

We are seeking for a mid-level software engineer with strong backend (Python) expertise and practical frontend experience to join our expanding Operations Technology team. Successful applicants will have exposure to all technical aspects of our Brokerage business and grow your understanding of the financial domain. You’ll contribute to the technical design, build, and maintenance of internal applications that underpin the success of our brokerage business.

Role responsibilities 

• Design, build and maintain backend services and APIs in Python (FastAPI/Flask/Django) 
• Implement frontend features in TypeScript/Angular 
• Deliver high-quality production-ready code via CI/CD pipelines (GitLab, Docker, Helm) with automated tests (Pytest, Cypress) 
• Own feature development end-to-end: technical design, implementation, testing, deployment and monitoring. 
• Maintain and evolve database schemas and access patterns (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) 
• Participate in improving current application architecture to achieve better maintainability, extensibility and scalability 

What we expect from the candidate 

• 2+ years software engineering experience with good understanding of Python 
• Practical frontend experience using TypeScript and frameworks (Angular or similar) 
• Solid experience designing and consuming REST/real-time APIs and building fault-tolerant services. 
• Comfortable with cloud-native architectures on AWS and container orchestration on Kubernetes. 
• Understand CI/CD pipelines, Docker and Helm 
• Strong testing mindset and focus on test automation 
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, schema design and performance tuning 
• Familiarity with observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Sentry) and monitoring best-practices
• Interest in financial markets and the industry
• Pragmatic problem solver, who can be self-sufficient but knows when to lean on expertise within the team 
• Collaborates effectively in the team and uses clear English in both writing and verbally to facilitate open discussion, inclusion, and constructive debate

Our technology stack and approach 

• Lean principles and Agile development practices 
• Continuous deployment across all API services 
• Python as a primary backend language, TypeScript in the front-end 
• High-level frameworks (FastAPI, Flask, Django, SqlAlchemy, Alembic, Pytest, Socket.IO, Angular, Cypress, Apache Airflow) 
• Distributed task processing (Celery, Redis) 
• Amazon Web Services and ecosystem (AWS core services, Lambda, RDS, EKS, ElastiCache, , etc.) 
• Cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, ) 
• Observability technologies (Prometheus, Loki, Grafana, Sentry) 
• SQL and no-SQL Databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ) 
• Infrastructure Automation and containerised CI/CD (GitLab, Terraform/OpenTofu) 

Benefits 

• Competitive Salary/Discretionary Bonus. 
• Work closely with financial market practitioners. 
• Flexible hybrid work policy, allowing up to 50% remote work 
• Modern office in central Tallinn, Rotermanni area with many restaurants, coffees and shops around 
• Free breakfast, snacks, coffee/tea in the office 
• 28 days of paid holiday leave with flexible holiday use policies 
• First 3 days of sick leave covered at 100% of your salary 
• Quarterly Stebby platform subscription for 100 EUR 
• Regular team events - joint dinners, drinks 
• Travel opportunities to London 

Company Information 

www.prismfp.com