Ben Turner

Senior Software Engineer (Python/AWS) - SaaS & FinTech Location: London (Hybrid) Type: Full-time The Opportunity We're looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join a collaborative, high-performing engineering team developing market-leading SaaS products used to analyse and visualise some of the world's largest financial datasets. This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge cloud technology, solve complex engineering challenges and help shape the future of a modern SaaS platform. You'll work alongside talented Python and TypeScript engineers, partnering closely with Product to design and deliver scalable, high-quality software that makes a real impact. If you're passionate about building cloud-native applications, embracing AI-assisted development tools and working in a collaborative environment where your ideas are valued, we'd love to hear from you. What You'll Be Doing Design, develop and enhance scalable, secure microservices for enterprise SaaS applications. Build and evolve cloud-native solutions across both single-tenant and multi-tenant architectures. Collaborate closely with Product to translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions. Leverage AI engineering tools, coding assistants and automated workflows to improve productivity and code quality. Contribute to AWS cloud infrastructure, monitoring and operational excellence using services including CloudWatch. Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code and contribute to CI/CD best practices. Participate in architecture discussions and influence technical decisions. Mentor and support junior engineers through code reviews, knowledge sharing and technical guidance. What We're Looking For You'll have strong commercial experience developing cloud-native SaaS applications and enjoy working in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Essential Skills & Experience Strong Python development experience building REST APIs and distributed microservices. Experience delivering B2B SaaS products, including single-tenant and multi-tenant architectures. Hands-on experience with AWS services including Cognito, Lambda, Fargate, API Gateway, S3 and IAM. Experience using Terraform or other Infrastructure as Code tooling. Strong PostgreSQL knowledge, including database design and query optimisation. Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude, Cursor or similar. Comfortable owning features from design through to deployment. Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and product teams. Passion for writing high-quality, maintainable software and continuously improving engineering standards. Experience mentoring or supporting other engineers through collaboration and code reviews. Desirable Skills Experience in any of the following would be advantageous: TypeScript and modern Front End development. Financial services, capital markets or FinTech. Additional AWS services such as SQS, SNS, Step Functions, EventBridge or Secrets Manager. Big data technologies including DuckDB, pandas, Spark, Databricks or Snowflake. AI/ML technologies including vector databases, semantic search or LLM orchestration frameworks. Continuous delivery and modern development workflows. Data science applications or financial data visualisation. What We Offer The opportunity to work on technically challenging, large-scale SaaS products. A collaborative and supportive engineering culture where knowledge sharing is encouraged. Hybrid working with regular time together in our London office. Weekly team lunches and regular social events. Exposure to modern cloud technologies and AI-assisted engineering practices. The chance to influence technical direction and help shape the future of a growing platform. If you're an experienced software engineer looking to tackle complex technical challenges, work with modern technologies and be part of a collaborative engineering team, please contact Ben Turner at BRT Consulting.

2ND LINE APPLICATION SUPPORT/VBA DEVELOPER - LONDON - £45K + HUGE PENSION We are looking for an Excel VBA Developer to join our Application Support team, someone with a strong technical foundation and a collaborative mindset. This role is ideal for candidates with a minimum of two years of experience in application support and a genuine interest in financial markets. Key responsibilities include: Provide effective support for 2nd line incidents and problem resolution, ensuring minimal disruption to business operations. Maintain and enhance Excel-based tools, including those using macros, to support data analysis and reporting. Support and develop Power BI dashboards, helping to improve data accessibility and insight delivery across the organisation. Represent the team on projects and system change initiatives, contributing to the continuous improvement of our services and tools. Apply your experience working with Excel macros and confidently support financial trading systems to ensure smooth and reliable operations. Work directly with end users, delivering clear, responsive, and effective support to meet their needs. Contribute to the ongoing improvement of how data and insights are delivered across the organisation, playing an active role in the development of tools and services. Essential Skills: Technical: 2 years working as a Microsoft Excel VBA -Application Support role, supporting 2nd line incident and problem management. Having strong technical knowledge of at least one of the following: Treasury management trading systems, trade settlement systems (SWIFT, Crest), Microsoft Excel, SQL query writing or market data applications (Bloomberg, Reuters), basic Scripting knowledge (eg PowerShell). Experience of Application monitoring tools. Proven experience in 1st and 2nd line Application support role. Self-motivated, and able to prioritise, plan and deliver a high-quality service under pressure, identifying resource requirements, ensuring risks are monitored and managed and improving the service to reach professional excellence. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to communicate complex and technical information and ideas with conviction and clarity. Strong levels of ethical behaviour and self-awareness, with a willingness to accept and learn from feedback and proactively identify areas for personal development. This is a great chance to join a field leading client who can offer a stable working environment and opportunities for career progression. For more information and a full job description, please contact Ben Turner at BRT Consulting.