Staff Backend Engineer: Architecture & Systems Leader
Summary
A staff-level backend engineer role at Trading-21 in London, shaping technical direction and architecture across teams while staying hands-on with systems and code. It involves no people management; instead, the focus is on technical judgment, mentoring senior engineers, and influencing cross-domain architecture decisions.
Trading-21 is seeking a Staff Backend Engineer to shape technical direction across teams while staying close to the systems and code. You will tackle problems whose consequences extend beyond a single service or delivery cycle.
This role does not involve people management; your leverage comes from technical judgement, credible execution and helping other engineers make better decisions as you mentor senior staff and influence architecture decisions across domains.