Software Developer - Platform Team

About Trayport

Energy - it is required everywhere, from building things, transporting them or just to read a book at night. Our technology underpins approximately 80% of all power, gas, coal, emissions & freight energy trading in Europe. We are a small company that makes a big impact in the world!

At Trayport we believe in investing in our staff; if you are a highly driven person we offer the chance for you to gain further qualifications, developing your career. Being passionate about innovation, our software naturally is based on cutting edge technology, providing you with the opportunity to keep ahead of the curve.

Our people are crucial to our future. We recruit talented and innovative people and as such are constantly challenged and inspired by those around us. We employ intelligent, enthusiastic, adaptable individuals and give them the freedom, training and guidance to help them become the very best.

The Role

As we build on our success and expand into new markets, we are looking for passionate and talented Software Developers to help us to keep our customers happy by building and improving highly concurrent event driven architectures, working with amazing technologists across multiple products in a mix of front and back end development.

For us, teamwork is everything. We listen to each other, we adapt, we evolve and we strive to innovate. We are making significant investments in our business and we will invest in you.

Within the Platform Team here at Trayport we regularly appraise new technologies but our stack mainly consists of:

• TypeScript
• ReactJS
• .NET 8 - C# - ASP/WPF

If you are not an expert in these specific technologies but are familiar with an equivalent then we’re happy to train you.

The project you will be working on is:

• Full-stack
• Cross-team
• Delivering internally
• Building a robust ecosystem that facilitates low-cost, high-speed web development
• Supporting and expanding a web-first modular component communication framework designed internally
• Exposure to many technologies, many teams
• Good chance at earning a reputation within the department

Responsibilities

• Contribute to our projects using the above technologies
• Strong understanding of web technologies
• Some experience with open-source contribution is a huge benefit
• Collaborative development practices: your code MUST benefit other developers and not just be good code by itself
• Reviewing code in a constructive way, and supporting/mentoring developers to use best practices
• Writing documentation and offering guidance
• Genuine interest and willingness to go beyond just fulfilling acceptance criteria
• Willing to participate in and often lead technical discussions
• Commitment to high quality, maintainable code
• Happy to collaborate with a wide group of stakeholders

The Person

As a developer we know what you want and what makes you tick. You'll get to work with a variety of technologies in a cool, open plan office space which really helps us embrace agile working. There's a massive kitchen with free breakfast, daily biscuits/cakes and fruit for the more health conscious.

We have regular socials, Hackathons, and the chance to learn from some pretty amazing developers. You'll also get to learn about the exciting world of Energy Trading. We offer a great work life balance, amazing benefits and an environment where you will enjoy coming to work. This is your chance to join us and make a huge impact as we continue the journey to become smarter and more efficient than ever before.