Tech Lead Developer | Python / C# / Angular | Greenfield & AI Prototyping | £130,000 | Azure | Commodities & Energy | Hybrid, London

Tech Lead Developer | Python / C# / Angular | Greenfield & AI Prototyping | £130,000 | Azure | Commodities & Energy | Hybrid, London

A Tech Lead Develope r is required to join a high‑impact engineering group within one of London’s most forward‑thinking commodity and energy trading businesses. This team operates at the intersection of trading, data, AI and rapid prototypin g, delivering high‑value greenfield solutions across 12–15 concurrent initiatives

.
This is a hands‑on technical role with responsibility fo r leading small project pods (1–2 engineer s), shaping solution direction, and building prototypes and production-grade systems acros s Python, C#, Angular and Azu re. You’ll work directly with traders, quants and senior business stakeholders to unpack complex requirements, build proof‑of‑concepts, and turn ambiguous ideas into working softwar

e.
The environment is fast-moving, exploratory and deeply technical — ideal for someone who thrives in greenfield engineering, enjoys variety, and wants to work on high-value, high-impact proje cts without people management responsibiliti

es.
The

Team
The engineering function sits at the centre of the fi rm’s data, trading and product innovation ecos ystem, responsible

• for:
  Greenfield Proto typing — rapidly building new tools, models and workflows from s
• cratchAI Workflow Devel opment — designing and implementing AI-driven decisioning and recommendation s
• ystemsProof-of-Concept Engin eering — validating new trading ideas, data ingestion methods and modelling appr
• oachesFull Stack Application De livery — Python/C# services, Angular front-ends, Azure
• cloudData Platform Integ ration — connecting models, market data, and internal s
• ystemsStakeholder-Led Solution Design — working directly with traders and business owners to shape requir

ements
Projects rang e from biofuels trading insight pl atfor ms, to AI-driven trade recommendation engin es, to new data ingestion and modelling wo rkflows replacing manual Excel-based pro

cesses.
The team works closely w ith the Head of Eng ineering, business stakeholders and domain experts to deliver solutions that are both technically robust and commercially v

aluable.
Rol

e D etails
💰 Up to £130,000 + Be nefits 💻 T ech Stack: Python | C# | Angular | Azure | AI/ML workflows | SQL | CI/CD 🏢 Hybrid | Hammersmith | 4 days per w

eek o nsite
As a Tech Lea d Developer

• , you will:
  Lead small project pods (1–2 engineers) across 12–15 active
• initiativesDesign, build a nd prototype full stack applications in Python, C#
• and AngularUnpack complex trading requirements and convert them into actionable techn
• ical designsBuild AI-driv en workflows that ingest market data and generate trade rec
• ommendationsDevelop greenf ield systems from scratch, including data ingestion, modelling a
• nd UI layersWork directly with traders and stakeholders to refine briefs, iterate prototypes and vali
• date outputsCreate proof -of-concepts that evolve into production-g
• rade systemsEnsure engineering b est practice across testing, CI/CD, cloud architecture and d
• ocumentationWork within Azure cloud environments, leveraging modern tooling and scala
• ble servicesDeliver high-va lue projects that materially impact trading, risk and commercial dec

ision-making
Requir

• ed Experience
  Strong commercial experience i n Python or C# (either is fin
• e; both ideal)Full stack engineering ex perienc e with Angular or similar front-
• end frameworksExperi ence building gree nfield systems, prot
• otypes or PoCsAbility to work directly with busines s stakeholders and translate ambiguou
• s requirementsEx perience with A I/ML workflows, data modelling or algorithm
• ic decisioningStrong und ersta nding of Azure or equivalent c
• loud platformsExperience working wi th market data, trading workflows or complex d
• ata structuresAbility to lead small project teams without people management re
• sponsibilitiesStrong engineering fundamentals: testing, CI/CD, clean code

, architecture
Desir

• able Experie nce
  Exposure to commodities, energy or
• biofuels tradingExpe rience building recomm enda tion engines or spec-
• driven workflowsF amiliarity with data ing estion pipelines, modelling frameworks or ana
• lytics platformsExperi ence working in high-ambigu ity environments with rapid
• iteration cyc lesKnowledge of AI workfl ow o rchestration or spec-dr
• iven development Experience with Azure Functions, Kubernetes, or serverle

ss architectures