Software Engineer - Compliance

Job Description

My client, a world leading provider of market infrastructure and financial data solutions, is hiring a Software Engineer - Compliance Technology to join their Technology division based in Belfast. This role sits within a high-impact team responsible for delivering Market Abuse Surveillance and Trade & Communications Monitoring solutions across global financial markets.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a global organisation operating in over 27 countries, delivering innovative liquidity and data solutions across financial and commodities markets.

• Competitive salary (£40-45K)
• Hybrid working model
• Bonus scheme
• Strong career progression within a global technology function
• Opportunity to work on regulatory-critical systems in a fast-paced financial environment

You will be part of a collaborative technology team responsible for designing, building and maintaining data models and pipelines that underpin Market Abuse Surveillance systems.

The role involves working on both in-house SQL-based surveillance solutions and third‑party vendor platforms, ensuring data reliability, scalability and regulatory compliance.

As a Software Engineer, you will design and maintain surveillance models, re‑engineer data mapping layers into vendor systems, and build scalable ETL/ELT data pipelines.

You will work closely with compliance analysts, surveillance teams and cloud infrastructure specialists to translate business rules into robust technical implementations.

You will leverage AWS cloud technologies, event‑driven architectures and streaming frameworks to deliver secure, high-performance data workflows across trade, pre‑trade, market and communications data sources.

• Strong proficiency in Python, Java and SQL
• Experience designing and maintaining ETL/ELT data pipelines from design through to production support
• Hands‑on experience with the AWS ecosystem (EKS, Lambda, Event Bridge, Step Functions, S3, Dynamo
  
  DB, Glue, Snowflake)
• Experience with streaming technologies such as Kafka or Kinesis
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or CDK)
• Experience integrating APIs and working with event‑driven architectures
• Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Grafana)
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to translate regulatory and business requirements into technical specifications
• Understanding of regulatory compliance, data security and financial market environments (highly desirable)
• Experience with market data ingestion, trading platforms or surveillance systems would be advantageous
• Familiarity with Git Lab, Qlik Sense or Alation is beneficial

For further information on this job, or any other Software Engineering roles in Belfast or Northern Ireland, apply via the link or contact [Consultant Name] for a confidential discussion today.

[Agency Name] acts as an employment agency and employment business for permanent recruitment and the supply of temporary workers. Successful applicants may be required to complete pre‑employment checks in line with client policy.