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 Developer 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 prototyping, delivering high‑value greenfield solutions across 12–15 concurrent initiatives

.
This is a hands‑on technical role with responsibility for leading small project pods (1–2 engineers), shaping solution direction, and building prototypes and production-grade systems across Python, C#, Angular and Azure. 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 projects without people management responsibiliti

es.
The

Team
The engineering function sits at the centre of the firm’s data, trading and product innovation ecosystem, responsible

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

ements
Projects range from biofuels trading insight platforms, to AI-driven trade recommendation engines, to new data ingestion and modelling workflows replacing manual Excel-based pro

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

aluable.
Rol

e Details
💰 Up to £130,000 + Benefits 💻 Tech Stack: Python | C# | Angular | Azure | AI/ML workflows | SQL | CI/CD 🏢 Hybrid | Hammersmith | 4 days per w

eek onsite
As a Tech Lead Developer

• , you will:
  Lead small project pods (1–2 engineers) across 12–15 active
• initiativesDesign, build and prototype full stack applications in Python, C#
• and AngularUnpack complex trading requirements and convert them into actionable techn
• ical designsBuild AI-driven workflows that ingest market data and generate trade rec
• ommendationsDevelop greenfield 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 best practice across testing, CI/CD, cloud architecture and d
• ocumentationWork within Azure cloud environments, leveraging modern tooling and scala
• ble servicesDeliver high-value projects that materially impact trading, risk and commercial dec

ision-making
Requir

• ed Experience
  Strong commercial experience in Python or C# (either is fin
• e; both ideal)Full stack engineering experience with Angular or similar front-
• end frameworksExperience building greenfield systems, prot
• otypes or PoCsAbility to work directly with business stakeholders and translate ambiguou
• s requirementsExperience with AI/ML workflows, data modelling or algorithm
• ic decisioningStrong understanding of Azure or equivalent c
• loud platformsExperience working with 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 Experience
  Exposure to commodities, energy or
• biofuels tradingExperience building recommendation engines or spec-
• driven workflowsFamiliarity with data ingestion pipelines, modelling frameworks or ana
• lytics platformsExperience working in high-ambiguity environments with rapid
• iteration cyclesKnowledge of AI workflow orchestration or spec-dr
• iven developmentExperience with Azure Functions, Kubernetes, or serverle