Associate Software Engineer (Full-stack)

Group Overview

The TP ICAP Group is a world leading provider of market infrastructure.

Our purpose is to provide clients with access to global financial and commodities markets, improving price discovery, liquidity, and distribution of data, through responsible and innovative solutions.

Through our people and technology, we connect clients to superior liquidity and data solutions.

The Group is home to a stable of premium brands. Collectively, TP ICAP is the largest interdealer broker in the world by revenue, the number one Energy & Commodities broker in the world, the world’s leading provider of OTC data, and an award winning all-to-all trading platform.

Founded in London in 1866, the Group operates from more than 60 offices in 27 countries. We are 5,200 people strong. We work as one to achieve our vision of being the world’s most trusted, innovative, liquidity and data solutions specialist.

Role Overview

As an Associate Software Engineer at TP ICAP, you will be part of a technology team delivering business-critical software for internal broking users and external customers, contributing to both front-end and back-end engineering capabilities within Equities. This junior role is intended for a graduate or candidate with approximately a few years’ professional software engineering experience, working under the guidance of senior engineers, technical leads, and architects.

Role Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, development, testing, and maintenance of front-end and back-end software components under the guidance of senior engineers and technical leads.
• Collaborate with engineering, architecture, business analysis, and QA teams to deliver solutions that meet business and technology requirements.
• Develop high-quality, maintainable code following established engineering standards, coding practices, and team conventions.
• Support software quality through unit testing, code reviews, defect resolution, and participation in testing and release activities.
• Participate in Agile delivery processes, providing regular updates on progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery commitments.
• Assist with troubleshooting, diagnosing, and resolving application issues while supporting production stability and operational excellence.
• Use modern engineering tools and practices including source control, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and issue management systems.
• Demonstrate ownership of assigned tasks, continuously develop technical skills across front-end, back-end, cloud, and database technologies, and actively contribute to team learning and improvement.

Experience / Competences

Essential

• Graduate-level qualification in Computer Science, Software Engineering, STEM, or equivalent practical software development experience.
• Experience in software development, or demonstrable capability through placements, internships, graduate programmes, personal projects, bootcamps, or early-career professional experience.
• Foundational knowledge of software engineering principles, including clean code, object-oriented design, debugging, testing, and maintainable development practices.
• Awareness of the full software development lifecycle, including requirements, development, testing, release, and support.
• Basic experience with one or more modern front-end technologies such as React, TypeScript, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, or similar.
• Basic experience with one or more back-end technologies such as C#, .NET, Java, APIs, services, databases, or messaging/event-driven systems.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools to support coding, testing, debugging, documentation, and continuous learning while ensuring quality and accuracy of outputs.
• Awareness of relational databases and basic SQL concepts, including querying, data structures, and how applications interact with databases.
• Understanding of basic software testing practices, including unit testing, integration testing, test evidence, and defect fixing.
• Familiarity with source control and collaborative development workflows using tools such as GitLab or GitHub.
• Awareness of CI/CD concepts and how build, test, and deployment pipelines support reliable software delivery.
• Familiarity with Agile delivery practices and working collaboratively in a team environment.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to ask questions, provide status updates, and raise blockers early.
• Good attention to detail, a structured approach to tasks, and willingness to learn from feedback, code reviews, and team standards.
• Developing problem-solving capability, with the ability to investigate issues, break down tasks, and seek guidance appropriately.
• Delivery-focused mindset, with the ability to manage assigned tasks, balance priorities, and contribute reliably to sprint commitments.

Desired

• Exposure to financial services, trading platforms, market data, order management, or broking technology.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and services, such as AWS or equivalent technologies,
• Awareness of front-end design systems, UI component libraries, browser compatibility, accessibility, or UX/UI design practices.
• Awareness of APIs, microservices, serverless architecture, distributed systems, or asynchronous messaging.
• Familiarity with issue management tools such as Jira.

Job Band & Level

• Professional, Level 4

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Location

UK - 135 Bishopsgate - London

Company Statement

We know that the best innovation happens when diverse people with different perspectives and skills work together in an inclusive atmosphere. That's why we're building a culture where everyone plays a part in making people feel welcome, ready and willing to contribute. TP ICAP Accord - our Employee Network - is a central to this. As well as representing specific groups, TP ICAP Accord helps increase awareness, collaboration, shares best practice, and holds our firm to account for driving continuous cultural improvement.

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