Front Office Developer - Technical Team Lead
CMC MarketsLondon, England, United Kingdom
Posted December 8, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
CMC Markets is a global provider of online trading and investment services, with a comprehensive retail, professional and institutional offering. Established in 1989, we're headquartered in the City of London, with regional hubs in Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. The company is listed on the LSE under the ticker CMCX and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 index. Around the world, more than 1.5 million customers trade and invest with us*. Clients use our proprietary, award-winning online trading platforms and mobile apps**, plus MT4 and TradingView, to trade on thousands of financial instruments via spread bets (UK & Ireland only), contracts for difference (CFDs), and options. We offer transparent and competitive pricing, fast execution, and dedicated 24/5 customer service. *1.621 million unique user logins for our invest and CFD platforms globally (August 2024). **Best Mobile Trading Platform & Best Spread Betting & CFD Education Tools, ADVFN International Financial Awards 2025; No.1 for Commissions & Fees, No.1 Most Currency Pairs, Best-in-class for Overall Excellence, Mobile Trading App, Platform & Tools & Research, ForexBrokers.com Awards 2025. Disclaimer: Spread bets and CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 69% of retail investor accounts lose money when spread betting and/or trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how spread bets, CFDs, OTC options or any of our other products work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money. Professional clients: Countdowns carry risk to any capital invested. These products are not suitable for all investors. CMC does not endorse, control or take responsibility for any third party content on or linked to this account. Nothing in this material is (or should be considered to be) financial, investment or other advice on which reliance should be placed.
Job Description
We're looking for a talented team-oriented developer to join our Pricing & Risk team as a Front Office Developer - Technical Team Lead. You'll work on building and maintaining distributed backend systems for our market-making business across multiple asset classes.
Requirements
- Design, develop, and maintain backend infrastructure, microservices, APIs, and business logic for our pricing and trading systems.
- Partner with front-end developers, quants, and front-office users to deliver efficient, scalable, and high-performance solutions.
- Drive technical decisions and architecture trade-offs with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance.
- Mentor and support junior team members, promoting best practices in coding standards, code reviews, and release management.
- Respond to real-time trading issues in a fast-paced environment, ensuring minimal business disruption.
Benefits
- Collaborative culture
- Supportive culture
- Opportunities for career growth and development
- Innovation, integrity, and excellence