Senior Engineer

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Hello, we're IG Group. We are a publicly-traded FTSE250 FinTech company who run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto.

We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We're global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We're hungry to move faster, ship better product for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers.

We work in cross-functional teams and are laser focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

This role is a part of the new AI engineering team to help drive things faster in a new ways of working.

Your primary responsibility will be to:

• Use AI for all coding tasks: feature implementation, refactoring, test creation, documentation, debugging
• Employ Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and LLM APIs to write better code faster
• Apply AI-assisted code analysis, optimization, and security scanning
• Achieve measurable and significant productivity improvements through AI integration
• Demonstrate when to use AI vs when human judgment is critical
   

• Experience building and deploying production systems at scale.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and SOLID principles
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Hands-on experience building and scaling microservices architectures
• Demonstrated use of Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, or similar AI development tools in production work
• Experience implementing AI in CI/CD pipelines (code review, testing, security scanning)

Key Qualification Requirements:

• 7 -10 years of software engineering experience with strong full stack expertise using AI
• Proficiency in modern programming languages but primarily Java and React.
• Achieved measurable productivity improvements (2-5x) using AI in development
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with great attention to detail.
• Track record of driving process improvement and operational efficiency.

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office -- which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm
• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes
• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs
• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;
• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We're committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.

Your growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.

Learn more about the Perks here!

Join us for this exciting journey. Apply now!

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