Summary
IC Markets Global provides online Forex and CFD trading solutions and platforms. The Senior .NET Engineer will design, build, and optimize scalable, low-latency microservices for real-time trading applications. The role includes event-driven development, performance and reliability improvements, automated testing, observability, code reviews, and collaboration in an Agile Scrum team. Applicants should have at least five years of software development experience, strong .NET Core and C# expertise, and a relevant bachelor's or master's degree; the position is located in Dubai.
The posting
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IC Markets Global is one of the most renowned Forex CFD provider, offering trading solutions for active day traders and scalpers as well as traders tha are new to the forex market. IC Markets Global offers its clients cutting edge trading platforms, low latency connectivity and superior liquidity.
IC Markets Global is revolutionizing online forex trading. Traders are now able to gain access to pricing previously only available to investment banks and high net worth individuals.
Our management team have significant experience in the Forex, CFD and Equity markets in Asia, Europe and North America. It is this experience that has enabled us to select the best possible technology solutions and hand pick some of the best pricing providers available in the market.
Role Overview:
As a Senior .NET Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in the design, development, and optimization of highly scalable and performant domain-driven microservices for our real-time trading applications. This role demands advanced expertise in multi-threaded environments, asynchronous programming, and modern software design patterns such as Clean Architecture and Vertical Slice Architecture.
You will collaborate with cross functional teams as part of an Agile Squad to deliver robust, secure, and efficient systems, adhering to the highest standards of quality, performance, and reliability. This position is ideal for engineers who excel in building low-latency, high-concurrency systems and have a passion for advancing fintech solutions.
What We’re Looking For:
- Build real-time .NET Core microservices with high scalability and performance.
- Use multithreading, async patterns, and event-driven designs (Kafka, AWS SQS).
- Optimize systems for low-latency, high-throughput trading workloads.
- Ensure thread safety, fault tolerance, and efficient data stream processing.
- Contribute to architectures (Clean Architecture, Vertical Slice, CQRS).
- Align technical solutions with trading/financial business needs.
- Apply robust design patterns for reliability and adaptability.
- Participate in Scrum ceremonies and Agile workflows.
- Collaborate with PO/SM to refine requirements and deliver quality software.
- Write maintainable, testable code with TDD; perform code reviews.
- Maintain strong unit, integration, and performance test coverage.
- Implement OpenTelemetry for tracing, metrics, and logs.
- Build monitoring dashboards (Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana).
- Ensure full system observability and actionable performance insights.
Required Expertise:
- 5+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on .NET Core and C#.
- Deep expertise in multi-threaded programming, asynchronous programming, and handling concurrency in distributed systems.
- Extensive experience in designing and implementing domain-driven microservices with advanced architectural patterns like Clean Architecture or Vertical Slice Architecture.
- Strong understanding of event-driven systems, with knowledge of messaging frameworks such as Kafka, AWS SQS, or RabbitMQ.
- Proficiency in observability tools, including OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and Elastic (Kibana).
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization using Docker, and orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
- Expertise in Agile methodologies under Scrum practices.
- Solid knowledge of Git and version control best practices.
Beneficial Skills:
- Familiarity with Saga patterns for managing distributed transactions.
- Experience in trading or financial systems, particularly with low-latency, high-concurrency environments.
- Advanced database optimization skills for relational databases such as SQL Server.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Relevant certifications in software development, system architecture, or AWS technologies are advantageous.