Graduate PMS Engineer

Graduate PMS Engineer

Location: London Salary: £50,000 per annum

About Elwood

We have built a digital asset trading infrastructure for institutional investors. The end-to-end, modular solution for execution, risk and portfolio management workflows. Elwood provides the operational backbone for modern capital markets. Run the full platform or the modules that fit your stack, with API-first connectivity into your existing infrastructure.

Built by industry experts with decades of combined experience in investment management and digital technology, Elwood provides market infrastructure at scale, enabling financial institutions, neobanks, and corporations to access digital asset markets quickly and efficiently.

Job Description

If you are a recent graduate eager to enter the digital asset space, we invite you to join our engineering team. In this role, you will help develop our industry-leading Portfolio Management System—a vital part of our trading platform—while collaborating with the product team. This represents an exceptional opening to establish your career within FinTech.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the iteration and refinement of our Portfolio Management System utilizing Golang.
• Work closely with the Quant, Product and Engineering Teams to deliver trading solutions and convert business needs into robust technical architectures.
• Meet deadlines in support of a fast-moving release cycle.
• Participate in the architecture, implementation, and quality assurance of upcoming platform capabilities.
• Maintain visibility over live environments while mastering the art of troubleshooting and incident resolution.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to translate our high-level product strategy into an actionable technical path.
• Leverage AI tools (such as Claude) to assist in writing, reviewing, and continuously improving code quality and output.

Qualifications / Knowledge

• A recent graduate with a Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a comparable technical field.
• Foundational knowledge of Golang or C# or experience with other strongly typed languages such as Java or C++
• Familiarity with databases like Postgres
• Familiarity with cloud native tech like, GCP/K8s,AWS
• Previous experience in a similar internship or placement year within financial markets and an understanding of a portfolio, execution, or order management system an advantage
• A genuine curiosity regarding the digital assets sector and institutional financial markets and an interest in portfolio, execution or order management systems.
• Passionate about software engineering and about delivering a quality product
• Collaborative spirit with an enthusiasm for taking ownership of tasks and professional development.
• Collaborative, enthusiastic, and excellent communication skills

What we offer:

Competitive salary and compensation packages

Fully paid medical and discounted dental schemes for employees and their family

✈️ Generous time off + bank holidays

Enhanced parental leave for all employees who have been with the company for one (1) year

Fully stocked kitchen and access to Ubereats

Discounted gym scheme with Fitness First

‍ Employee Assistance Programme

Paid study leave and personal leave

Why Elwood?

• Join a FinTech startup with tier 1 institutional backing and a strong market presence.
• Help shape the future of finance - our platform is enabling institutional access to digital assets.
• Work with a modern technology stack and help solve complex problems.
• Strong client focused team with a diverse background.
• We’re a Global company and have modern offices based centrally in London, New York and Singapore.