Backend Engineer, Sparta Commodities

Mid Level

Salary not provided

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Scala

Kafka

Postgres

MySQL

RabbitMQ

Spring

Kinesis

DynamoDB

Mid and Senior level

London

Remote from UK

Data-driven commodity trading insight platform

Job no longer available

Data-driven commodity trading insight platform

101-200 employees

B2BInvestingTradingSaaSData Analysis

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

SQL

AWS

TypeScript

Python

Scala

Kafka

Postgres

MySQL

RabbitMQ

Spring

Kinesis

DynamoDB

Mid and Senior level

London

Remote from UK

101-200 employees

B2BInvestingTradingSaaSData Analysis

Company mission

To apply the latest technology and provide oil traders with only the most relevant and actionable data to make faster and smarter trading decisions.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Significant experience with Java11+ in backend or mobile
Prior work on real-time systems such as ETLs, stock tickers, or videogames
Knowledge of cloud systems and distributed map/reduce operations
Fluent English language communication skills that enable you to collaborate in a remote-first company with a diverse international workforce
Be able to occasionally travel to a central hub for collaborative meetings and coordination

Desirable

Projects in other backend technologies such as Typescript, Python, or Scala
Knowledge of Spring Boot and Micronaut
Experience with AWS technologies such as Fargate, API Gateway, or Lambda
SQL with Postgres, MySQL, or similar
NoSQL with DynamoDB, Mongo, or similar
Maintenance of distributed queues and event buses such as RabbitMQ. Kafka or Kinesis
Additional language skills such as Spanish would be a plus!

What the job involves

Our Trading Analytics platform requires processing millions of financial records per day, crunching numbers and preparing insights, and providing a delightful web and mobile experience for our customers
We are completely deployed into AWS technologies. We do our data processing and crunching in a mix of Java, NodeJS, and Python, using frameworks such as Apache Flink and Apache Camel
Our Frontend is powered by REST calls and web sockets. These are either persistent connections to Fargate services or Serverless lambdas

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Reduced availability of commodities such as oil has made its trading increasingly lucrative, but the technology that powers the industry has remained stagnant over the last few decades. Automation, analytics, machine learning, and AI can all be leveraged to optimize trading and increase profits for traders, yet existing commodity trading platforms do not generally provide such functionalities.

Sparta Commodities provides a data-driven commodity trading insight platform, empowering users to leverage machine learning and artificial intelligence to gain a competitive edge within the industry. The platform includes a variety of dashboards and tools for enhanced oil price discovery, data sharing, and data analysis, in addition to a suite of tools that automate repetitive and time-consuming tasks.

Whilst access to the trading of commodities has dramatically increased in the last decade due to consumer-grade trading platforms and AI-driven robo-advisors, the oil trading industry has been neglected by such innovations. Sparta Commodities has been wise to fill this gap, providing oil traders with the AI and automation-driven tools necessary to maximize data, optimize price discovery, and ultimately boost revenue. Off the back of its $17.5 million series A funding in 2023, Sparta is increasing its customisation and developing a suite of AI tools.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Feb 2025

$42m

SERIES B

Oct 2023

$17.5m

SERIES A

Total funding: $65.5m

Company benefits

Fully remote working.
Attractive company stock option plan.
Training and education budget.
Private healthcare.
Yearly companywide meet-ups in sunny locations.
Access to the optimal gear suited for your position.
Flexible working.

Company HQ

Les Charmilles, Geneva, GE

Leadership

Felipe Elink Schuurman

(CEO)

Experience as Biodiesel and Ethanol Trader for Vertical UK LLP from 2006 to 2009. Head of Biodiesel, Senior Gasoline Trader, and Deputy Commercial Director of Gunvor Group Ltd from 2009 to 2019.

Miles Moseley

(COO)

Experience working on the Engineering Development Programme of ARCO from 1998 to 2000. Gasoline Trader for BP from 2005 to 2018.

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