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Actus Search

Actus Search

actussearch.co.uk

3 Jobs

3 Employees

About the Company

As a dedicated partner to Executive Leadership, Chief Operating Officers and Talent Acquisition, at Actus we understand that the right talent is essential to delivering your organisations strategic objectives. With an extensive network, cultivated through providing exceptional talent to FTSE100 through to boutique business over the course of a decade, we are able to effectively guide our clients to the right staffing solutions for their needs.

Listed Jobs

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Actus Search
Job Title
Operational Risk Manager
Job Description
Job title: Operational Risk Manager Role Summary: Owns the delivery and continuous improvement of the operational risk framework across the insurance group and its subsidiaries, ensuring a robust risk culture and effective risk‑control integration for first‑line operations. Expectations: Deliver high‑quality risk reporting and training, act as senior‑level stakeholder partner, manage risk events and root cause analysis, and support governance committees and the Risk Champion Network. Key Responsibilities: - Partner proactively with first‑line business units to embed risk awareness and control practices. - Develop, maintain and enhance the operational risk framework and policies for the group and its subsidiaries. - Design and deliver risk‑control training programmes for first‑line staff. - Oversee the risk event management process, conduct root‑cause analyses, and recommend mitigation actions. - Produce comprehensive risk reports and supporting documentation for senior stakeholders and governance committees. - Coordinate the Risk Champion Network to strengthen risk governance across the organization. Required Skills: - Strong grasp of operational risk principles and regulatory requirements. - Proven experience developing and implementing risk frameworks in regulated environments. - Advanced analytical and problem‑solving capabilities. - Excellent stakeholder management and influence at senior levels. - Effective communication, presentation, and report‑writing skills. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, or related field. - Professional certification in risk management (e.g., FRM, PRM, or equivalent) is highly desirable.
United kingdom
Remote
19-11-2025
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Actus Search
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Infrastructure Engineer
Job Description
Job title: Infrastructure Engineer Role Summary: Build and maintain scalable, secure production infrastructure for a gas‑efficient, decentralized perpetuals exchange. Manage bare‑metal, cloud, networking, databases, Kubernetes, and blockchain nodes while ensuring high reliability, performance, and security. Expectations: Deliver production‑grade infrastructure solutions, continuously monitor and optimize performance, enforce strict security practices, and lead cross‑functional collaborations to launch and scale platform features. Key Responsibilities: - Code, provision, and test infrastructure components in both dev and production environments. - Monitor, troubleshoot, and scale infrastructure to meet performance and reliability goals. - Design, implement, and maintain CI/CD pipelines and GitOps workflows. - Securely manage identity, access, and automation across cloud and on‑prem environments. - Perform load and chaos testing, penetration testing, and other security assessments. - Collaborate with engineering, product, and ops teams to plan, launch, and optimize system features. Required Skills: - 5+ years of experience building and operating secure, scalable backend systems. - Deep knowledge of bare‑metal, cloud computing, networking, Kubernetes, and data pipelines. - Proficient with relational, in‑memory, and time‑series databases. - Hands‑on experience with CI/CD, GitOps, automation, and identity management. - Expertise in performance tuning, load testing, and building fault‑tolerant architectures. - Strong security background: chaos engineering, penetration testing, and cloud security best practices. - Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience). - Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, or Kubernetes Administrator are desirable.
London, United kingdom
On site
Mid level
24-11-2025
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Actus Search
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Lead Software Engineer
Job Description
Job title: Lead Software Engineer Role Summary: Founding Backend Engineer for a fully decentralized perpetuals exchange. Responsible for architecting, implementing, and scaling the core backend that connects web/mobile clients to blockchain infrastructure, ensuring gas efficiency, security, and high performance. Expectations: • 8+ years of backend engineering, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity. • Proven ability to design and deliver complex, scalable systems in a fast‑paced, early‑stage environment. • Strong ownership of engineering standards, code quality, and technical mentorship. Key Responsibilities: • Design and maintain the backend architecture (APIs, WebSocket services, data pipelines) that powers the CLOB on an EVM chain. • Lead performance optimization, scalability, reliability, and security of the trading platform. • Mentor and grow a small engineering team, setting best practices and code reviews. • Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, front‑end, and blockchain teams to deliver features. • Evaluate and integrate new technologies, tools, and cloud services to meet system goals. Required Skills: • Deep expertise in Go, Rust, or equivalent high‑performance backend language. • Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and relational/NoSQL databases. • Experience with blockchain APIs and smart‑contract interactions (EVM preferred). • Knowledge of DeFi concepts, decentralized exchanges, and perpetuals is a plus. • Demonstrated ability to drive continuous delivery pipelines and automated testing in a production environment. Required Education & Certifications: • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience). • Relevant certifications in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and distributed system design are advantageous.
London, United kingdom
On site
Senior
26-11-2025