Java Software Engineer

Overview

In this role you will contribute to building distributed, low-latency systems for financial trading applications. You will join a fast-paced team in a London-based scale-up with a strong emphasis on modern software practices. You will collaborate to deliver robust Java solutions in a structured, iterative environment, and benefit from training if you come from a non-financial background. This position offers visibility within a spin-out from a major UK asset manager and opportunities to impact core trading workflows.

Pay / Benefits

• bonus
• benefits
• training offered in Java for non-financial background
• London office work arrangement

Responsibilities

• Build distributed, low-latency Java services
• Work collaboratively in a team with pair-programming
• Contribute to high-throughput, concurrent systems in a financial context
• Leverage AWS and DevOps practices to deploy and operate software
• Engage with streaming and messaging components (e.g., ActiveMQ, Kafka) and data stores (MongoDB)

Key requirements

• 1–3 years of commercial Java development
• Computer Science degree from a top university
• Multithreading, concurrency, and high-throughput experience
• AWS/Public Cloud experience with DevOps tools
• Advocate of TDD, pair-programming and continuous delivery

• team collaboration
• ability to work in a fast-paced financial environment
• problem-solving mindset
• Core Java
• Multithreading
• Concurrency

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