Senior Java Engineer - Trading

Currently hiring a Senior Java Engineer to join a fixed income trading team - a high-performing group responsible for building and maintaining global trading systems used daily by traders and middle office teams. These systems handle complex financial instruments, from bonds and repos to interest rate swaps and exotic portfolios, with a strong focus on performance, reliability, and traceability.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy high-quality software using Java and related technologies

• Conduct code reviews, ensuring clean, maintainable, and efficient code

• Mentor junior developers and promote technical excellence within the team

• Analyse and resolve performance, scalability, and concurrency issues

• Contribute to Agile/Scrum processes, including sprint planning and retrospectives

• Maintain clear and comprehensive technical documentation

Key Requirements:

• Strong expertise in Core Java, including multi-threading and concurrency demonstrating self-sufficiency

• Proven experience in low-latency systems, performance tuning, and network programming

• Familiarity with high-performance messaging systems

• Proficiency with profiling, benchmarking, and memory analysis tools

• Working knowledge of Linux/Bash scripting and at least one other language (e.g. Python or C#)

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