Lead Java Engineer - Rates

This is a high-impact Lead Engineer role driving the transformation of a Fixed Income technology landscape. You’ll play a key role in a multi-year platform modernisation programme, building real-time, high-performance applications that support critical trading workflows. This position offers the opportunity to shape architecture, influence platform direction, and deliver scalable systems designed for long-term growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop real-time, high-performance microservices supporting rates and credit trading workflows
• Drive full-stack solution design, partnering with front-end engineers to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Engage directly with business stakeholders to understand workflows and deliver impactful features
• Promote engineering best practices across distributed systems, testing, CI/CD and code quality
• Contribute to platform modernisation, influencing architecture and adoption of modern tooling
• Participate in code reviews and technical decision-making to maintain high engineering standards

Key Requirements

• Proven experience building high-performance applications in modern Java - Java 11,21
• Experience building in low-latency and event-driven handling large, fast-moving datasets
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures
• Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, Solace or RabbitMQ
• Solid experience building RESTful and event-driven APIs
• Strong knowledge of SQL and relational database design
• Experience deploying applications using containerisation and orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes)
• Track record of driving engineering excellence through testing, CI/CD and scalable design
• AWS, GCP

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