Agile Software Engineer – Java – Greenfield

Stanford Black; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + bonus

Healthcare & pensions

London headcount expansion

Job summary

Stanford Black in London is expanding its engineering team to deliver a new greenfield multi-asset trading platform. You will join an Agile squad focused on modern open source technologies and cloud-native architecture.

The role offers a highly competitive salary with bonus, holidays, healthcare and pensions, and opportunities to learn new tech and grow within our software engineering group.

Qualifications

• 2+ years Java experience for junior roles, or 6+ years for senior roles.
• Experience with Agile/XP methodologies including TDD, BDD, and pair programming.
• Good design and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in a public cloud environment with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• No previous finance experience is required.

Responsibilities

• Join our Agile squad and help drive best practices such as TDD, BDD, and pair programming.
• Work on our greenfield multi-asset trading platform.
• Build with the latest version of Java, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• Be cross-trained in Scala and Kotlin.
• Be cross-trained in open source technologies such as Helm, Grafana, and GraphQL.

Skills

Java

Agile

TDD

BDD

Pair programming

Cloud

AWS

GCP

Azure

Design

Problem solving

Tools

Kafka

Kubernetes

Grafana

GraphQL

Helm

Open source tech

Job description

Salary: £42,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:

• 2+ years of experience in Java for junior roles, or 6+ years of experience for senior roles
• Experience with Agile/XP methodologies including TDD, BDD, and pair programming
• Good design and problem-solving skills
• Experience working in a public cloud environment with AWS, GCP, or Azure
• No previous finance experience is required

Responsibilities:

• Join our Agile squad and help drive best practices such as TDD, BDD, and pair programming
• Work on our greenfield multi-asset trading platform
• Build with the latest version of Java, Kafka, and Kubernetes
• Be cross-trained in Scala and Kotlin
• Be cross-trained in open source technologies such as Helm, Grafana, and GraphQL

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• GCP
• Grafana
• Helm
• Java
• Kafka
• Kotlin
• Kubernetes
• Scala
• TDD
• XP
• GraphQL

More:

We are one of the worlds leading fintech firms, expanding our London headcount and investing heavily in a new greenfield multi-asset trading platform. We offer exposure to cutting-edge open source technology, a highly competitive salary and bonus structure, holidays, healthcare, and pensions. We are a tech-driven team working in AWS, with opportunities to learn modern technologies and grow within our software engineering group.

last updated 36 week of 2026