Senior Java Software Engineer

JR United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative investment bank is seeking a Senior Java Developer to join their front-office trading team. This role offers a unique opportunity to leverage your AWS expertise to guide and mentor on cloud optimization strategies during a significant migration project. You will be instrumental in simplifying and re-engineering processes while enhancing trading, fixed-income, and equity operations. If you are passionate about financial services and eager to make a substantial impact in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for you. Join a forward-thinking organization and help shape the future of their cloud strategy!

Qualifications

• Senior experience in Java (V17+) and strong AWS expertise required.
• Experience in Financial Services and Trading is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Join the front-office trading team for a large-scale migration to AWS.
• Coach and mentor on AWS services/products and best practices.

Skills

Java

AWS

Financial Services

Trading

Tools

AWS EKS

AWS Fargate

AWS RDS

AWS EC2

AWS Lambdas

Job description

An investment bank is looking for a Senior Java developer to join the front-office trading team with a large-scale migration to AWS. You will be joining the team to help coach and mentor on AWS services/products and best practices.

The direction is simplification and re-engineering where appropriate over a lift-and-shift approach. This is a unique opportunity for you to add value to their strategy using your AWS expertise to help shape their trading, fixed-income and equity operations.

Duration: 1 year (potential to be 2 years)

Location/Hybrid: X3 per week to the City of London (not negotiable)

Requirement:

• Must have senior experience in Java, using the latest versions (V17+)
• Strong and demonstrable experience with AWS (EKS, Fargate/RDS, EC2, Lambdas)
• Preferred experience supporting the migration of apps from on-prem to AWS
• Must have experience in Financial Services
• Experience in Trading / Investment / Fixed Income is highly desirable

If you are interested in an exciting opportunity to utilise your AWS expertise to consult, guide, and mentor an investment bank on its strategy to maximise cloud optimisation, please get in touch with an up-to-date CV to get the conversation rolling.