FX Risk VP Lead - Java Microservices (Hybrid)

United States Digital Space LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Discretionary bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees

Job summary

the company’s FX Risk platform team in London is building real-time derivatives pricing, risk management and data analytics. You will design, develop and maintain Java microservices, integrate Ignite, Kafka, and MongoDB data models, and work with cloud-hosted Linux environments.

Join a fast-growing, global technology group that values performance, scalability and collaboration. This hybrid role offers a competitive base salary, up to two days remote, and comprehensive benefits as described.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a relevant field.
• Experience in Java and high-load systems.
• Knowledge of distributed architectures and in-memory computing.
• Proficiency with cloud platforms and Linux.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain Java-based microservices for high-throughput application
• Integrate and optimize Apache Ignite based solution: in memory data grid for FX trades processing
• Implement real time data ingestion and processing pipelines using Apache Kafka / Solace messaging
• Design and maintain robust Mongo DB / Oracle data models and queries for data persistence
• Ensure application scalability and reliability in cloud-hosted Linux based environment
• Collaborate with DevOps to containerize services and deploy using CI/CD pipelines
• Conduct performance tuning, code reviews, and troubleshooting production issues
• Document system architecture, design decisions, and development processes

Skills

Core Java

Multithreading

JVM optimization

Distributed systems

In-memory computing

MongoDB

Oracle SQL

Apache Kafka

Solace messaging

Linux scripting

Cloud platforms

TDD

English (B1)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Apache Ignite

MongoDB

Oracle

Apache Kafka

Solace

CI/CD

Docker/Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

the company’s FX Risk platform team in London is building real-time derivatives pricing, risk management and data analytics. You will design, develop and maintain Java microservices, integrate Ignite, Kafka, and MongoDB data models, and work with cloud-hosted Linux environments.

Join a fast-growing, global technology group that values performance, scalability and collaboration. This hybrid role offers a competitive base salary, up to two days remote, and comprehensive benefits as described.