Java Developer

High5; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,113 - 85,438; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Mid-Senior level Java Developer to join their global front-office technology team. This hands-on role involves working in a complex real-time Linux-based environment, focusing on enhancing and modernizing systems to support significant business growth. You will engage with demanding stakeholders, leveraging your strong analytical and software engineering skills to deliver effective solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a dynamic team that values positivity and a proactive approach to problem-solving, all while working within an agile development cycle and promoting good DevOps practices.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical skills and software engineering skills required.
• Experience in a fast-paced environment with demanding stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Work on a real-time event-driven system for a global investment bank.
• Enhance the system to support exponential growth in data volumes.

Skills

Java Server Side Concurrent Programming

Spring Boot

Junit

Message-based architectures (MQ/Kafka)

RDBMS (Sybase/DB2)

Complex SQL queries

Problem solving and analytical skills

Full software development lifecycle understanding

Excellent communication skills

MongoDB

Knowledge of the Equity Derivative business

Cloud offerings (Azure/AWS)

Job description

This range is provided by High5. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Max rate: 408/day Inside Ir35 GBP

Location: Glasgow

Duration: End of December 2025

IR35 status

A core Senior Java developer is required for a Tier 1 investment bank supporting the Equity Swap business. This is a global front-office technology team that builds and supports the platform enabling this market leading business.

This role is a hands-on development role, where we are looking for someone to work on a real-time event-driven system to help renovate and modernise parts of the system as well enhance the system to support exponential growth in business event processing and data volumes. Core skills will be working in a complex real-time Linux-based environment with multi-threaded Java and good working knowledge of an RDBMS. Some experience of technologies such as MongoDB, Kafka, IBM MQ, Snowflake or other leading edge high performant data and caching technologies would be helpful.

The candidate should have strong analytical skills, strong software engineering skills, a logical approach to problem solving, be able to work in a fast-paced environment liaising with demanding stakeholders to understand complex requirements. In terms of character, we look for strong positivity and enthusiasm with an open mind to think about and offer potential solutions for architectural considerations with a “can-do” attitude.

As part of the development cycle, you should be familiar with working within an agile lifecycle model, you will be expected to target a fully automated release cycle, from testing at unit and integration level to continuous deployment. We continue to encourage good DevOps practices and look for the team to take opportunities to enhance our automated processes as well as providing good documentation for features.

Skills Required:

• Java Server Side Concurrent Programming with Spring Boot (Core Spring), Junit
• Understanding of message-based architectures (MQ/Kafka)
• RDBMS Sybase and/or DB2 is preferable, with a proficiency in writing complex SQL queries
• Good Problem solving and analytical skills
• Full software development lifecycle understanding
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• An interest to learn the business supported by the applications
• MongoDB
• Knowledge of the Equity Derivative business
• Experience with cloud offerings (Azure/AWS)

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Finance and Accounting/Auditing

Industries: Staffing and Recruiting