Java Developer With SQL and GIT

Randstad Technologies Recruitment; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking a Senior Hands-on Java Developer for a hybrid role with a Tier-1 Global Financial Institution in London. This position involves re-engineering a critical trading platform while migrating legacy systems to a cloud-native architecture. The ideal candidate will have mastery in Java, experience in Fixed Income, and proficiency with SQL and modern DevOps techniques. Interested candidates should apply with their CV or profile link for further discussion.

Qualifications

• Deep experience in Fixed Income including Treasuries, Corporate Bonds, and Mortgages.
• Experience with trading protocols like FIX/FpML.
• Strong development experience in building unit tests for CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Translate business workflows into high-performance code.
• Support global trading floor while driving cloud modernization.

Skills

Core Java mastery

Spring Boot

Fixed Income experience

High proficiency in SQL

Strong Git skills

Data Modelling

Tools

Kafka

MQ

Job description

The Role

Our client is seeking a Senior Hands‑on Java Developer to join a Tier‑1 Global Financial Institution's Fixed Income team. This isn't a "business as usual" role—you will be a key architect in re‑engineering a mission‑critical trading platform, migrating legacy systems into a cloud‑native, microservices architecture.

The Environment

• Location: Hybrid (3 days in the City of London)
• Type of Role: Permanent
• Focus: Electronic Trading, Messaging Channels, and Exchange Interfacing
• Tech Culture: Modern engineering with AI‑integrated workflows (GitLab Duo/CoPilot)

Your Technical Arsenal

• Java Expert: Mastery of core Java, Spring Boot, and Spring Integration
• Domain Specialist: Deep experience in Fixed Income (Treasuries, Corporate Bonds, Mortgages) and trading protocols like FIX/FpML
• Data & Messaging: High proficiency in SQL, Kafka, MQ, and Data Modelling
• Modern DevOps: Strong Git skills and experience building unit tests for robust CI/CD pipelines

Why this role?

You will work directly with Front‑Office trading teams, translating business workflows into high‑performance code. If you enjoy the adrenaline of supporting a global trading floor while driving long‑term cloud modernization, this is your next career move.

Interested?

Reply with your CV or a link to your profile, and let's discuss the project, the technical stack, and the full package or drop an email on yogeshwari.sen @ randstad digital .com

Randstad Technologies Ltd Legal Statement

Randstad Technologies Ltd is a leading specialist recruitment business for the IT & Engineering industries. Please note that due to a high level of applications, we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.