Java Software Engineer

Lucera Financial Infrastructures; Belfast; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm, based in Belfast, is hiring a Java Software Engineer to enhance their core infrastructure. You will join a global development team, focusing on resilient micro-services platforms and utilizing your expertise in Java and related technologies. This is an exciting opportunity to work with top financial companies while advancing your technical skills.

Qualifications

• 3+ years' experience with Java and micro-services.
• Experience with frameworks like Micronaut or Spring.
• Ability to write maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Designing, implementing, and supporting micro-services platforms.
• Working as part of a global development team.
• Taking products from design to delivery.

Skills

Java

Micro-services

Spring

Relational Database

NoSQL Database

Unit Testing

Docker

Tools

Gradle

Maven

RabbitMQ

Kafka

Jenkins

Git

Job description

*****This role is based in Belfast****

About Us

Lucera is a New York based firm wholly owned by BGC Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: BGCP), a leading global financial services firm.

We provide best in-class on-demand co-located infrastructure and connectivity, priced on a month-to-month basis, offering a compelling solution to businesses looking to lower expenses and reduce operational overhead.

Lucera also offers a high-performance FX matching and aggregation platform as a service, with co-location available in NY4, CH2, LD4 FR2, SG1 and TY3. The system provides smart order routing, price aggregation, and highly configurable price distribution in one unified solution available via a Web based UI. Coupled with advanced liquidity management, real-time TCA and our low latency pre-trade credit component we deliver a performant, cost effective solution to your eFX needs.

Role

Lucera Financial Infrastructures is hiring a Java Software Engineer for our Belfast office to work on our core infrastructure as a service platform, used by some of the top names in financial services.

We are looking for someone who has 3+ years’ experience working designing, implementing and supporting resilient, performant micro-services platforms. This role is for individuals who can work effectively as part of our global development team, along with the ability to work independently with a strong sense of ownership. We are looking to talk to people with:

• A passion for technology, with an ability and desire to pick up new technologies
• Background in taking products from design right through to delivery
• Strong sense of writing quality maintainable code
• Commercial experience in Java (8+)
• Use of Micronaut / Spring (or equivalent) Frameworks
• Developing against Relational and NoSQL Database (MongoDB, Postgres etc)
• Experience with unit testing methodologies and frameworks – e.g Spock, Junit
• Build systems – Gradle / Maven
• Use of Docker

Other desirables are:

• Developing using reactive / functional patterns, (RXJava, Project Reactor etc)
• Experience designing and developing micro-services platforms
• Use of messaging systems such as RabbitMQ, Kafka
• Scripting languages - Groovy / Ruby / Python
• CI/CD Tools, automated testing, delivery (Teamcity, Jenkins etc)
• Knowledge of networking protocols UDP, TCP, HTTP
• Experience with REST, WebSockets
• Version Control – preferably Git
• Grails Framework
• JavaScript – Bootstrap / JQuery