Java Software Engineer

Venture Up; Leeds; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Venture Up in Leeds is hiring multiple Java Developers for a progressive sports betting hedge fund. You will join a tight-knit team of researchers, scientists and traders, building and maintaining scalable trading models and real-time data systems.

The role suits graduates with 1+ years experience; you will work with Java, Kafka, AMQ, Kubernetes, AWS and MongoDB on greenfield projects, making a real impact while advancing your engineering career.

Qualifications

• A degree in Computer Science or a numerical subject from a top university.
• 1+ years in Java development in a professional capacity.
• Experience with Java, Kafka, AMQ, Kubernetes, AWS and MongoDB.
• Exposure to Kafka, AMQ or similar messaging/streams tech.
• Exposure to event-driven design patterns and microservice architecture.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to build trading models.
• Develop and support large-scale distributed systems handling high data volumes.
• Contribute to Greenfield Java projects with measurable impact.

Skills

Java development

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Team collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or numerical subject

Tools

Java

Kafka

AMQ

Kubernetes

AWS

MongoDB

Job description

Java Developer – Sports betting Hedge fund – Leeds

Job Summary

A number of Java Developers are required for an exciting and progressive Sports betting Hedge fund Company with office in Leeds. You will be joining a tight-knit team of research mathematicians, computer scientists and trading analysts at the top of their chosen fields.

The role would suit candidates who have just graduated and with 1+ years experience and significant part of childhood spent hacking away in 8-bit assembly language. The successful candidates will be working closely with the quantitative researchers and alongside other extremely talented and driven engineers to build and support systematic trading models.

As Java Developer you will need:

• A degree in Computer Science or a numerical subject from a top university
• 1+ years in Java development in a professional capacity
• Some of the technologies you can expect to be working with are: Java, Kafka, AMQ, Kubernetes, AWS, MongoDB.
• Exposure to Kafka, AMQ or a similar messaging/streams based technology
• Familiar with event driven design patterns and micro service architecture
• You’ve worked on large scale, distributed systems that operate with large volumes of data.
• You are a natural problem solver and enjoy challenging yourself, bringing your own ideas
• Working alongside other extremely talented and driven engineers
• Extremely lucrative salary, bonus and benefits
• Greenfield Java projects, both challenging and rewarding

Join an exciting company with many opportunities to progress your Java and functional programming career.