Junior Java Software Engineer

Quant Capital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent trading firm based in London is seeking a Junior Core Java Developer. This role requires 2-4 years of experience in Java development, with a focus on solving engineering problems and delivering impactful business solutions. Candidates should be highly motivated and accountable, ideally having exposure to technologies like Hadoop and multi-threaded Java. The company encourages remote work but requires flexibility to come to the City as needed.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of Java development experience.
• Highly motivated and delivery focused.
• Experience in agile and test-driven environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement solutions with real business impact.
• Prototype new technologies and approaches.
• Work in a fast-paced agile environment.

Skills

Core Java

Server-side multi-threaded Java

Hadoop

Flink

RUST

Javascript

React

Redux

Linux

Jenkins

Kafka

Avro

Kubernetes

Puppet

Job description

Junior Core Java Developer – Trading

£70,000 Plus Large Prop Bonus

Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Core Java Developer to join a well known trading firm. No experience of finance is needed, finance isn’t what this firm does, tech is.

Our client is an innovative tech driven trading (Equities and ETF’s) company with a pioneering new concept for the financial markets with their big data technology platform. They have assembled a top team from across the financial markets and are looking to expand to meet high demand from clients. Their trading capital is in the order of multi millions not 3 guys in a shed.

The role :

This role and would suit a candidate with 2-4 years of Java Development experience. The successful candidate will be a top tier Java developer (or aspiring, half of the team don’t have a comp sic degree) with a passion for solving engineering problems and delivering business functionality. The role will involve design and implementation with real input into business offerings. The work that you will do will have a visible impact and will help define the future of the product. This opportunity is unique and will allow you to be involved in shaping the future of financial technology.

The environment will be agile, fast paced and test driven. You will be encouraged to evangelise and prototype new technologies and approaches to help shape the evolving architecture.

The successful candidate must be :

• Experienced in Core Java
• Highly motivated
• Delivery focused and accountable.
• Ideally experienced in server side multi-threaded Java – if you haven’t been siloed in a big firm then don’t worry.

Additional exposure to the following is desired :

• Hadoop and Flink
• RUST, Javascript, React, Redux, Flow
• Linux, Jenkins
• Kafka, Avro, Kubernetes, Puppet
• Involvement in the Java community

My client is based London. Home work is encouraged but you will need to be able to come to the City if needed.