Junior Software Engineer

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life assurance

Bonus

Matched pension contributions

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Working from home 2 days a week

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is helping a global FX trading partner in London to hire a Junior Software Engineer. You will work in a high-performance, low-latency environment, primarily using Core Java with minimal frameworks, contributing to critical trading software.

The role is hybrid in London (3 days on-site) and offers £55,000-£70,000 plus bonus. Ideal candidates have ~1 year in financial software and a CS degree from a Russell Group university, with strong learning potential.

Qualifications

• Experience with Core Java without frameworks.
• 1 year of software development in the financial space.
• Degree in Computer Science from a Russell Group university.

Skills

Core Java

Multithreading

Concurrency

High performance

Low latency

Education

BSc or MSc in Computer Science (Russell Group)

Job description

Junior Software Engineer – Global FX Trading

Location – 3 days hybrid in London

Salary - £55,000-70,000 + bonus

Our longstanding partner, who are leading at the forefront of FX trading around the world, are on the hunt for a Junior Software Developer who has approx. 1 year experience developing software in the financial space using Core Java without frameworks, to join the London team.

Having been born from one of London’s largest trading firms, they are now expanding into global markets with their high performant FX trading products, consuming over 5 billion messages a day.

This is an excellent position for a Junior Software Developer looking for their second job as you will be working alongside and learning from some of the smartest engineers on the market, with incredible career progression opportunities to rapidly build your career up to senior.

A Junior Software Developer must have the following experience:

• Core Java
• Multithreading
• Concurrency
• High performance, low latency environment
• BSc or MSc in Computer Science from Russell Group university

Benefits you will enjoy as a Junior Software Developer:

• Health insurance
• Life assurance
• Bonus
• Matched pension contributions
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, increasing with service
• Working from home 2 days a week

Please note: Due to compliancy reasons, we will only be able to consider applications based in and eligible to work in the UK.