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 + bank holidays

Remote work 2 days a week

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is seeking a Junior Software Engineer for a Global FX Trading team in London. The role emphasizes core Java development in a high-performance, low-latency environment, with roughly 1 year of relevant experience and clear progression pathways.

You will work alongside senior engineers, learning from them while contributing to the FX trading platform and gaining exposure to industry-leading practices. Hybrid work: 3 days in London.

Qualifications

• 1 year of experience in Java development, preferably in financial space.
• Experience delivering in a high-performance, low-latency context.

Responsibilities

• Develop software in the financial space using Core Java.
• Collaborate with senior engineers to accelerate learning and career progression.
• Contribute to FX trading platform enhancements and related tooling.

Skills

Core Java

Multithreading

Concurrency

High performance

Low latency environment

Education

BSc/MSc in Computer Science (Russell Group)

Job description

Have you got 1-2 years experience as a Java Developer and are looking for the next step in your career?

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.