Lead Java Developer

Understanding Recruitment; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 108,000 - 132,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Life assurance

Dental & eye care insurance

Work from home 2 days a week

Long service awards

Referral fee upwards of £2000

Personal training & development budget

Job summary

Understanding Recruitment is partnering with an FX Market Disruptor FinTech that has been acquired by a leading capital markets group. They seek an experienced Java Developer for a hands-on Senior/Lead role in London, leading the next generation of Java developers.

You will work on multithreading, low latency, FX/trading domains, and build microservices in the cloud (GCP, AWS) with Kubernetes, providing technical leadership through architecture decisions and mentoring.

Qualifications

• Multithreading, concurrency, low latency.
• FX/trading sector experience.
• Building microservices in the cloud (GCP, AWS) with Kubernetes.
• Product-led development – architecting, building and delivering.
• Technical leadership: mentoring, code reviews, pairing.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Java Developers while remaining hands-on and technically involved.
• Make architectural decisions, conduct reviews and pair programming.
• Guide and mentor junior engineers while delivering senior-level deliverables.

Skills

Multithreading

Low latency

FX trading experience

Cloud microservices

Technical leadership

Tools

Kubernetes

GCP

AWS

Job description

Have you got experience leading a team while remaining hands‑on and technically involved?

Salary: up to £120k + bonus

Location: London office 3 days a week

We are delighted to be continuing our longstanding partnership with an FX Market Disruptor FinTech that has been acquired by a leading capital market. They are looking for an experienced Java Developer who will fulfil a hands‑on Senior/Lead role leading the next generation of Java Developers.

They are looking for the following experience in Senior Java Developers:

• Multithreading, concurrency, low latency
• Working in the financial sector e.g. FX, trading
• Building microservices in the cloud (GCP, AWS) with Kubernetes
• Product‑led development – architecting, building and delivering
• Technical leadership: architectural decisions, mentoring, code reviews, pairing

This is a brilliant company to work for with numerous generous benefits:

• Annual bonus
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays (which increases with service)
• Life assurance
• Dental & eye care insurance
• Work from home 2 days a week
• Long service awards
• Referral fee upwards of £2000
• Personal training & development budget

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