Lead Java Engineer

Morson Edge (Financial Services); City Of London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge (Financial Services) is seeking a Lead Java Engineer to drive low-latency, high-throughput Front Office trading systems for a global Investment Bank. The role sits on the Fixed Income Technology Platform as part of a major replatforming and modernisation programme supporting Emerging Markets & Repos.

You will shape future-state architecture, guide development approaches, and liaise between engineering and business stakeholders to deliver real-time capabilities.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Core Java with deep knowledge of multithreading, concurrency, garbage collection, caching.
• Experience with LMAX Disruptor, Aeron, Solace or Kafka to achieve low latency.
• Understanding of cloud-based engineering and componentised/microservices architecture.
• Background in Front Office Development and ability to confidently face off to business users/stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Shape the modernisation programme architecture and development approach.
• Act as a liaison between the engineering team and the business.

Skills

Core Java

Multithreading

Concurrency

Garbage collection

Caching

Low latency

Front Office development

Tools

LMAX Disruptor

Aeron

Solace

Kafka

Job description

Lead Java Engineer – Low Latency, High Throughput, Front Office, LMAX Disruptor, Aeron, Real-time Streaming, SQL, Fixed Income

A Lead Java Engineer with expertise in low latency, high throughput Front Office trading systems is sought after by a global Investment Bank to join their Fixed Income Technology Platform team.

The team are responsible for the core platform underpinning several business lines including Emerging Markets & Repos, and following recent investment from the business, are embarking on a major replatforming and modernisation programme.

The aim of this platform is to reduce system latency, pushing towards real-time streaming capabilities, re-architect into a highly componentised microservices based platform, as well as long-term strategic cloud migration.

As a Lead Engineer, you will have direct input into shaping this modernisation programme with regards to future-state architecture, development approach and acting as a liaison between the engineering team and the business.

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• Strong hands-on Core Java skills with deep knowledge of multithreading, concurrency, garbage collection, caching etc.
• Experience with any of LMAX Disruptor, Aeron, Solace or Kafka to achieve low latency
• An understanding of cloud-based engineering and componentised/microservices architecture
• A background in Front Office Development and ability to confidently face off to business users/stakeholders