Lead Java Engineer for Front-Office eTrading

Vertus Partners; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance-related bonus

Job summary

Vertus Partners in London is seeking a Lead Engineer to shape the next generation of front-office trading technology. This hands-on role involves architecture influence, platform direction, and delivering business-critical applications used by trading teams.

You will modernise a large-scale technology estate, build high-performance systems, and partner closely with users to solve complex workflow and data challenges.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with deep Java expertise.
• Experience delivering low-latency, real-time trading systems.
• Understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Experience designing APIs and deploying in containerised environments.
• Experience with enterprise-level databases.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building scalable, real-time applications that support trading and market-facing workflows
• Leading technical design across backend services, APIs and user-facing applications
• Working directly with stakeholders to translate business requirements into robust technology solutions
• Driving adoption of modern engineering practices, testing approaches and development standards
• Contributing to architectural decisions across distributed, event-driven platforms
• Helping evolve platform capabilities, tooling and deployment processes

Skills

Java

Low Latency

Real-time systems

APIs

Distributed systems

Front-end exposure

Job description

Vertus Partners in London is seeking a Lead Engineer to shape the next generation of front-office trading technology. This hands-on role involves architecture influence, platform direction, and delivering business-critical applications used by trading teams.

You will modernise a large-scale technology estate, build high-performance systems, and partner closely with users to solve complex workflow and data challenges.