Mid-Level Java Software Engineer

Quant Capital; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-known trading firm in London is seeking a Mid-Level Java Developer to join their innovative team. The ideal candidate will have 5-7 years of experience in Core Java and a passion for solving engineering problems. In this role, you will design and implement solutions that have a visible impact on business outcomes. The firm values a motivated approach and offers the chance to work with cutting-edge technology in a dynamic environment, with some flexibility for remote work.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of Java Development experience.
• Passion for solving engineering problems.
• Delivery-focused and accountable.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement software with real input into business offerings.
• Work in an agile, fast-paced, test-driven environment.
• Prototype new technologies and approaches.

Skills

Core Java

Multi-threaded Java

Agile methodologies

Problem-solving

Motivated

Tools

Hadoop

Flink

Linux

Jenkins

Kafka

Kubernetes

Job description

Mid-Level Java Developer – Trading

£100,000 Plus Large Prop Bonus

Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Core Java Developer to join a well known trading firm. No experience of finance is needed, finance isn’t what this firm does, tech is.

Our client is an innovative tech driven trading (Equities and ETF’s) company with a pioneering new concept for the financial markets with their big data technology platform. They have assembled a top team from across the financial markets and are looking to expand to meet high demand from clients. Their trading capital is in the order of multi millions not 3 guys in a shed.

The role:

This role and would suit a candidate with 5-7 years of Java Development experience. The successful candidate will be a top tier Java developer (or aspiring, half of the team don’t have a comp sic degree) with a passion for solving engineering problems and delivering business functionality. The role will involve design and implementation with real input into business offerings. The work that you will do will have a visible impact and will help define the future of the product. This opportunity is unique and will allow you to be involved in shaping the future of financial technology.

The environment will be agile, fast paced and test driven. You will be encouraged to evangelise and prototype new technologies and approaches to help shape the evolving architecture.

The successful candidate must be:

• Experienced in Core Java
• Highly motivated
• Delivery focused and accountable.
• Ideally experienced in server side multi-threaded Java – if you haven’t been siloed in a big firm then don’t worry.

Additional exposure to the following is desired

Tech Stack you will learn

• Hadoop and Flink
• RUST, Javascript, React, Redux, Flow
• Linux, Jenkins
• Kafka, Avro, Kubernetes, Puppet
• Involvement in the Java community

My client is based London. Home work is encouraged but you will need to be able to come to the City if needed.