Senior Algo Developer (Java, Low Latency, FX) 1-year Contract - Inside IR35 - £920per day - Hyb[...]

Hawksworth; England; Hybrid; GBP 169,740; Full time

Job summary

A financial services company in the UK is seeking a Senior Algo Developer for a 1-year contract at £920 per day. The position focuses on low-latency Java development for the e-FX Desk, requiring strong experience with trading projects. The ideal candidate will optimize low-latency systems and possess significant expertise in Java, multithreading, and algo development. Hybrid working arrangement offered, with 3 days onsite in London.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Java Developer.
• Significant involvement in Front Office Trading projects.
• Familiarity with Market Data and Core Pricing.

Responsibilities

• Develop pricing and hedging systems for e-FX Desk.
• Optimize low-latency order systems.
• Monitor performance and ensure low latency.

Skills

Low latency optimization

Java development

Algo development

Multithreading

FIX protocol

Job description

Senior Algo Developer (Java, Low Latency, FX) 1-year Contract - Inside IR35 - £920 per day - Hybrid working/ London

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Partner / Director at Hawksworth Consulting

Senior Algo Developer (Java, Low Latency, FX) 1-year Contract - Inside IR35 - £920 per day - Hybrid working/ London

Hawksworth are now recruiting for a Senior Java Developer with extensive experience with Front Office Algo Trading projects.

The job:

• IT Low Latency Java Developer
• 1 year contract with potential for extensions
• Inside IR35 Rate £920 per day to the Umbrella Company
• London Liverpool St location
• Hybrid working (x3 days on site x2 days working from home per week)

This is an IT Low-Latency, Java Developer position working for the e-FX Desk where the team develops the pricing, hedging and low-latency order and price distribution team systems.

We need someone for this role with strong low latency, Java, Algo development experience. Someone who can show optimizing/low latency tuning and has achieved low latency in the microseconds. eFX would be nice but we can accept other asset classes experience.

What you will need:

• Tenure as a Senior Java Developer - Essential
• Significant Trading projects experience/ Front office experience - Essential
• Worked with Connectivity, Market Data, Core Pricing and Hedging strategy.
• Multithreading / FIX / Performance monitoring
• Significant low latency (Optimizing & tuning ) - Essential

If you are interested and have experience, please apply now for a quick response.

Thank you.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Investment Banking and Financial Services