Senior FX Trading Full-Stack Engineer | Hybrid London

Korn Ferry Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Korn Ferry is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer for our London engineering team. You will design, build, and scale strategic FX trading software, taking features from concept to production in a hybrid work setup.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, modern UI with React/TypeScript, and robust backend services with Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, and streaming APIs, in a fast-paced financial environment.

Qualifications

• Strong Java and/or Kotlin development experience.
• Experience with Spring Boot, Kafka and Project Reactor.
• Experience building REST and WebSocket/streaming APIs.
• Strong React & TypeScript Front End development.
• Kubernetes & Azure experience.
• Experience with Grafana, Prometheus and/or Splunk.
• Playwright or similar automated testing experience.
• Strong experience using modern AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and enhance strategic applications supporting FX trading.
• Take end-to-end ownership of features from inception through to production.
• Break complex product requirements into manageable technical deliverables.
• Build scalable Server Side applications and Real Time APIs.
• Develop high-quality, performant user interfaces using React and TypeScript.
• Identify opportunities to improve application architecture, code quality and performance.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and technical decision-making.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Spring Boot

Kafka

REST

WebSocket/Streaming APIs

React

TypeScript

Kubernetes

Azure

Grafana

Prometheus

Splunk

Playwright

AI-assisted development tools

Job description

Korn Ferry is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer for our London engineering team. You will design, build, and scale strategic FX trading software, taking features from concept to production in a hybrid work setup.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, modern UI with React/TypeScript, and robust backend services with Java/Kotlin, Spring Boot, Kafka, and streaming APIs, in a fast-paced financial environment.