Senior Java Backend Lead for Front Office Trading

SMBC Bank International plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An international banking group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop front office applications that support trading, marketing, and research. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Java 21 and a strong background in distributed systems. Responsibilities include collaborating with risk teams and providing support. The company offers competitive benefits and a commitment to work-life balance within a diverse environment.

Benefits

Hybrid and flexible working

Private medical insurance

Access to learning and development opportunities

Ambitious remuneration package

Qualifications

• Proactive self-starter with the initiative to influence cross-discipline teams.
• Experience delivering applications from inception to production.
• Hands-on with dynamic scalability and cloud deployment.

Responsibilities

• Develop front office applications supporting trading and analysis.
• Collaborate with risk teams, trading desks, and DevOps.
• Provide level 3 support to users as needed.

Skills

Core Java development

Concurrency

Test driven development

Distributed systems

CI/CD knowledge

Agile methodology

Education

Strong fundamental Computer Science knowledge

Tools

Java 21

Kafka

Prometheus

Elastic Search/Logstash

Docker

EKS/Nomad

Job description

An international banking group is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to develop front office applications that support trading, marketing, and research. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Java 21 and a strong background in distributed systems. Responsibilities include collaborating with risk teams and providing support. The company offers competitive benefits and a commitment to work-life balance within a diverse environment.