Senior Java Engineer – Equity Trading (Vice President)

Jefferies; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jefferies seeks a senior engineer to own the Equity Front Office development, delivering scalable, high-performance trading applications. You will work within a global team, designing robust systems and partnering with traders to translate requirements into robust software.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in front-office development, 3+ years in architecture, and deep Java expertise, with experience in on-prem and cloud data stores and low-latency messaging.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in front-office development with 3+ years in software architecture
• Strong Java expertise and hands-on experience
• Experience with on-prem and cloud data stores; low-latency messaging is a plus

Responsibilities

• Lead front-office equity trading technology development
• Design scalable, robust trading applications for equity trading
• Collaborate with global traders and development teams to gather requirements
• Migrate existing applications to a microservices-based architecture and strategy

Skills

Front-office development

Software architecture

Java

Low-latency engineering

Trading domain knowledge

Team collaboration

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AMPS

Job description

Company

Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for almost 60 years. Headquartered in New York with its European head office in London, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, and asset management. Jefferies provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, foreign exchange, and a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, merger & acquisition, restructuring and recapitalisation and other advisory services, with businesses operating in the Americas, Europe and Asia.

Role Overview

The Equity Front Office development role requires an experienced senior engineer/architecture, with a proven track record of delivering scalable, high-performance systems. The successful candidate will be part of a global team working on our platform for the growing equity business.

The ideal candidate would demonstrate a passion for software development and be familiar with the recent trends in technology. We're looking for a person who will be responsible for designing and implementing robust, scalable, and efficient trading application and work closely with global team.

Excellent analytical skills, and the ability to work quickly and effectively under time pressure are expected.

• Equity Trading Front office senior engineer responsible for:


• Front office trading technology development for Equity Trading


• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with ability to solve complex issues


• Designing and implementing scalable, robust on-prem and cloud-based applications


• Engage with trading teams and developers gather requirement and assist with development and support of equity business related solutions


• Ability to work and communicate well with the regional/global team including business users on daily basis

Skills And Experience

• 10+ years+ Front-office development experience along with at least 3 years of experience in software architecture, design and develop of global trading applications


• Domain experience of Front Office Equity Trading


• Java - expert level with at least previous hands-on experience


• Strong experience with on-prem/cloud-based datastores, having experience with in-memory cache/computation is preferred


• Expert in Cloud platforms and containerization tools like dockers and Kubernetes


• Strong messaging experience for reliable and scalable data streaming preferably AMPS


• Strong experience in designing and implementing/migrating existing application to microservices based solution and strategy


• Strong networking fundamentals and experience building low latency messaging based applications


• Experienced in design stability & resiliency applications


• Looking for someone who has worked in a capacity with high intensity and attentiveness to trading environment

About Us

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.