Senior Java Engineer – Low-Latency Trading

Bank of America Corporation; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Pension plan

Childcare support

Flexible benefits

Wellbeing account

Employee Assistance Program

Matching gifts

Arts & Culture access

Volunteering opportunities

Job summary

Bank of America Corporation’s Electronic Trading Technology (ETT) group in the UK develops low-latency trading solutions, including FIX connectivity and smart order routing. The ETT team works across regions to roll out next-gen platforms handling high volumes of market data and client flow.

The role focuses on delivering core framework changes, collaborating with quantitative traders, and guiding juniors through the development lifecycle, with an emphasis on high-quality, low-latency systems.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills.
• In-depth understanding of core Java APIs (collections, concurrency, NIO).
• Understand and have experience with multithreaded systems, working knowledge of the Java garbage collector, familiar with low latency I/O.
• Understanding of and experience with design patterns (Observer, Factory, Singleton).
• Development practices you will be able to use test driven development and be familiar with UML and OO design. Should have experience with Eclipse or IntelliJ, GIT, continuous build servers and Maven / Gradle.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of key functional changes to the ETT strategy engines.
• Delivery of core framework-level changes.
• Interaction with quantitative trading group / quantitative traders to capture core requirements.
• Being involved with all aspects of the development lifecycle (gathering requirements, developing code, writing unit tests, reviewing patches, performing 2nd level support).

Skills

Java API

Multithreading

Design patterns

TDD

UML

Eclipse

IntelliJ

Git

Maven/Gradle

Mentoring

Tools

Eclipse

IntelliJ

Git

Maven/Gradle

Job description

Bank of America Corporation’s Electronic Trading Technology (ETT) group in the UK develops low-latency trading solutions, including FIX connectivity and smart order routing. The ETT team works across regions to roll out next-gen platforms handling high volumes of market data and client flow.

The role focuses on delivering core framework changes, collaborating with quantitative traders, and guiding juniors through the development lifecycle, with an emphasis on high-quality, low-latency systems.