Senior Java Full-Stack Developer

The Trust; England; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced software developer to deliver high-quality solutions and engage with multiple teams. The ideal candidate should have at least 10 years of design and development experience, with proficiency in Java and test automation tools. Financial domain experience is preferred. The role offers opportunities to contribute to a flagship portfolio construction platform in an agile environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of design & development experience.
• Proficient in Java 17+ and RESTful services.
• Expertise with Test Automation Tools and Frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, timely software solutions in an agile environment.
• Actively contribute to test automation code and practices.
• Work with product owner and technical lead to improve the platform.

Skills

Design & Development Experience

Java 17+

RESTful services

Test Automation Tools

Cypress

Playwright

Mockito

Kafka

Kubernetes

AWS

Angular 12+

Job description

In this role, you will be responsible for the development of quality software components that are used by Portfolio Managers, and Analysts in managing of over $100 Billion in High Yield, Credit Alternatives, and Systematic Investment Research Funds.

You will have chance to engage, shape and contribute to Alphabet, our flagship portfolio construction platform. In addition to building software, you will have an opportunity to help define and implement development practices, standards, and strategies across multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high quality, timely, cost effective and maintainable software solutions in an agile environment to meet functional and non-functional business requirements.
• Actively contribute to test automation code and practices.
• Actively contribute to engineering practices such as code and design reviews, and the definition of source control strategy, environment strategy, and build and deployment pipeline.
• Work with product owner, technical lead and architect as required to influence technical improvements to the platform.
• Develop a keen understanding of the business domain you are working on and actively participate in technology discussions with business partners and other external parties.
• Investigate creative practices and share them with your team-mates.

Key Skills

• Minimum 10 years of design & development experience.
• Proficient in Java 17+ and RESTful services.
• Expertise with Test Automation Tools and Frameworks e.g. Cypress, Playwright, Mockito.
• Exposure to messaging technology such as Kafka (nice to have).
• Kubernetes/EKS/AWS deployment and operations management exposure (plus).
• Financial domain knowledge an advantage with exposure to Equities, Fixed Income or Alternative Asset classes.
• Experience in Angular 12 and above (plus).