Senior Java/Kotlin Engineer – Scalable Risk Platform

Grid Dynamics; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

medical insurance

sports

Competitive salary

Flexible schedule

Benefits package - medical insurance,

Corporate social events

Professional development opportunities

Well-equipped office

Job summary

Grid Dynamics is seeking an experienced Java/Kotlin Engineer to join the core engineering team delivering a major, multi-year strategic risk system replatforming programme. You will work at the heart of the programme, building key components within a highly scalable, risk-tolerant architecture designed to handle very large volumes of data in a demanding production environment.

You will collaborate with a high-calibre team of senior engineers while gaining exposure to Equity Derivatives and risk

Qualifications

• Strong commercial software engineering experience with Java and/or Kotlin.
• Strong experience with Kotlin is highly desirable.
• Solid understanding and practical experience of TDD.
• Experience building scalable, production-grade systems.
• Previous experience working with very large volumes of data.
• Comfortable working in high-pressure production environments.
• Strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to engineering challenges.
• Ability to work effectively within a highly experienced engineering team.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop core components of the strategic risk platform using Java and Kotlin.
• Build highly scalable and resilient systems capable of processing very large volumes of data.
• Apply TDD and strong software engineering principles throughout the development lifecycle.
• Develop production-quality code within a high-pressure financial markets environment.
• Contribute to architectural and technical decisions across the replatforming programme.
• Work closely with experienced engineers to deliver critical components of the platform.
• Take ownership of technical challenges and proactively identify opportunities for improvement.
• Participate in code reviews, testing and continuous improvement of engineering standards.
• Support the reliability, scalability and maintainability of the platform.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

TDD

Scalability

Data handling

Production systems

Teamwork

Problem solving

Job description

Grid Dynamics is seeking an experienced Java/Kotlin Engineer to join the core engineering team delivering a major, multi-year strategic risk system replatforming programme. You will work at the heart of the programme, building key components within a highly scalable, risk-tolerant architecture designed to handle very large volumes of data in a demanding production environment.

You will collaborate with a high-calibre team of senior engineers while gaining exposure to Equity Derivatives and risk