Senior Java Software Engineer

Hunter Bond; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hunter Bond is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for a London-based role with hybrid flexibility. You will build and evolve end-to-end trading platforms, touching market systems and backend infrastructure, collaborating with top engineers on technical direction and architecture decisions.

Ideal candidates have senior-level Java and Spring Boot experience in capital markets or trading environments, and a strong ownership mindset.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial experience as a Senior Software Engineer, ideally within capital markets, investment banking, or another trading/financial environment.
• Strong experience working with Java and Spring Boot in high-performance systems.
• Exposure to low latency JVM concepts and streaming tech is a plus.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Low Latency JVM

Kafka

Mentoring

Communication

Tools

Kafka

Job description

Our globally renowned Fintech client — a scale-up building some of the sharpest trading technology in the systematic space — are on the hunt for a Senior Software Engineer to join their elite engineering team and help power the platforms that sit at the heart of front-to-back office trading technology suite.

This isn't maintenance work on legacy systems. You'll be building and evolving a range of trading platforms end-to-end — from the systems that touch the market to the infrastructure that keeps the business running behind the scenes. You'll work alongside some of the sharpest minds in the industry, with a genuine seat at the table when it comes to technical direction and architecture decisions.

If you thrive on solving hard problems at pace, want your code running in production systems that actually move money, and want to be surrounded by engineers who push you to level up — this is that role.

This is a London based role with hybrid flexibility.

Requirements:

• Strong commercial experience as a Senior Software Engineer, ideally within capital markets, investment banking, or another trading/financial environment
• Strong experience working with Java
• Spring Boot experience is essential
• Experience working with low latency JVM concepts is a plus!
• Exposure to Kafka (or similar messaging/streaming tech) is a strong plus
• Great communication skills with a solution-first mindset
• Strong technical ownership mentality and appetite to mentor and influence junior engineers