Senior Low-Latency Java Engineer for Trading Platforms

Morgan McKinley; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High-base compensation

Job summary

Morgan McKinley is seeking a top-tier Low-Latency Java Engineer to join a multi-year engagement building next-generation electronic trading platforms. You will work across FX or Cash Equities, architecting and building ultra-fast, event-sourced microservices from the ground up, designed for extreme-scale and deterministic latency.

Collaborating with quantitative and front-office teams, you will tackle performance, profiling, and system optimization, delivering clear architectural decisions and

Qualifications

• Deep Java Mastery: Knowledge of modern Java, the JVM, and the Linux operating system.
• Mechanical Sympathy: Performance tuning, memory management, avoiding GC pauses, and writing zero-allocation code.
• Proven Commitment: 3+ years tenure and strong long-term focus.
• The X-Factor: Passionate technologists from prestigious employers with solid academics and quality engineering.

Responsibilities

• Engineer extreme-performance, mission-critical Java frameworks based on event-sourcing architectures.
• Conduct JVM tuning and system profiling at the OS, JVM, and application layers.
• Collaborate with quantitative and front-office stakeholders to communicate architectural decisions clearly.
• Produce diagrams and UML sequence models to capture key system aspects.

Skills

Java

JVM tuning

Event sourcing

Linux OS

UML diagrams

Tools

CI/CD

Observability

TDD

Logging

Job description

Morgan McKinley is seeking a top-tier Low-Latency Java Engineer to join a multi-year engagement building next-generation electronic trading platforms. You will work across FX or Cash Equities, architecting and building ultra-fast, event-sourced microservices from the ground up, designed for extreme-scale and deterministic latency.

Collaborating with quantitative and front-office teams, you will tackle performance, profiling, and system optimization, delivering clear architectural decisions and