Senior Software Engineer - AI-Driven Java Backend

IG Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Private medical cover for you and your

Life insurance

Gym membership contributions

25 days holiday + birthday + volunteer

Holiday buy/sell

Global onboarding process

Parental pay and leave

Job summary

IG Group in London seeks a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Java and AI to advance Brokerage Services engineering. You will build AI‑assisted tooling, improve testing, and push for secure, scalable automation across the CI/CD pipeline.

You will own features end‑to‑end, collaborate with product and security teams, and mentor peers while shaping the adoption of AI tools such as LLM‑based assistants within IG's tech stack.

Qualifications

• Extensive background as a Software Engineer on production systems.
• Strong Java or equivalent backend experience with ownership of features from design to production.
• Proven discipline in test‑driven development and pair programming.
• Interest in automation and AI‑assisted development workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain internal tooling that embeds AI into day‑to‑day engineering work.
• Improve observability and monitor AI‑assisted pipelines.
• Automate manual steps in coding, testing, and release processes.
• Ship small releasable pieces continuously.
• Collaborate with product and QA to ground work in real delivery.
• Drive AI adoption and refine SDLC guardrails with data handling considerations.
• Roll out AI developer tools and integrate with Jira, Confluence, GitLab.

Skills

Java

AI tooling

Test-driven development

Pair programming

Ownership of production systems

Automation

LLM tools

Tools

Jira

Confluence

GitLab

CI/CD pipelines

Claude Code

Job description

IG Group in London seeks a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Java and AI to advance Brokerage Services engineering. You will build AI‑assisted tooling, improve testing, and push for secure, scalable automation across the CI/CD pipeline.

You will own features end‑to‑end, collaborate with product and security teams, and mentor peers while shaping the adoption of AI tools such as LLM‑based assistants within IG's tech stack.