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The IG Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company in the UK is seeking a Senior Engineer for its DMA team. You'll improve and maintain the Execution Management System, ensuring reliable code and enhancements. The ideal candidate has strong knowledge of Java, Spring, and SQL, along with a proactive attitude towards problem-solving. The role offers a competitive salary and a hybrid working model to balance collaboration and flexibility.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible Benefits Package (12%)

Private medical cover

Life insurance

Contribution to gym memberships

25 Days holiday with additional days for birthday and volunteering

Unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning

Employee-led diversity networks

Enhanced parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Demonstrable understanding of Java, Spring / Spring Boot, Maven and SQL.
• Familiarity with distributed messaging and communications technologies.
• Practised user of Linux command line and scripting.
• Proven ability to handle complex changes, and address impediments effectively.
• Take ownership of tasks and deliver well-tested solutions in a timely fashion.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reliable and performant code, with necessary testing.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders and keep external clients' needs in mind.
• Implement feature and reliability enhancements to existing software.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in the system.
• Maintain the infrastructure required to build and verify software.

Skills

Java

Spring / Spring Boot

Maven

SQL

Linux command line

Complex problem solving

Job description

Overview

The role is for the DMA (Direct Market Access) team as a senior engineer. We're responsible for improving, maintaining and supporting our Execution Management System (EMS) which is implemented with an Order Management System (OMS). We work with IG's hedging providers (banks, liquidity providers, brokers) to allow IG to hedge and IG's clients to trade.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reliable and performant code, with unit testing and automated testing where necessary
• Work closely with internal stakeholders, when necessary while keeping in mind the external clients' needs
• Implement feature and reliability enhancements to existing software
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in our large and complex system
• Maintain the pieces of infrastructure required to build and verify our software

Qualifications

• Demonstrable understanding of Java, Spring / Spring Boot, Maven and SQL
• Familiarity with distributed messaging and communications technologies for ensuring reliable and efficient data exchange
• Practised user of Linux command line and scripting, especially in the context of troubleshooting and support work
• Proven ability to handle complex changes, and address impediments effectively
• Take ownership of the elaboration, design, and implementation of features or components and deliver a well-tested solution in a timely fashion
• Curious and keen to learn new technologies and possessing skills to work in a diverse technology stack

About IG Group

We are IG Group. We are a publicly-traded FTSE250 FinTech company who run mobile, web and desktop platforms that help our clients trade stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto. We are ambitious. Over 340,000 people already use our platforms. We\'re global with offices in 18 countries and products in 16 regions. We\'re hungry to move faster, ship better product for our customers and grow our user base. We believe in high autonomy, and we want people who are looking to do things differently in order to create better experiences for our customers. We work in cross-functional teams and are laser focused on increasing the number of active clients we serve to drive sustainable growth.

We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office — which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm
• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes
• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client\'s needs
• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth
• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We\'re committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that\'s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Flexible Benefits Package on top of your salary (12%)
• Private medical cover for you and your family
• Life insurance
• Contribution to gym memberships
• 25 Days holiday, with 1 additional day off to celebrate your Birthday & 2 additional days off a year for voluntary work (28 in total)
• The option to buy or sell holiday days.
• Unlimited access to the LinkedIn Learning Platform
• A comprehensive global and local onboarding process
• Employee-led LGBTQ+, Women's, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events & projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture
• Option to participate and create ESG initiatives based on IG Brighter Future Fund
• Enhanced primary (maternity), secondary (paternity), and shared parental pay and leave, as well as a range of support and benefits for parents