Senior Technical Business Analyst (Java)

E-Frontiers; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150.000 - 165.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

E‑Frontiers in London is seeking a Senior Technical Business Analyst to bridge capital markets trading platforms with trading technology and gaming backgrounds. You will translate complex technical challenges into actionable requirements and collaborate with Java engineers, architects and QA to deliver high‑performance, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, low‑latency messaging and rigorous backlog management within an Agile/Kanban delivery framework.

Qualifikationen

• Senior technical business analyst with strong software engineering exposure.
• Experience with distributed systems and high‑throughput messaging.
• Background in capital markets trading or gaming is highly desirable.
• Proven ability to define functional and non‑functional requirements.

Aufgaben

• Lead requirements gathering in technically demanding environments.
• Translate business needs into clear functional specs and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate with engineers, architects and QA to shape solutions.
• Define product backlogs, user stories and prioritisation.
• Support Agile delivery, sprint planning and test strategies.
• Ensure performance, scalability, resilience and availability.

Kenntnisse

Technical Business Analyst

Software Engineer background

Java development

Distributed systems

Agile / Kanban

Tools

Aeron

Kafka

Hydra

Jobbeschreibung

Senior Technical Business Analyst - Capital Markets / Trading Technology/Gaming
Permanent
Hybrid - with good flexibility
London
150-165k per annum
London

MUST HAVES: JAVA DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE, MESSAGING SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE LIKE AERON OR KAFKA OR equivalent. - CAPITAL MARKETS TRADING OR GAMING BACKGROUND

This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of business analysis, software engineering and architecture, helping shape complex, high-performance trading platforms.

The successful individual will have a strong technical background, ideally gained in software engineering, QA, technical business analysis or a similarly engineering-led environment. You will work closely with developers, architects, QA teams and business stakeholders to translate complex technical challenges into clear requirements and deliverable solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead requirements gathering and analysis in complex, technically demanding environments.


• Translate business and technical needs into clear functional and non-functional requirements.


• Work closely with software engineers, architects and QA teams to shape solutions and delivery approaches.


• Define and manage product backlogs, user stories, acceptance criteria and prioritisation.


• Facilitate technical and business discussions, bringing structure and clarity to ambiguous requirements.


• Contribute to architecture and design discussions, understanding system behaviour and interactions across distributed platforms.


• Define operational scenarios, failure conditions and QA validation requirements.


• Develop process flows, sequencing diagrams and technical documentation.


• Support Agile/Kanban delivery, sprint planning, estimation, testing and release activities.


• Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, resilience and availability expectations.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant experience as a Technical Business Analyst, Software Engineer, QA Engineer or in another highly technical product environment.


• Strong technical understanding of distributed systems and complex software architectures.


• Hands-on experience with high-performance messaging or sequencing technologies such as Aeron, Kafka, Hydra or equivalent.


• Understanding of message ordering, state machine replication and fault-tolerant distributed systems.


• Experience working with low-latency or high-throughput messaging infrastructure, ideally within financial services, electronic trading or capital markets.


• Ability to define functional and non-functional requirements, including performance, scalability and resilience.


• Experience working closely with Java engineering teams; a senior Java development background would be particularly advantageous.


• Strong understanding of Agile or Kanban delivery and the full software development lifecycle.


• Experience contributing to solution design and architecture discussions.


• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate across both technical and business teams.

The Opportunity

You will be joining a specialist financial technology consultancy working with some of the world's leading financial institutions.

The organisation combines deep capital markets expertise with advanced technology to design and deliver bespoke trading platforms and high-performance trading infrastructure.

Its technology expertise includes Aeron, Aeron Sequencer, Aeron Hydra and cloud-based trading solutions.

The engagement is subject to an acceptable background check.