Server-Side Engineer - Pre-Trade Risk Technology (Java)

Millennium Management; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial services is looking for a Server-Side Engineer to join its Pre-Trade Risk Technology team in London. In this role, you will develop high-performance systems to monitor trade flows and implement global controls with a focus on Asian markets. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in Java and a strong understanding of trading systems.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Java server-side development experience.
• Experience designing and coding low latency/high throughput systems.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to interact with business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Implement controls to protect the firm and satisfy regulatory requirements.
• Design software to prevent trading errors on millions of orders daily.
• Take ownership of code from implementation to operational support.

Skills

Java

Unix/Linux

High-throughput systems

Designing trading systems

Excellent communication

Tools

Jira

Git

Jenkins

Gradle

KDB

Messaging technologies

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Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

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Job Description:

Server-Side Engineer - Pre-Trade Risk Technology (Java)

We are looking for a Server-Side Engineer to join the Pre-Trade Risk Technology team. The team manages a latency sensitive, distributed system that has a unique challenge of being able to monitor high throughput trade flow, aggregate risk metrics across hundreds of venues and block trades in real-time to prevent control violations. The system runs in every region, and has multi-asset class support.

You will join a team which is expanding the controls to support multiple new markets. This role will involve implementation of global controls, but also focus on satisfying unique requirementsin Asian markets and maintaining relationships with stakeholders in the Asia region.

Principal Responsibilities

Interact with business users to design and implement controls to protect the firm and satisfy regulatory requirements

Design high-throughput / low-latency software to catch and prevent trading errors of millions of orders daily

Take ownership of your code: from implementation and test automation to deployment and operational support (3rd level only)

Qualifications/Skills

6+ years strong Java server-side development experience on Unix/Linux

Experience interacting with business stakeholders

Experience navigating complex interpersonal situations to achieve goals

Experience designing and implementing front-office trading systems

Experience designing and coding low latency/high throughput systems

General market knowledge of equities, fixed income and/or other asset classes

Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Experience with Jira, git, Jenkins, gradle preferred

Experience with KDB is preferred

Experience with messaging technologies (especially Solace) is desired