Senior Java Engineering Lead – Trading Technology

Cpl; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Private medical insurance

Pension

Life insurance

Learning and development opportunities

Wellbeing and employee benefits

Hybrid working

Job summary

Cpl Recruitment are partnering with a leading global financial services organisation to recruit a Senior Java Engineering Lead for its Dublin technology team. This is a senior, hands-on position focused on building and evolving high-performance platforms supporting complex trading and derivatives environments.

The role offers Dublin-based hybrid working with strong emphasis on architectural leadership, cloud-native delivery and collaboration with senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years delivering and leading complex enterprise Java applications.
• Strong background in investment banking, derivatives, trading, pricing or risk technology.
• Excellent hands-on Java skills, including concurrency, multithreading, JVM profiling and performance tuning.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, microservices and event-driven architecture.
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
• Knowledge of Spring Boot, PostgreSQL and container platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Low-latency or algorithmic trading experience would be highly advantageous.
• Strong CI/CD, automated testing and Agile delivery experience.
• Comfortable operating at a senior level and influencing both technical and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the design and delivery of critical trading technology platforms.
• Shape architecture, engineering standards and technical direction across complex Java applications.
• Remain hands-on in solving complex engineering, performance and scalability challenges.
• Lead the development of distributed systems, microservices and event-driven solutions.
• Drive engineering best practices across performance, resilience, testing and code quality.
• Provide technical direction across Java concurrency, JVM optimisation and low-latency processing.
• Support the continued modernisation of platforms using cloud-native and container technologies.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across technology, trading, risk, quantitative and infrastructure teams.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads while promoting strong engineering practices and continuous improvement.

Skills

Java

Concurrency

Distributed systems

Microservices

Event-driven

CI/CD

Agile delivery

Tools

Kafka

Spring Boot

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Job description

Senior Java Engineering Lead – Trading Technology

Cpl Recruitment are partnering with a leading global financial services organisation to recruit a Senior Java Engineering Lead for its Dublin technology team. This is a senior, hands‑on position focused on building and evolving high-performance platforms supporting complex trading and derivatives environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across the design and delivery of critical trading technology platforms.
• Shape architecture, engineering standards and technical direction across complex Java applications.
• Remain hands‑on in solving complex engineering, performance and scalability challenges.
• Lead the development of distributed systems, microservices and event‑driven solutions.
• Drive engineering best practices across performance, resilience, testing and code quality.
• Provide technical direction across Java concurrency, JVM optimisation and low‑latency processing.
• Support the continued modernisation of platforms using cloud‑native and container technologies.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across technology, trading, risk, quantitative and infrastructure teams.
• Mentor engineers and technical leads while promoting strong engineering practices and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Significant experience delivering and leading complex enterprise Java applications. 8-10 Years.
• Strong background in investment banking, derivatives, trading, pricing or risk technology.
• Excellent hands‑on Java skills, including concurrency, multithreading, JVM profiling and performance tuning.
• Strong experience with distributed systems, microservices and event‑driven architecture.
• Experience with Kafka or similar messaging technologies.
• Knowledge of Spring Boot, PostgreSQL and container platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift.
• Low‑latency or algorithmic trading experience would be highly advantageous.
• Strong CI/CD, automated testing and Agile delivery experience.
• Comfortable operating at a senior level and influencing both technical and business stakeholders.

Location & Eligibility

Dublin-based hybrid role. Candidates must live within a commutable distance of Dublin and hold a minimum of Stamp 1G Spousal/Partner permission or Stamp 4 due to UK travel requirements.

On Offer

• €120,000 – €150,000 DOE
• Bonus
• Senior, highly influential technical leadership position
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Pension
• Strong learning, development and career progression opportunities
• Additional wellbeing and employee benefits

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