Senior Java Engineer - Cloud & Microservices in Finance

MW Recruitment Limited; United States; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension

Life Assurance

Critical Illness cover

Career progression

Job summary

MW Recruitment Limited seeks an experienced Senior Java Developer to join a growing engineering team building cutting-edge post-trade technology solutions in a cloud-first environment. You will work on business-critical applications, APIs, client reporting platforms and web portals while customizing sophisticated trading systems used across the capital markets landscape.

You will collaborate with Product, Client Services and Engineering leadership to deliver scalable, high-performance software

Qualifications

• 7+ years' commercial Java development experience.
• Strong Java 11+ and Spring Boot development.
• Multi-threading, performance optimisation and profiling.
• Experience building microservices.
• TDD and automated testing (JUnit, Mockito, Spock).
• Maven and Git.
• CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Excellent understanding of SOLID principles, Design Patterns and Clean Code.
• Ability to analyse complex problems and deliver practical solutions.
• Capital Markets knowledge, ideally within Clearing or Prime Brokerage.
• Previous team leadership or mentoring experience.
• Knowledge of Groovy, FIX/FIXML, FpML, REST APIs, JSON or messaging technologies.
• Experience developing client portals and reporting platforms.
• Experience working with distributed or offshore development teams.

Responsibilities

• Designing, developing and enhancing Java-based applications, APIs and web platforms.
• Customising and extending third-party trading systems.
• Building scalable microservices and distributed applications.
• Writing clean, maintainable, test-driven code using SOLID principles and design patterns.
• Working closely with business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Participating in architecture discussions, code reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentoring and supporting developers while promoting engineering excellence.
• Collaborating with global development teams and contributing to Agile delivery.
• Leveraging AI tools to improve developer productivity throughout the SDLC.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices

TDD

CI/CD

Cloud

REST APIs

Git

Maven

SOLID/Design Patterns

Leadership

Tools

Maven

Git

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Terraform

GitHub

Job description

MW Recruitment Limited seeks an experienced Senior Java Developer to join a growing engineering team building cutting-edge post-trade technology solutions in a cloud-first environment. You will work on business-critical applications, APIs, client reporting platforms and web portals while customizing sophisticated trading systems used across the capital markets landscape.

You will collaborate with Product, Client Services and Engineering leadership to deliver scalable, high-performance software