• Duration: 12 Months (with renewals)
• Pay Rate: £750 (inside)
• Location: London - 4 days a week in the office

I’m currently supporting a leading financial services consultancy that partners closely with front-office trading teams to deliver high-performance electronic trading solutions. This role sits within their Credit eTrading Algo & Front Office technology group, working directly with traders and the business Algo Desk on cutting-edge eTrading and portfolio trading initiatives.

You’ll join a global Fixed Income & Credit (FIC) technology team, focused on expanding and enhancing electronic trading capabilities. Work includes:

• Building new connectivity and RFQ protocols, including portfolio trading functionality
• Enhancing auto-quoting and algo frameworks
• Designing and developing components for Credit Cash electronic trading
• Participating in peer code/design reviews
• Supporting QA teams and resolving production issues with a strong feedback loop
• Upgrading systems to Java 17, modern frameworks, and the Solace messaging platform

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, optimise, and maintain server-side Java services for low-latency trading
• Implement multi-stream event processing, messaging, and concurrency solutions
• Work hands-on with traders and front-office teams
• Design improvements based on business requirements
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues swiftly and effectively

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of professional Java development experience

• Deep expertise in server-side Java, including:

• Concurrency

• Collections API

• Event-driven architecture

• Caching (GridGain desirable)

Strong experience with messaging systems (Solace or Tibco RV)SQL experience with relational databases (SQL Server, Sybase, or Oracle)Background in capital markets, particularly front-office trading environmentsLow-latency system design exposureLinux/Unix & shell scriptingExperience with DevOps tooling (Maven, Jenkins, Nexus, Helios)

Nice to Have

• Experience with eTrading, ETF or Portfolio Trading
• Exposure to cloud/container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Credit eTrading domain experience
• Solace messaging expertise

Reasonable Adjustments:

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