Summary: A leading global financial services firm is seeking an experienced Java Developer to enhance trading strategies and engines within their Institutional Securities Technology team. The role involves collaboration with trading, quant, and IT teams to improve technical performance and develop new algorithms. The successful candidate will participate in the full system development lifecycle and maintain high-volume, low-latency systems. This contract position offers a competitive daily rate and is based in London.

Key Responsibilities:

• The candidate will develop and enhance trading strategies and engines using core Java
• They will work directly with trading, quant and IT teams to advance the platform
• Projects will span new and existing algorithm development
• The role involves improving technical and execution performance of trading systems
• The candidate will generate and analyze trading signals and data
• They will participate in the full system development lifecycle from requirements to deployment
• The role requires maintaining high-volume, low-latency, resilient and scalable message-driven systems

Key Skills:

• Strong knowledge of Core Java (ideally version 21+) in a UNIX/Linux environment
• Ability to analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into well-designed solutions
• Logical approach to problem solving with good analytical skills
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in cross-functional teams
• Experience with Git/Stash and Jenkins
• Experience with unit testing frameworks such as JUnit
• Interest in learning the business aspects of the applications
• Good Linux fundamentals

Salary (Rate): 800

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT