Details:
- Salary: £750 - 800 - Day
- Job Type: Contract
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: City of London London
- Date: 21 hours ago
Description:
We are seeking a seasoned, high-caliber Senior e-Trading Java Developer to join the UI & Electronic Trading team. You will contribute directly to a strategic multi-year greenfield build-out and modernization of our core Rates electronic trading platform.
The position offers a dynamic working environment embedded closely with global trading desks. The ideal candidate brings extensive buy-side or top-tier investment banking experience in Rates e-trading, deep low-latency Java expertise, and strong business-facing capabilities to elicit requirements directly from traders.
Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities
Core Platform Build: Design, develop, and optimize greenfield components of the Rates electronic trading platform architecture.
Trader Engagement: Collaborate directly with Rates traders to elicit business requirements, model complex trading workflows (RFQ, Algos), and translate them into robust technical solutions.
Low-Latency Engineering: Write highly efficient, latency-sensitive Java applications operating within millisecond to microsecond execution bounds.
Global Collaboration: Partner with distributed cross-functional engineering teams across international locations.
Full Lifecycle Delivery: Contribute to architectural discussions, code reviews, deployment pipelines, and post-implementation support for critical trading technology.
Technical Requirements & Stack
Primary Language: Expert-level Java with solid mastery of Spring / Spring Boot frameworks.
Architecture & Infrastructure: Hands-on experience with Containers and Kubernetes deployment environments.
Database & Data Management: Proficiency with high-performance time-series databases, ideally KDB+ or similar high-throughput DB technologies.
Trading Domain Knowledge: In-depth technical grasp of Request for Quote (RFQ) mechanisms, algorithmic execution, and electronic trading protocols (FIX, market connectivit
Randstad Technologies is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy