Lead Java Developer

*Role-Java Developer with SQL & GIT
*Mode-3 Days from London
*Type-Perm/FTE**

We are seeking talented Senior handson Java Developers to join our core Fixed Income team in lead and support roles To help design develop and implement our applications to support front office and operations groups Work crossfunctionally with various stakeholders trading teams and technology departments to ensure our applications are running at optimal performance You will take a handson approach to understanding business workflows and the products we work with You will help reengineer and modernize our platform and drive our migration to a scalable microservice cloudbased architecture

Responsibilities

As a development lead will be responsible to Build design Trading Channels Messaging Channels interfacing with other venues and exchanges using industry standard protocols

Operate missioncritical systems and deliver daytoday enhancements across front office and Operations

Provide technical oversight around major Fixed Income ECommerce Project

Design and develop core components in Java

Create and implement system testing procedures

Collaborate and work with other teams in a platform operating model

Analyze and support vendor software

Stakeholder management

Project Prioritization

Delivery Maintenance for the applications within Equities domain

Provide second level support

Usage of AI tools like GitlabWindsurf CoPilot

Develop Unit Test Cases with a view to integration into CICD pipeline

Qualifications

Bachelors or higher degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline or equivalent work experience required

10 years of experience in software development required

5 years of experience working with Fixed Income Products and Associated Electronic Workflows

Strong proficiency with Java SQL and Git

Very good understanding of industry standard trading protocols like FIX FpML

Proficiency with Data Standards Data Modelling

Proficiency with textbased formats like XML JSON

Strong Proficiency with messaging frameworks MQ Kafka

Proficiency with Spring Spring Boot Spring Integration

Familiarity with testing patterns and dev ops

Familiarity with cloud containerization

Comfortable in Windows and Linux environments

Desired Skills and Experience

Experience in the securities or financial services industry with focus on Fixed Income Products Treasuries Corporate Bonds Agencies Commercial Paper Mortgages

Handson experience and working knowledge of Order Management Systems Smart Order Routers Market Data Aggregator

Previous experience designing and implementing new systems and features independently

Developed market data feeds and feeds to downstream systems

Understanding of trade life cycle events for fixed income

Understanding of regulatory landscape from a developer perspective

Brings production support experience and can troubleshooting issues under pressure

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