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Senior Java Developer – FX Trading
Salary: up to £120k + bonus
Location: London office 3 days a week
We are delighted to be continuing our longstanding partnership with an FX Market Disruptor FinTech that has been acquired by a leading capital market. They are looking for an experienced Java Developer who will fulfil a hands-on Senior/Lead role leading the next generation of Java Developers.
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Your summer at the bank plus your econometrics coursework map directly to the day-one responsibilities on this scheme — client modelling, market briefings, and deal support.
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Required Experience:
- Core Java development
- Multithreading, concurrency, low latency
- Working in the financial sector e.g. FX, trading
- Building microservices in the cloud (GCP, AWS) with Kubernetes
- Product-led development – architecting, building and delivering
- Technical leadership: architectural decisions, mentoring, code reviews, pairing
Benefits:
- Annual bonus
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays (which increases with service)
- Matched pension scheme
- Life assurance
- Private healthcare
- Dental & eye care insurance
- Work from home 2 days a week
- Long service awards
- Referral fee upwards of £2000
- Personal training & development budget


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