Java Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading (City of London)

The Client

My client is a market leading Algorithmic Trading firm based in London, specialising in market making and liquidity provision for Exchange Traded Funds.

The are looking for a Java Software Engineer to join their engineering group.

What You'll Get

• An opportunity to work in one of the most exciting and fast growing algorithmic trading businesses in the City.
• An opportunity to join a strong team with a very high talent density presenting lots of opportunity for learning and development.
• Incredible career progression opportunities with potential access to all areas of the business.
• A market leading compensation package including generous basic salary and annual bonus.
• Benefits including pension, private healthcare, life assurance and 25 days vacation.

What You'll Do

• Designing and implementing algorithmic trading solutions.
• Optimising the platform by using network and systems programming, as well as other advanced techniques to minimise latency.
• Developing systems that provide easy access to historical market data and trading simulations.
• Creating tools to analyse data for patterns.
• Building risk-management and performance-tracking tools.

What You'll Need

• Strong academic background in STEM discipline
• Strong computer science fundamentals in Design, Algorithms & Data Structures
• Strong low latency Java engineering skills
• Rust experience will be beneficial as they will be using it in new projects
• Familiarity with databases (e.g. SQL Server, Postgres)
• Familiarity with developing, testing, or deploying with a Cloud Server Provider (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Experience using version control software (e.g. git)
• Strong programming ability and testing mindset