Algo E-Trading Java Developer - Contract

American investment banking firm seeks a Senior Java Specialist for a 6+ month contract paying up to £750 p/d, within their Global Markets Technology to work on their algorithmic trading platforms based in London.

They are a high performing front-office development team working on delivery of new strategic pricing and auto-hedging capabilities for E-Trading for 2022.

You will have the opportunity to work with leading edge ultra-low-latency technologies like zero-GC JVMs, kernel bypass networking, core pinning and market data technologies.

The following skills are required:

• Excellent communication skills
• In depth understanding of core Java API's (collections, concurrency, NIO etc.)
• Have an understanding of and experience with multithreaded systems, working knowledge of the Java garbage collector, familiar with low latency I/O.
• Understanding of and experience with design patterns (Observer, Factory, Singleton etc.)
• Development practices - Must be able to use test driven development and be familiar with UML and OO design. Should have experience with Eclipse or IntelliJ, GIT, continuous build servers and Maven / Gradle.
• Team Player - Must be able to work with and help more junior members as well as take technical direction from the team lead.
• Can demonstrate ability to work in a multi-faceted role (development with some testing, support and analysis.)

The ideal candidate will also have:

• Understanding of benchmark algo and/or smart routing strategies (VWAP, TWAP, Arrival Price etc.)
• Experience working with agile methodologies.
• Demonstrable experience of front office system design and architecture (algo trading plant and topology)
• Business Knowledge - Understanding of equities and/or derivatives markets.
• Knowledge of FIX (heartbeating, login, sequence numbers, message types etc.)

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.