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Senior Java Developer

Employer
TEKsystems
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
850.00 - 900.00 GBP/Daily
Closing date
Apr 12, 2023

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Job Function
Trading
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
The developer will join the eFI team currently working on our TransFicc project and help us to adopt new connectivity while optimizing our e-trading platform performance.

The business is ever changing and demands an agile development culture. The candidate must have a proven track record of being able to work in a highly dynamic environment with demanding clients and aggressive schedules. The successful candidate will gain excellent exposure to these business areas as well as the opportunity to work in a technically challenging, delivery focused environment.

While maintenance of the existing platform and interaction with the various eFI teams is a key part of the role, there is also the opportunity to shape the future of the platform through projects and ongoing business requirements.

Essential Skills:
  • Extensive experience with electronic trading
  • Low latency programming experience
  • FI RFQ workflows integrated in larger trading workflow (pricing/algo/STP)
  • Java, Object Oriented Design
  • Test Driven Development
  • Domain Driven Design
  • Linux systems
  • TCP, UDP, Ethernet, HTTP

- Experience of the following:
  • Electronic Trading
  • Infrastructure as code (we use AWS and Ansible)
  • Building fault tolerant, performance critical system
  • Profiling and performance monitoring
  • Ability to multi-task and work under pressure
  • Analytical / Logical mindset
  • Take ownership, help specify and deliver large scale projects and work under own initiative.
  • Detailed knowledge of Core Java and implementations using low latency related design approaches (does not need to be banking)
  • Minimum 5/8 years of experience developing multi-threaded / concurrency applications, including code analysis and performance tuning / profiling of real-time, high-volume, low-latency systems
  • Deep understanding of FX or E- Fixed income Business and trading practices.
  • Capacity to take complex issues and explain them clearly and concisely to a wide audience.
  • Excellent communicator, able to work effectively with senior traders and other developers.
  • 8 years minimum experience working with trading systems
  • Understanding of workflows, key controls and related operational risk exposure.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Ensure a robust high-performance E- Fixed income Distribution Platform that follows best practice in terms of architecture, configuration and capacity planning.
  • Identify areas of improvement and performance tuning to eliminate any bottlenecks
  • Experience in programming using lock free and no object creation kind of design paradigms
  • Full testing of new versions of software (including Unit, Regression and SI), conducting test plans, analysing results and drawing conclusions with the quant representatives.
  • To work with Financial Engineers, Business representatives and Business Analysts to understand the business needs and design potential solutions.
  • Manage the technical relationship with the external electronic market technology teams and internal development and connectivity teams.

If you are interested please send your CV directly to benrobinson@teksystems.com

Job Title: Senior Java Developer

Location: London, UK

Rate/Salary: 850.00 - 900.00 GBP Daily

Job Type: Contract

Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as "Allegis Group"). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands. If you apply, your personal data will be processed as described in the Allegis Group Online Privacy Notice available at https://www.allegisgroup.com/en-gb/privacy-notices.

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