Java Developer eTrading

Join a leading independent technology and services provider as a Java Developer - e-Trading!

Job Overview

Join a fast-paced and highly collaborative eFX Quantitative Developer team within Global Markets. You'll help build and enhance a best-in-class eFX trading platform, working closely with quants and traders to drive automation, performance, and revenue. This role sits within the Principal Flow Trading stream and offers hands-on ownership of the full development lifecycle.

Location: London (Hybrid)

Daily Rate: Flexible

Contract Length: Until Dec 2026

Start Date: ASAP

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and enhance a low-latency, high-throughput eFX algorithmic trading platform
• Own initiatives end-to-end: analysis, design, implementation, delivery
• Design, implement, and back-test pricing and execution strategies
• Build analytics to monitor model and platform performance
• Enhance the proprietary eTrading framework used across Global Markets
• Collaborate closely with quants, traders, and technology teams in an agile environment

Key Requirements

• Strong business knowledge of electronic trading, ideally eFX
• Proven experience building low-latency, event-driven algorithmic trading platforms
• Advanced Java expertise, including lock-free and low-garbage techniques
• Experience working with quant teams and implementing algorithmic models
• Familiarity with messaging protocols such as Aeron, Kafka, FIX, SBE, ITCH, OUCH
• Knowledge of time-series databases (preferably KDB) and Python for analytics
• Full-stack experience (React) is beneficial for building trader tools and dashboards

Additional Information

• Interview Process: Typically 2 stages - technical interview, system design, and team discussion

How to Apply

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#4777274 - Nikhil

• Strong business knowledge of electronic trading, ideally eFX
• Proven experience building low-latency, event-driven algorithmic trading platforms
• Advanced Java expertise, including lock-free and low-garbage techniques
• Experience working with quant teams and implementing algorithmic models
• Familiarity with messaging protocols such as Aeron, Kafka, FIX, SBE, ITCH, OUCH
• Knowledge of time-series databases (preferably KDB) and Python for analytics
• Full-stack experience (React) is beneficial for building trader tools and dashboards