Senior Software Engineer Java - Futures Trading

Are you a Java technologist who enjoys building systems from scratch? You could be progressing your career, in a senior, impactful role at a global, cloud-native, prime broker that is replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets with a new cloud-native clearing and custody system, designed for today's complex global markets. The company is experiencing great success and is expanding into the UK. As a Senior Software Engineer you will take ownership of building a brand new Futures Trading platform for the UK, primarily using Java with a focus on backend development but also with some React UI work. You'll be working on complex and challenging, highly available mission critical systems in collaboration with Product Managers to understand and define new features and coordinating with other developers with the goal of writing software as one. You'll be empowered to implement the latest tech, seeking continual improvement and can build a team around you, progressing to a leadership role. Location / WFH: You'll join a small, highly talented and collaborative team in the London, City office three days a week with flexibility to work from home the other two. About you: You have experience within a Fintech / Finance / Banking environment with a strong understanding of Futures Trading and Capital Markets across the full trade lifecycle You have strong backend Java development skills including Spring, Spring Boot, microservices You have a good knowledge of AWS You also have an appreciation of UI development with TypeScript / React You take in pride in producing clean, high quality code You're familiar with modern software engineering tools such as Kafka, Kubernetes, MongoDB You are collaborative and pragmatic, able to take ownership and work with others You have experience across the full development lifecycle You are degree educated in Computer Science or closely related discipline