Senior Java Software Engineer

Senior Java Software Engineer focuses on maintain backend systems, apis, reporting platforms, and internal tooling.

What the role involves

• Maintain backend systems, APIs, reporting platforms, and internal tooling.
• Extend and customise trading and post-trade platforms to support evolving business requirements.
• Build scalable microservices and event-driven systems within a cloud-native architecture.
• Work closely with stakeholders across product, operations, and engineering to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Apply modern software engineering practices including TDD, BDD, CI/CD, automated testing, and code review.
• Contribute to platform reliability, observability, monitoring, and operational improvement.

Skills and requirements

• Strong commercial Java engineering background within financial services.
• Experience building scalable distributed systems and APIs.
• Understanding of clean architecture principles, SOLID design, and software quality practices.
• Drive issues through to resolution.

Confirmed role details

• Work closely with Product, Client Services, and Engineering teams to design.
• Deliver scalable backend systems supporting post-trade workflows, reporting, integrations, and client-facing tooling.
• The environment combines modern Java engineering with capital markets domain exposure, including clearing, OTC derivatives, collateral, and prime brokerage workflows.

Candidate fit

• technical problem-solving, code quality, testing discipline, and clear collaboration

Additional role context

• Hybrid working environment.