Java Developer

Overview

In this role you will join a close-knit team of researchers and engineers to build and support systematic trading models for a sports betting hedge fund. You will collaborate with quantitative researchers and other engineers to tackle scale, data, and real-time processing challenges. The role offers exposure to a modern tech stack and greenfield Java projects within a high-performing environment. You will contribute to impactful, data-driven trading initiatives in London (and Leeds).

Pay / Benefits

• lucrative salary and bonus
• greenfield projects
• career progression opportunities
• collaboration with highly skilled colleagues

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with quantitative researchers and engineers to implement trading models
• Develop and maintain large-scale distributed Java services
• Work with messaging/streaming systems (Kafka, AMQ) in an event-driven, microservices context
• Utilize Kubernetes, AWS, and MongoDB to deploy and operate services
• Support and improve systems handling high data volumes

Key requirements

• 1+ years of Java development in a professional setting
• Exposure to Kafka, AMQ, or similar messaging/streams technology
• Familiarity with event-driven design and microservice architecture
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems and big data
• Degree in a relevant field with a strong academic record (Oxbridge 1st class or 2:1)

• problem solver
• driven and ambitious
• collaborative teamwork
• Java
• Kafka
• AMQ