Java Developer with Fixed Income
Senior Java developer builds and maintains trading systems for fixed-income products, using Java, SQL, Git, and messaging frameworks like FIX and Kafka to modernize a cloud-based platform.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelors or higher degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline or equivalent work experience required
- 10 years of experience in software development required
- 5 years of experience working with Fixed Income Products and Associated Electronic Workflows
- Strong proficiency with Java, SQL and Git
- Very good understanding of industry standard trading protocols like FIX and FpML
- Proficiency with Data Standards and Data Modelling
- Proficiency with text‑based formats like XML & JSON
- Strong proficiency with messaging frameworks MQ and Kafka
- Proficiency with Spring, Spring Boot, Spring Integration
- Familiarity with testing patterns and dev ops
- Familiarity with cloud containerization
- Comfortable in Windows and Linux environments
Nice to have
- Experience in the securities or financial services industry with focus on Fixed Income Products (Treasuries, Corporate Bonds, Agencies, Commercial Paper, Mortgages)
- Hands‑on experience and working knowledge of Order Management Systems, Smart Order Routers, Market Data Aggregator
- Previous experience designing and implementing new systems and features independently
- Developed market data feeds and feeds to downstream systems
- Understanding of trade life cycle events for fixed income
- Understanding of regulatory landscape from a developer perspective
- Brings production support experience and can troubleshoot issues under pressure
- Previous experience with application profiling and debugging
- Familiarity with Angular; Python is a plus
- Strong communication and organization skills
Full description
Net2Source Inc. is one of the fastest growing diversity certified global workforce solutions companies with an unprecedented YoY growth of over 100% for last 6 years working with Fortune 1000/Global 2000 across 34 countries and 5 continents including North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Middle East.
About the Role
Role: Java Developer with SQL & GIT and Fixed Income
Mode: 3 Days from London, UK
Type: Perm/FTE
We are seeking talented Senior hands‑on Java Developers to join our core Fixed Income team in lead and support roles to help design, develop and implement our applications to support front office and operations groups. Work cross‑functionally with various stakeholders, trading teams and technology departments to ensure our applications are running at optimal performance. You will take a hands‑on approach to understanding business workflows and the products we work with. You will help re‑engineer and modernise our platform and drive our migration to a scalable microservice cloud‑based architecture.
Responsibilities
- As a development lead will be responsible to build and design Trading Channels Messaging Channels interfacing with other venues and exchanges using industry standard protocols
- Operate mission‑critical systems and deliver day‑to‑day enhancements across front office and operations
- Provide technical oversight around major Fixed Income ECommerce Project
- Design and develop core components in Java
- Create and implement system testing procedures
- Collaborate and work with other teams in a platform operating model
- Analyze and support vendor software
- Delivery maintenance for the applications within Equities domain
- Provide second level support
- Usage of AI tools like Gitlab Windsurf CoPilot
- Develop unit test cases with a view to integration into CICD pipeline
Qualifications
- Bachelors or higher degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline or equivalent work experience required
- 10 years of experience in software development required
- 5 years of experience working with Fixed Income Products and Associated Electronic Workflows
- Strong proficiency with Java, SQL and Git
- Very good understanding of industry standard trading protocols like FIX and FpML
- Proficiency with Data Standards and Data Modelling
- Proficiency with text‑based formats like XML & JSON