Java / Scala Developer

Overview

In this role you will contribute to the development of trading platform components, analytics, and risk tooling at a high-profile London-based broker. You will work in a fast-moving, open culture with a focus on scalable web apps, data analytics, and machine learning-driven models. You’ll collaborate with a small, hands-on team and have a direct impact on product quality, performance, and growth. This is a chance to work at the sharp end of technology in a supportive environment with strong potential for personal and technical growth.

Pay / Benefits

• bonus from day 1
• London base
• informal, relaxed tech team office

Responsibilities

• Web application greenfield development
• Web analytics & business intelligence
• Machine learning, risk modelling, fraud detection
• API design and provisioning
• Integration patterns & messaging
• Hybrid cloud infrastructure
• JavaScript application development
• Web application performance and scalability

Key requirements

• Strong grasp of core Java or Scala
• 5 years commercial experience
• Pragmatic use of object-oriented or functional programming
• Comfortable in a fast-moving team
• Familiarity with AOP and component-oriented development (Guice)
• Knowledge of XML technologies (parsing, XSLT, Web Services)
• PostgreSQL

• Comfortable in a fast-moving team
• Play Framework
• Akka
• RabbitMQ
• MongoDB
• Redis