Junior Java / Scala Developer Fintech

Overview

In this role you contribute to a fintech trading environment in London, focusing on building web applications and analytics capabilities. You work with a small, open team to deliver greenfield projects, API design, and scalable infrastructure. You will explore machine learning, risk modelling, and fraud detection to support trading strategies. The opportunity offers early bonus eligibility and a chance to grow technically as the business expands.

Pay / Benefits

• bonus to all employees from day 1

Responsibilities

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

Key requirements

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

• adaptability
• team collaboration
• problem-solving
• Java
• Scala
• AOP