Senior Java Engineer – Equity Trading (Vice President)
VP-level senior Java engineer on Jefferies' equity front-office trading platform in London: designing low-latency, cloud-native trading applications and migrating existing systems to microservices. Core stack: expert Java, cloud platforms, Docker/Kubernetes, in-memory caching, and low-latency messaging (AMPS preferred).
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- C level
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 10+ years of front-office development experience
- 3+ years in software architecture, design and development of global trading applications
- Domain experience in Front Office Equity Trading
- Java expert with hands-on experience
- Strong experience with on-prem/cloud datastores and in-memory cache/computation
- Expertise in Cloud platforms and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong messaging experience for reliable, scalable data streaming (AMPS preferred)
- Experience designing and migrating applications to microservices-based solutions
- Solid networking fundamentals and low-latency messaging
- Ability to operate in high-intensity trading environments
- Strong communication and collaboration across global teams
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to work under time pressure
Full description
Overview
In this role you will help design and deliver scalable, high-performance equity front-office software. You will join a global team focused on a platform for the growing equity business, shaping trading applications used by traders and partners. You’ll tackle challenging, low-latency requirements and collaborate with regional and global stakeholders to meet business needs. This is an opportunity to influence the architecture of critical trading systems and drive cloud-native, resilient solutions that scale with the desk’s demands. A strong candidate combines deep engineering excellence with a practical, collaboration-first mindset.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable front-office trading applications for Equity Trading
- Develop robust on-prem and cloud-based solutions with a focus on performance and resilience
- Engage with trading teams and developers to gather requirements and support equity business solutions
- Collaborate with regional/global teams to ensure delivery and maintainability under tight timelines
- Support and migrate existing applications toward microservices-based architectures
Key requirements
- 10+ years of front-office development experience
- 3+ years in software architecture, design and development of global trading applications
- Domain experience in Front Office Equity Trading
- Java expert with hands-on experience
- Strong experience with on-prem/cloud datastores and in-memory cache/computation
- Expertise in Cloud platforms and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong messaging experience for reliable, scalable data streaming (AMPS preferred)
- Experience designing and migrating applications to microservices-based solutions
- Solid networking fundamentals and low-latency messaging
- Ability to operate in high-intensity trading environments
- Strong communication and collaboration across global teams
- excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities
- ability to work under time pressure
- Java (expert)
- Cloud platforms
- Docker