Senior Java Engineer in City of London, London

Senior Java engineer
Up to £99,000 per annum
2-3 days a week on site in Central London

Role Overview:
We are looking for a candidate to join a developing digital team to take on the re-write of a legacy Dealer to Client (D2C) fat client applications in readiness for platform agnostic Cloud delivery. The team will be supporting and providing fixes to the legacy applications whilst developing the new solution. The legacy software is based on WPF .NET re-architecting to Java core with React front end.

Essential Skills & Experience (MUST HAVE)
* Back end engineering in a complex front office environment with focus on low latency trades
* JVM optimisation and Java networking (TCP/IP) experience for low latency programming
* Knowledge of securities messaging standards such as FIX is highly desirable
* Experience of developing messaging frameworks for integration backbone is mandatory
* Financial background (products and flows - instruments - Bonds, swaps others)
* Understanding of the trade lifecycle

Domain Experience
* Front office fixed income experience in rates and credit. Specific experience in bonds trading is desirable
* Pre and post trade life cycle experience and knowledge, preferably dealer to client/dealer to dealer
* Knowledge of front to back-office workflows, specifically for Interest rates (Bonds and Swaps)

Familiarity with the following technologies: (NICE TO HAVE)
* Knowledge on Microservices
* Production support
* JIRA or Azure boards
* ServiceNow
* Restful API

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.