Lead Java Developer Software Engineer Finance Trading London

Lead Java Developer (Software Engineer Programmer Developer ReactJS React-JS React.JS GraphQL Playwright TypeScript Redux Saga Ag-Grid Fixed Income JavaScript Node Credit Rates Bonds Agile Buy Side Asset Manager Investment Management Finance Front Office Trading Financial Services UI Front End Front End EMS OMS Execution Order Management System Portfolio Golang Go Java AWS Kafka) required by our trading software client in London.

You MUST have the following:

• Strong experience as a Lead Full-Stack Developer/Software Engineer/Programmer
• Java
• Experience building Front Office trading systems (portfolio management, execution or order management, risk or PnL analysis)
• Strong ability to lead and take concepts and ideas into technical solutions
• Excellent stakeholder interaction skills
• Agile

The following is DESIRABLE, not essential:

• JavaScript and TypeScript
• Ag-Grid and GraphQL
• Python

Role: Lead Java Developer (Software Engineer Programmer Developer ReactJS React-JS React.JS GraphQL Playwright TypeScript Redux Saga Ag-Grid Fixed Income JavaScript Node Credit Rates Bonds Agile Buy Side Asset Manager Investment Management Finance Front Office Trading Financial Services UI Front End Front End EMS OMS Execution Order Management System Portfolio Golang Go Java AWS Kafka) required by our trading software client in London. You will be leading two small teams to build a new multi-asset portfolio management system. The stack is React, TypeScript, Redux, Ag-Grid, GraphQL, Playwright, Java, Golang, Kafka and AWS. The hiring manager is flexible on experience. Ideally, you will have some full-stack experience, or have led full-stack teams, but Java is the focus here.

You need experience building trading systems but it does not matter what the asset class is. If you have experience with execution management or order management systems, that would be ideal but is not essential. Similarly, it doesn't matter if your financial experience is from the buy-side or the sell-side.

This is a well-backed company that is growing rapidly and will likely IPO in the next 24 months. There is hybrid working with a possibility for remote working.

Duration: 12-24 months

Rate: £700-900/day Outside IR35