IT & Software

Contract Senior Java Engineer- Outside IR35

Quant Capital

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

Senior Java Engineer to join a high-profile systematic trading hedge fund. You will work on a large distributed Java-based system that ingests real-time data into a portfolio management platform, helping to build a new risk engine. You will bridge software engineering with financial domain know-how, focusing on latency, scale, and robustness. This hybrid role offers a chance to shape a data platform from scratch and work with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful trading infrastructure.

Responsibilities
  • Develop and support a large distributed Java system
  • Automate real-time data flows into the portfolio management platform
  • Contribute to the design and expansion of a data platform from scratch
  • Work on building a new risk engine for systematic fund clients
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to improve performance and reliability
Key requirements
  • 15+ years commercial development experience
  • Strong low-level Java experience
  • 2:1 Computer Science degree
  • Strong Database skills
  • AWS experience
  • Code generation
  • Java 8+
  • Object oriented programming, threading, concurrency, distributed systems
  • Experience with EC2, DevOps, Linux, CloudWatch
  • Fast learner in financial domain
  • Strong problem-solving with latency awareness
  • Collaboration across teams
  • Java 8+
  • Distributed systems
  • Databases

Reference: WJ-747_30160384

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