IT & Software

Lead Java Scala Developer / PM

Quant Capital

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you drive full-stack development at a fintech startup, combining coding excellence with project leadership. You will mentor junior developers and contribute to release and technical strategy in a fast-paced, flat-structured team. You’ll tackle complex problems in trading tech, big data, and language processing with a strong focus on delivering robust, scalable solutions. This is a high-impact, hands-on role for technologists who love cutting-edge challenges and continuous learning.

Pay / Benefits
  • relocation offered
  • opportunity to work with cutting-edge tech
  • high-profile client
  • financial incentives potential
Responsibilities
  • Code across the stack to deliver robust features
  • Provide project management and release management
  • Lead core software development and infrastructure improvements
  • Research and experiment with new approaches
  • Make technical decisions and contribute to strategy
  • Mentor four junior developers
  • Take ownership of delivering complex solutions
Key requirements
  • Degree in Computer Science
  • Object-oriented experience in Scala or Java
  • Experience with dynamic languages (Ruby, Python)
  • Web technologies including Ruby on Rails, CoffeeScript, Backbone.js, HTML, SASS/CSS
  • SQL and NoSQL databases (Redis preferred)
  • XML and Antlr (ideally)
  • Build tools (Maven, CMake, Rake)
  • Appetite for solving complex problems
  • learning mindset
  • mentorship
  • strong communication
  • Java
  • Scala
  • Ruby

Reference: WJ-747_30149375

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