Location: London (Hybrid)
Salary: Up to £95,000 + bonus + benefits
Permanent
A leading Tier 1 investment bank is hiring a Java Software Engineer to join a front‑office aligned Equities Risk technology team in London.
This is a high‑impact role focused on building low‑latency, high‑throughput systems that underpin real‑time risk and P&L functions for trading desks. You'll work closely with traders, quants, and senior technologists to enhance platform performance, resilience, and scalability in a fast‑moving market environment.
The Opportunity
You’ll be part of a team driving the evolution of a critical risk platform, with a strong focus on:
* Improving latency, performance, and platform efficiency
* Building event‑driven, distributed systems handling large volumes of market data
* Developing containerised Java services within a modern cloud‑native stack
* Working in a front‑office environment with direct business exposure
This is an ideal opportunity for an engineer who enjoys solving complex problems at scale and wants their work to have a direct impact on trading performance.
Key Responsibilities
* Design and develop high‑performance Java applications supporting equities risk systems
* Build scalable, maintainable, and resilient services in a distributed architecture
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to define and deliver technical solutions
* Contribute to code quality, testing practices, and engineering standards
* Ensure systems are robust under stress (market spikes, failures, data issues)
* Support continuous improvement of platform performance and reliability
Required Experience
* Strong core Java development skills with solid computer science fundamentals
* Deep understanding of concurrency (threads, executors, immutability, etc.)
* Experience building event‑driven or near real‑time systems
* Familiarity with containerised environments (Docker/Kubernetes)
* Strong awareness of production systems (observability, resilience, failure handling)
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
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