Java Software Engineer - Algorithmic Trading

The Client My client is a market leading Algorithmic Trading firm based in London, specialising in market making and liquidity provision for Exchange Traded Funds. The are looking for a Java Software Engineer to join their engineering group. What You\’ll Get An opportunity to work in one of the most exciting and fast growing algorithmic trading businesses in the City. An opportunity to join a strong team with a very high talent density presenting lots of opportunity for learning and development. Incredible career progression opportunities with potential access to all areas of the business. A market leading compensation package including generous basic salary and annual bonus. Benefits including pension, private healthcare, life assurance and 25 days vacation. What You\’ll Do Designing and implementing algorithmic trading solutions. Optimising the platform by using network and systems programming, as well as other advanced techniques to minimise latency. Developing systems that provide easy access to historical market data and trading simulations. Creating tools to analyse data for patterns. Building risk-management and performance-tracking tools. What You\’ll Need Strong academic background in STEM discipline Strong computer science fundamentals in Design, Algorithms & Data Structures Strong low latency Java engineering skills Rust experience will be beneficial as they will be using it in new projects Familiarity with databases (e.g. SQL Server, Postgres) Familiarity with developing, testing, or deploying with a Cloud Server Provider (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure) Experience using version control software (e.g. git) Strong programming ability and testing mindset