At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive innovation as a Backend Developer in a leading investment bank.
- Company: Join a top investment bank making an impact across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
- Benefits: Enjoy 38 days annual leave, competitive salary, and pension contributions.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth.
- Why this job: Be part of a dynamic global team and shape the future of financial technology.
- Qualifications: 5+ years Java development experience, preferably in investment banking.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 70000 £ per year.
Location: London, UK
Industry: Investment Banking
We’re looking for an experienced Backend Developer to join a leading investment bank and help drive innovation that empowers people and businesses across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This role is part of the Blade function, delivering strategic initiatives that make a real impact. Prior banking experience is highly desirable.
Key Responsibilities
- As a senior developer, you’ll be driving our platform forwards and delivering quality solutions to business-critical customer requirements.
- Based in London, you will collaborate in a dynamic global team with fellow technologists, business analysts, project managers and business stakeholders across multiple locations.
Key Attributes
- An excellent Java developer with good software design principles and the ability to write robust code and accompanying test suites.
- Ability to write efficient, clear code and be able to articulate what has been implemented and why.
- Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort.
- Take ownership and responsibility for the full development lifecycle.
- Experience working in an agile development environment.
- A team player, capable of engaging with other teams.
- Experience in the end-to-end design, development and support of financial markets systems.
- Experience with real-time (event-driven) architectures.
- Being a full-stack web developer is a plus.
Technical skills:
- 5+ years hands on development with investment banking IT experience.
- Core Java (essential), Concurrency, Spring RX Java is a plus.
- Experience in micro-services and container technologies (preferably Docker) is a plus.
- Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps.
- Experience with distributed data stores a plus.
- Functional programming experience a plus.
Functional skills:
- Financial Market domain knowledge.
- Investment banking is a strong plus.
- Derivatives knowledge is a plus.
- e-trading technology experience is a plus.
Soft skills:
- Fluent in English (speaking and writing).
- Strong ownership and ability to deal with ambiguity.
- Outstanding problem-solving skills.
- Proactive, self-starter, autonomous.
- Good team spirit.
Benefits along with the rate:
- Annual leave: 38 days including Bank Holidays + 15% Employees NI + 3% Pension.
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