At a Glance
- Tasks: Develop and enhance low-latency components for electronic trading platforms.
- Company: Join Delta Capita, a leader in Global Markets Technology.
- Benefits: Competitive pay, hybrid work model, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with excellent career advancement potential.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the fast-paced world of electronic trading.
- Qualifications: Strong Java skills and experience with low-latency applications required.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Delta Capita is seeking a highly skilled Senior eTrading Developer to join our clients Global Markets Technology practice. This role will focus on developing and enhancing low-latency components within an electronic trading (eTrading) and eRisk platform used across global FX and electronic execution businesses. The team designs and builds high-performance, distributed systems that manage liquidity, generate real-time prices, handle internal and external order execution, and support algorithmic trading strategies. These systems are business-critical and require exceptional reliability, scalability, and throughput.
Responsibilities
- Work with business and technical stakeholders to understand requirements before commencing design and development.
- Produce detailed technical designs aligned with broader architectural standards.
- Work effectively alongside external and internal technical teams as required.
- Develop high-quality, low-latency server-side Java components using industry-standard patterns.
- Apply continuous integration practices and automated testing (unit, integration).
- Conduct comprehensive testing prior to release into UAT.
- Assist with deployment processes across development and test environments.
- Participate in intraday and overnight support rotations when required.
- Contribute to the evolution of pricing, distribution, and algorithmic trading components.
Qualifications
- Strong server-side Java experience, including demonstrable multithreaded development skills.
- Experience building highly available, distributed systems.
- Proven experience in tuning and developing low-latency applications.
- Hands‑on experience with electronic trading, pricing engines, or algorithmic execution components (FX or similar asset classes).
- Knowledge of testing methodologies including TDD/BDD.
- Familiarity with enterprise messaging technologies (e.g., multicast, low-latency messaging platforms).
- Experience with FIX or similar trading protocols is advantageous.
- Familiarity with time‑series databases (e.g., kdb+) is desirable.
- Experience with lock‑free algorithms, advanced concurrency, and performance optimisation is preferred.
Location: Contract role located in London.
Hybrid working: minimum of 3 days per week in the office (either our offices or the client's) and 2 days from home.
Valid working permit for the UK is mandatory.
Job code: #J-18808-Ljbffr
