Front Office Electronic Trading Java Developer in London

Group Strategic Analytics (GSA) is part of Group Chief Operation Office (COO) which acts as the bridge between the Bank’s businesses and infrastructure functions to help deliver the efficiency, control, and transformation goals of the Bank. You will join the Quantitative Fixed Income Engineering team which builds applications that deliver quantitatively led pricing and trading solutions for the Repo and Rates businesses. Our team develops software using modern development practices to create high quality systems that can be iterated on rapidly and safely. You will focus on development of low latency algos, related components and frameworks. You will work closely with engineers, quants and traders to deliver high performance, low-latency trading applications. You will have the opportunity to use your excellent Java skills and experience of modern software development practices to create high quality systems that can be iterated on rapidly and safely.

What we’ll offer you:

• Hybrid Working – we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a model that enables eligible employees to work remote for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them.
• Competitive salary and non-contributory pension.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days.
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family.
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits.
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year.

Your key responsibilities:

• Implementing and delivering new business functions and non-functional platform improvements.
• Developing functional and non-functional requirements in close collaboration with other engineers, Quants and Traders.
• Responsible for participating fully in code reviews as both an author and a reviewer.
• Responsible for actively improving team software development processes.

Your skills and experience:

• Excellent core Java, preferably on Unix/Linux.
• High performance and/or low latency development experience.
• Familiarity with KDB, Q, python, and shell scripting experience in a Unix/Linux environment.
• Experienced in building and delivering software using modern patterns for continuous delivery.
• A sound grounding in the principles of computer engineering, preferably educated to bachelor’s degree level (preferably with a technical degree) or equivalent qualification/work experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to explain complex requirements in an easily understandable and effective way.

How we’ll support you:

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities.
• A culture of continuous learning to aid progression.
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs.
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability such as the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g. screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards).

If you have a disability, health condition, or require any adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge to discuss how we can best support you. Alternatively, you can share your phone number, and a member of the team will be happy to call you to talk through your specific requirements.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively. We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.