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Are you a high-performance Java engineer with FX experience? My client, a top-tier global financial institution, is expanding its E-Trading FX Options Strategy team and is seeking a Vice President - Java FX Strategist to help drive one of the bank's most strategic growth areas.
This is a rare chance to work at the heart of a cutting-edge FX franchise, owning key components across pricing, market-making, algorithmic trading and ultra-low-latency systems that run globally.
You'll join a high-impact team responsible for all quant and technology elements of the bank's electronic FX flows. From core market-making models and price distribution, to aggregators, algos and the bank's single-dealer platform - if it touches electronic FX, it passes through this team.
Work closely with trading, sales, quants and globally distributed engineering teams (London & Singapore) to deliver innovative, scalable and latency-sensitive solutions.
The Opportunity
You'll join a high-impact team responsible for all quant and technology elements of the bank's electronic FX flows. From core market-making models and price distribution, to aggregators, algos and the bank's single-dealer platform - if it touches electronic FX, it passes through this team.
Work closely with trading, sales, quants and globally distributed engineering teams (London & Singapore) to deliver innovative, scalable and latency-sensitive solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Engineer and develop components for FX Options market making, pricing, and algorithmic trading
- Lead and manage strategic electronic FX Cash and Options projects
- Collaborate directly with Front Office Trading & Sales teams
- Contribute to the roadmap for scaling a 24/5.5 global FX platform
Skills & experience required
- 7+ years of Advanced Java in high-performance, low-latency environments
- 5+ years in Financial Markets, ideally in pricing or market-making
- Strong understanding of FX microstructure, order management, or regulatory flows
- Bonus experience: Spring Boot, Gradle, Solace, FIX, concurrent programming, JVM tuning, React/Vue
- Ability to utilise AI coding assistants effectively while maintaining code quality
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths, or a related quantitative field
Why Apply?
- Work in a front-office environment with direct impact
- Build ultra-low-latency systems that operate at a global scale
- Join a franchise undergoing major investment and transformation
- Influence architecture, design, and strategic technology decisions
McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.
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