Senior Java Developer – Trading Technology

Cpl are partnering with a leading financial services organisation to hire a Senior Java Developer for a global technology team. You’ll build a workflow platform that supports sales traders in structuring, valuing and matching interest rate deals, working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment close to the business.  Responsibilities - Build and enhance trading workflow applications using modern Java (Java 25) - Deliver functional and non-functional requirements, keeping the codebase extensible and reliable - Work with traders, product owners, analysts and development teams across regions - Take part in Agile ceremonies and ship software in short cycles - Provide third-line support and help resolve production issues - Monitor, profile and tune application performance - Improve development tooling, release processes and CI/CD pipelines - Work with Risk, Quant, DevOps and Finance teams where needed Requirements - Around 8+ years’ software development experience - Degree in Computer Science or a related engineering discipline - Strong core Java skills, including streams, lambdas and concurrency - Solid grounding in algorithms, data structures and distributed systems - Experience with multi-threaded and asynchronous applications - Experience with Spring Boot, PostgreSQL and OpenShift - Strong test-driven development practices - Experience with JVM profiling, tuning and debugging - Nice to have: React/TypeScript, Kafka, containerised or cloud deployments, low-latency development, or pricing/risk experience in investment banking On offer - Hybrid and flexible working - Competitive salary and benefits package - Private medical, life and disability cover - Wellbeing support, including counselling and coaching services - Generous annual leave - Learning and career development opportunities