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Lead Java Developer
Hands-on Lead Java Developer at an FX trading fintech in London (hybrid, 3 days in office), leading and mentoring the next generation of Java developers while building low-latency, concurrent microservices on GCP/AWS with Kubernetes. Salary up to £120k plus bonus; only UK-based applicants eligible to work in the UK will be considered.
Java Developer
Mid-level (3-5 yrs) Core Java developer role at a London FinTech (recently acquired by a capital markets firm), hybrid 3 days a week in the office. Day to day you build software from scratch without frameworks like Spring, focusing on multithreading, data structures and algorithms, with cloud-agnostic deployment across GCP and AWS. Salary up to £100k plus bonus.
Java Developer
Overview As a Java Developer in a leading FinTech, you will build software from scratch in a hybrid London setting, using Core Java and modern practices. You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver…
Lead Java Developer
Hands-on Lead Java Developer for an FX trading FinTech in London (3 days/week in office): leading and mentoring a Java team while architecting and building low-latency, multithreaded microservices on GCP/AWS with Kubernetes. Salary up to £120k plus bonus; UK-based, work-eligible candidates only.
Full Stack Engineer
Overview In this role you will contribute to the development of SaaS solutions as a full stack engineer. You will work inside a fast-growing London-based tech SME that serves UK clients and government bodies, shaping…
Java Software Developer
Overview As a Java Software Developer, you will help build cloud-native SaaS solutions for UK customers, collaborating within a growing London-based tech SME. You will work on Java-based services and modern…
Lead Java Developer
Overview As a Senior/Lead Java Developer in our FX trading fintech, you will lead a hands-on engineering squad to deliver the next generation of Java-based services. You will make architectural decisions, mentor peers,…
Full Stack Engineer
Full Stack Engineer at a London-based SME building digital and SaaS solutions for UK corporate and government clients (MoD, HM Treasury, DWP). Day-to-day is Java/Spring Boot microservices backend work, Vue.js (or React/Angular) frontends, and cloud-native development on AWS/GCP/Azure with SQL/NoSQL — hybrid, 2 days a week in the London office.
Hybrid Java Engineer – FinTech, Low-Latency & AWS
A junior/mid-level Java engineer building low-latency trading software for asset managers and hedge funds at a central London fintech scale-up, working hybrid (2-3 days/week in the office). Core tech: Java, multithreading, AWS, and DevOps.
Java Software Developer
Do you have 1 - 3 years commercial experience developing software with Java? Looking to join a company when you can make a real impact? Java Software Developer – SaaS Solutions Salary – up to £55k + bonus Location –…
Lead Data Engineer
Understanding Recruitment provided pay range This range is provided by Understanding Recruitment. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more. Base pay range A…
Senior DevOps Engineer
We're partnered with a technology company building high-performance infrastructure for decentralised financial markets. They're seeking a Senior DevOps Engineer to help improve the infrastructure, tooling and processes…
DevOps Engineer
Build and maintain cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for an AI startup using AWS/GCP and Kubernetes, while collaborating with developers and testers.