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Java Developer

Summary

Builds and maintains Java-based eTrading applications for a financial trading business, collaborating with traders, sales, and quants to enhance platform performance and stability.

The role involves designing and developing front office eTrading applications to support the trading business, working directly with Traders, Sales, and Quants to shape the future direction of the platform.

Location-London/Belfast

Mode-Hybrid-3 Days from office

Responsibilities

  • Designing and developing front office eTrading applications to the trading business
  • Working directly with Traders, Sales, and Quants to shape the future direction of the platform
  • Utilizing creativity and innovation to improve the technical capabilities of the platform and ensuring it remains stable, flexible, and maintainable
  • Driving engineering standards and continuing to strive for best
  • Enhancing our automated testing efforts and optimizing our UAT process
  • Troubleshooting challenging performance and scalability issues
  • Assisting in third line support during core trading hours
  • Liaising with the global business support and development teams on various exciting projects

Qualifications

  • Experience in server side Core Java and Multi-Threading
  • Experience with Spring framework, Linux, Relational Databases
  • Solid architectural understanding of enterprise applications
  • Experience with modern software development practices such as Agile development, test-driven development, and continuous integration and continuous delivery
  • Understanding of computing science fundamentals, concurrency, algorithms, data structures, design patterns, etc.

Required Skills

  • Java, Spring

Preferred Skills

  • Experience developing large financial software trading systems with substantial hands‑on development experience in building systems with an attention to optimizing and tuning performance while also demonstrating critical thinking skills related to reuse, scalability, and troubleshooting
  • Knowledge of major Fixed Income Products: Repos, US Treasuries, Interest Rate Swaps, and Broker-Customer Markets electronic trading flows
  • Worked in an Agile globally distributed team using tools such as Jira, GitHub, Sonar, Team City
  • Worked with tools such as IntelliJ, Gradle, etc.
  • Experience with ION
  • Experience on JSON/XML and REST service
  • KDB Experience
  • Experience with AI tools: Copilot, Claude, Devin

Pay range and compensation package

Compensation details will be discussed during the interview process.

Equal Opportunity Statement

LTM is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusivity in our workforce.

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