Senior Java Engineer – Fixed Income Pricing and Analytics
D.B. Group3 hours ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and build real-time, low-latency Java services for Rates and Credit pricing, axes, risk, and analytics workflows.
- Break down legacy systems into incremental deliverables and modernize the platform through iterative Agile delivery.
- Work with traders, quants, and business stakeholders to understand workflows, refine requirements, and deliver features.
- Design end-to-end solutions with front-end engineers, including streaming APIs for real-time trading interfaces.
- Own services from design through production and improve quality through code reviews, automated testing, CI/CD, and observability.
- Influence platform architecture, mentor engineers, and promote modern tools, frameworks, and AI-assisted development practices.
Requirements
- Proven expertise building complex, high-performance applications in modern Java, including concurrency, memory management, garbage collection tuning, and reactive programming.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architecture, including experience with messaging technologies such as Solace or Kafka and distributed caching APIs.
- Experience designing REST, gRPC, and streaming APIs such as SSE or WebSocket.
- Solid SQL and relational database design skills.
- Production experience deploying and operating containerized services on Kubernetes with observability tools such as OpenTelemetry.
- Track record leading large-scale modernization programs through iterative delivery, test automation, CI/CD, code reviews, and sound architectural decisions.
- Experience with Fixed Income products, electronic trading, pricing, or market data is desirable but not required.
- Experience with Kotlin and Spring Boot is a bonus.
- Ability to use AI tools productively while applying critical judgment for responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs.
Benefits
- Hybrid working model allowing eligible employees to work remotely for part of their working time.
- Competitive salary and non-contributory pension.
- 30 days of holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days.
- Life assurance and private healthcare for the employee and family.
- Flexible benefits including retail discounts, Bike4Work, and gym benefits.
- Support for a broad CSR program plus two days of volunteering leave per year.
- Training and development, flexible working, and a culture of continuous learning.
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About D.B. Group
D.B. Group is an Italian freight forwarder and logistics provider offering air, ocean, road, and rail transport, customs brokerage, and supply chain management for global shippers. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Montebelluna, Veneto, it is privately held and operates through 79 subsidiaries with a worldwide partner network. The company delivers end-to-end forwarding and integrated logistics services, from consolidation and warehousing to door-to-door deliveries and trade compliance.