Jefferies

Senior Java Engineer – Equity Trading (Vice President)

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2 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Develop front-office trading technology for the equity trading business.
  • Design and implement scalable, robust on-premises and cloud-based applications.
  • Design, develop, and migrate global trading applications to microservices-based solutions.
  • Build reliable, scalable data-streaming and low-latency messaging applications.
  • Engage with trading teams and developers to gather requirements and support equity business solutions.
  • Collaborate daily with regional and global teams, including business users.
  • Design applications for stability and resiliency.

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of front-office development experience.
  • At least 3 years of experience in software architecture, design, and development of global trading applications.
  • Domain experience in front-office equity trading.
  • Expert-level Java skills with prior hands-on experience.
  • Strong experience with on-premises and cloud-based datastores; in-memory caching or computation experience is preferred.
  • Expertise with cloud platforms and containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Strong messaging experience for reliable and scalable data streaming, preferably AMPS.
  • Strong experience designing and implementing or migrating applications to microservices-based solutions.
  • Strong networking fundamentals and experience building low-latency, messaging-based applications.
  • Experience designing stable and resilient applications.
  • Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, including the ability to work effectively under pressure in a trading environment.

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About Jefferies

5,001-10,000 employees

Jefferies is a global investment banking and capital markets firm serving corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals with M&A advisory, underwriting, sales and trading, research, and wealth management. Founded in 1962 and headquartered in New York, it operates from 40+ offices worldwide. The firm earns fees and trading revenues and is owned by publicly traded Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE: JEF).

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