Senior Java Engineer

About the Client & Role

Our client is a premier, tier-1 global alternative investment manager with a stellar reputation for technology-driven trading strategies. The Execution Technology team sets the industry standard for innovative, effective, and user-centric systems that empower investment and business divisions to achieve breakthrough performance.

They build microsecond-aware systems that sit at the absolute core of the global business. Their platforms support large-scale transaction flows with microsecond latency and high fault tolerance.

As an ambassador of leading-edge design and engineering, the successful Senior Java Engineer will help shape the next generation of global execution platforms. This role is perfectly suited to a hands-on technical leader who thrives on solving complex engineering problems, driving projects from inception through delivery, and elevating the capability of the wider team through mentorship and technical leadership.

Key Responsibilities

• High-Performance Engineering: Design and build low-latency, high-performance trading algorithms and robust distributed system components in Java.

• End-to-End Ownership: Lead the delivery of strategic engineering initiatives from initial concept and design through implementation, rollout, and post-production support.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Take ownership of complex technical projects end-to-end, coordinating across engineering, trading, and business stakeholders to ensure successful outcomes.

• Technical Leadership: Provide technical leadership across the team, helping shape modern architecture, engineering standards, and development practices.

• Mentorship & Growth: Mentor and up-skill engineers through coaching, design collaboration, and hands-on support, raising the overall technical capability of the team.

• Quality Assurance: Raise the bar across the organisation through rigorous design and code reviews.

• Relentless Optimisation: Optimise systems continuously, improving efficiency, scalability, latency, and stability.

• Business Integration: Bridge the gap between technology and the business by collaborating directly with traders, portfolio managers, and risk teams.

• Platform Evolution: Identify opportunities to simplify, modernise, and strengthen the execution platform as business needs evolve.

Minimum Qualifications

• Concurrency Mastery: Deep expertise in multithreaded/concurrent programming, including lock-free algorithms and low-latency optimisations.

• Distributed Systems: Proven experience designing, developing, and scaling highly resilient distributed systems.

• Project Delivery: A track record of leading complex, multi-stakeholder technical projects from start to finish.

• People Development: Demonstrated ability to mentor junior and mid-level engineers, contributing to the growth of a high-performing team.

• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical business partners.

• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

• Modern Tooling: Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools for planning, code generation, and testing.

• Polyglot Reading: Comfortable reading, understanding, and maintaining legacy or complementary systems built in C#.