As part of the Exchange project, you will be working on all aspects of the Exchange, and Core Exchange systems ranging from Matching Engines, Market Data distribution, System management, FIX connectivity.

To develop software as part of an agile team with short iterations and frequent releases.
To work within the development/project life-cycle, from analysis to implementation, test and release.
To contribute to planning and the subsequent development of applications in line with IT policies and procedures.
To remain up-to-date in terms of current and future upgrades as they relate to your own and your team’s area of work.
To participate in relevant IT and non-IT projects as directed by your line-manager.

Essential:

Quick-learner, self-learner
Core Java 8 - Expert
Concurrent programming in Java - Expert
Functional Programming in Java – Good
Spring, Spring Boot – Expert
Demonstrable experience of Git usage
Demonstrable experience of Full BDD / Full TDD
Demonstrable experience with real time programming / real time data distribution
Demonstrable experience developing of high performance / low latency, resilient server applications;

Solid experience in one of these areas:

Messaging systems, JMS, IBM LLM, RCMS, Reuters RFA
FIX protocol / FIX connectivity
Oracle and PL/SQL, Flyway, Liquibase, NoSQL DB

Desirable:

Event Sourcing / CQRS
Microservices development experiences
TREP
Lightstreamer
MongoDB / InfluxDB
QuickfixJ
Domain Driven Development experience
Continuous Delivery experience
Unix shell scripting experience
System administration skills
Experience of financial markets and exchanges

Interpersonal skills:

Articulate communication skills
Genuine enthusiasm in profession
High personal and professional standards
Delivery conscious
Flexible to changing priorities
Willing and able to help colleagues
Attention to details
Self-motivated and able to work autonomously or under supervision

Desirable:

Good written and verbal communication skills
Able to present a balanced view of different technologies and business requirements to generate the best value for the company