FX Java Technical Lead

The Dell Associates programme brings together a community of professional IT contractors who work on Dell assisted projects throughout the UK and Europe. Our opportunities range from one-time deployment roles to multi-year on-site engagements and are ideal for contractors who want to build on their experience across a wide range of IT products with the flexibility of project by project opportunities.

We currently have an urgent requirement for a Java Technical Lead to support us on client project based in the City of London for a minimum of 6 months.

To be considered for this role you will come from an FX background. You will have experience in capital markets Front Office trading systems development, multi-threaded distributed systems and low latency trading systems.

The successful candidate will join a technology team working on the strategic client-facing platform for the global FX business, delivering low-latency price distribution, order and trade execution and post trade functions. Your job will involve you taking ownership of the Server Side components developed by the group, providing architectural guidance on the evolution of this platform with a team of onshore and offshore developers. You will help to analyse new requirements and provide estimates for delivery, and ensure that services developed within the team meet both functional and non-functional requirements.

Skills Required:

- a proven track record of architecting and delivering multi-threaded enterprise systems involving low-latency traffic
- experience working in an agile development environment
- a good understanding of messaging technologies such as FIX, 29 West, Tibco EMS
- experience of performance optimisation including use of profiling tools

Please apply online now and fully complete the Dell Associates application form to be considered for this role.