Java Developer

Lead Developer You'll be joining our FX Trade Advanced Analytics team as a Lead Developer. We're responsible for building and delivering complex Big Data analytic applications across our regulated FX trading venues. Advanced Analytics team provides traders with the ability to assess historical trading data with comparisons of liquidity providers and data visualization technology. Our existing analytic capability processes millions of FX trade messages every day through our Hadoop big data stack (including Scala, Spark, HDFS, HBase and Hive). Advanced Analytics team help users gain a better understanding of the transaction costs they incur during the normal course of their daily trading and enable them to have more meaningful conversations about pricing with their liquidity providers. Responsibilities You will be responsible for the design and implementation of new analytic application capabilities inside our overall Big Data ecosystem. As such, you will need strong technical abilities, be able to quickly grasp and contribute to existing codebases and express design concepts with a good understanding of functional programming paradigms. As a senior developer you will be responsible for engineering solutions, upholding rigorous quality standards, contributing to Agile Scrum processes and at times interacting directly with our product stakeholders. Required Skills Solid grasp of Java and/or Scala 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience in the industry 3+ years' experience in delivering application solutions, ideally using big data technologies Able to contribute independently and effectively and act as a solid team player towards delivery of high-profile projects Additional Skills and Experience Some knowledge of, or willingness to learn, technologies such as HDFS, Spark, Hive, Impala, HBase and Oozie Unit and Integration testing your code (including mocking) Proficient with version-control solutions such as Git or SVN Continuous integration (Gitlab, Bamboo, Jenkins) and/or deployment (Puppet) Experience working in Agile Scrum methodologies Build tools (Maven, SBT or Gradle) Linux and bash/ruby scripting Proficient with SQL Understanding of FX financial markets We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios. If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career. We maximise each employee's potential through personal development and through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe that remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as: 25 days' holiday per year 1 additional day off for your Birthday Annual wellness allowance Share Purchase Plan Medical Health Insurance Medical Subscription (preventive medical services) Dental Coverage Life insurance Pillar 3 Private Pension Meal Vouchers Flexible Benefits Bookster Volunteering Events Team Buildings

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