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Java Developer - £120k - Investment Bank

Lorien

City Of London

Hybrid

GBP 120,000

Full time

25 days ago

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Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Java Developer for a unique opportunity within its front-office trading team. This role focuses on a large-scale migration to AWS, where your expertise in AWS services will be vital in shaping their trading, fixed-income, and equity operations. You will have the chance to coach and mentor team members, ensuring best practices are followed during the migration process. This is a fixed-term contract position with a competitive salary and the potential for extension, making it an exciting opportunity for skilled professionals looking to make a significant impact in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

  • Senior experience in Java (V17+) is required.
  • Strong AWS experience is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

  • Join the front-office trading team to aid in AWS migration.
  • Coach and mentor on AWS services/products and best practices.

Skills

Java
AWS
Financial Services
Trading / Investment / Fixed Income

Job description

Job Type: Contract/Temporary

Location: City of London, London

Job Ref: BBBH159536_1742817874

Date Added: March 24th, 2025

Consultant: Heather Thompson

Job Overview

An investment bank is looking for a Senior Java developer to join the front-office trading team with a large-scale migration to AWS. You will be joining the team to help coach and mentor on AWS services/products and best practices.

The direction is simplification and re-engineering where appropriate over a lift-and-shift approach. This is a unique opportunity for you to add value to their strategy using your AWS expertise to help shape their trading, fixed-income and equity operations.

Fixed term contract salary: £120k + bonus

Duration of Fixed Term: 1 year (potential to be 2 years)

Location/Hybrid: X3 per week to the City of London (not negotiable)

Requirements
  • Must have senior experience in Java, using the latest versions (V17+)
  • Strong and demonstrable experience with AWS (EKS, Fargate/RDS, EC2, Lambdas)
  • Preferred experience supporting the migration of apps from on-prem to AWS
  • Must have experience in Financial Services
  • Experience in Trading / Investment / Fixed Income is highly desirable

If you are interested in an exciting opportunity to utilise your AWS expertise to consult, guide, and mentor an investment bank on its strategy to maximise cloud optimisation, please get in touch with an up-to-date CV to get the conversation rolling.

(Due to the high volume of applicants, if your CV does not state utilising AWS Services you will not be considered)

Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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