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Senior Java/Kotlin Engineer - Equity Derivatives Tech - VP

London, England, GBFull-time2026-11-06 → 2026-11-10

Core

Senior developer leading front-office development for Equities Derivatives Tech, building applications to manage critical market data for pricing and trading.

Role type

Senior IC Java/Kotlin Engineer (Equity Derivatives)

Builds

Production-grade applications and micro-services for derivatives pricing and trading

Domain

Financial Services / Equity Derivatives

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Java, Kotlin, Backend development, Cloud platforms, Distributed system architecture, AI development tools, Agile leadership

Preferred skills

Python, Messaging technologies (Kafka, Solace, TIBCO), Observability (OpenTelemetry, ELK, Grafana), Multi-threading, Domain-Driven Design, Derivatives pricing/risk management

Technologies

Java, Kotlin, Kafka, Solace, TIBCO, OpenTelemetry, Elastic Stack, Grafana, Containers

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership and mentor developers, Partner with traders and quants to deliver services, Drive quality and DevOps culture, Translate business requirements to technical specs, Mitigate technical risks, Improve system performance and scalability

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership