About Talan
Talan is a global consulting group specialising in business and IT transformation, with a strong presence in financial markets, digital innovation, and data-driven technologies. We partner with leading financial institutions to deliver innovative solutions that drive performance and resilience.
Job Description
Job Title: eFX Java Developer
Location: London
Company: Talan
Type: Full-time
We partner with leading financial institutions to deliver innovative solutions that drive performance and resilience.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain low-latency Java applications supporting electronic FX (eFX) trading systems.
- Collaborate with front-office teams to build and enhance connectivity, market data, pricing, and hedging components.
- Implement algorithmic trading strategies and optimize trading performance.
- Work with FIX protocol and other market connectivity layers to ensure robust trade execution and data integrity.
- Optimize performance through garbage collection-aware techniques, multithreading, and fine-tuned system design.
- Monitor and improve application performance by designing and maintaining appropriate metrics and KPIs.
- Collaborate with infrastructure teams to ensure ultra-low-latency, high-throughput, and resilient systems.
- Participate in code reviews, design sessions, and architecture discussions for high-performance systems.
- Analyse and troubleshoot production issues, including network-level packet analysis (Wireshark) and Solace message bus troubleshooting.
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies in FX trading, crypto markets, and distributed systems.
Key Skills & Experience
Essential:
- Strong hands-on experience with Core Java, including multithreading, concurrency, and low-latency techniques.
- Proven front-office experience in FX or e-trading environments.
- Experience in connectivity, market data, core pricing, and hedging strategies.
- Deep understanding of FIX protocol and electronic trading workflows.
- Expertise in Linux-based development and performance tuning.
- Experience with garbage collection-aware coding, real-time systems, and machine-level performance optimization.
- Strong grasp of Solace messaging, networking fundamentals, 10GbE, and multicast environments.
- Experience with Wireshark or similar tools for packet analysis and latency diagnostics.
Desirable:
- Exposure to crypto trading platforms or digital asset markets.
- Familiarity with machine sympathy principles and high-performance system design.
- Knowledge of performance monitoring tools and metrics instrumentation frameworks.
Additional Information
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