Location: Glasgow
Hybrid: 2 days per week in office
Employment Type: Full-time
Salary: up to £65.500 Gross
Full right to work in the UK (no visa holders) as sponsorship is not provided.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Engineer with over 7 years of experience to join our strategic global initiative focused on transforming the firm’s inventory management platforms. In this pivotal role, you will design and implement scalable, low-latency, high‑performance services that underpin critical functions including funding, liquidity, and regulatory reporting.
You will contribute to the evolution of our microservices architecture, drive SAFE agile transformation, and support DevOps automation that enables real-time inventory visibility, reconciliation accuracy, and operational resilience. This is a unique opportunity to influence a key platform used across Markets, Treasury, Liquid Financing, Operations, and Regulatory Reporting.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, design, and implement low-latency server-side applications using Java and Spring Boot.
- Build solutions using event-driven microservices, REST APIs, and integration frameworks such as Apache Camel.
- Develop scalable services supporting real-time inventory visibility and reconciliation.
- Collaborate with global business and technology stakeholders to deliver commercially impactful solutions.
- Contribute to DevOps automation, CI/CD pipelines, cloud-native optimisation, and SAFE agile processes.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams across regions to support funding, liquidity, and regulatory use cases.
- Ensure solutions meet high standards of performance, accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
What We’re Looking For
Essential Experience
- Extensive hands-on experience with Java, low-latency server-side engineering.
- Experience with multithreaded engineering is a must and have to be stated in the CV
- Strong understanding of TDD and BDD principles.
- Expertise building services using Spring Boot, event-driven architecture, REST APIs, and Apache Camel.
- Strong PL/SQL skills across RDBMS platforms (Oracle, SQL Server) and exposure to NoSQL (MongoDB).
- Proven capability in debugging, optimisation, and performance tuning in distributed
environments.
Additional Skills (Nice to Have)
- Familiarity with Kafka, Solace, or similar messaging technologies.
- Exposure to cloud-native development: AWS, OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker.
- Understanding of inventory funding, securities lending, and settlement workflows.
- Experience working in environments with strong focus on risk & controls and regulatory-driven outcomes.
What We Value
- Strong communication skills with the ability to partner across global teams and diverse stakeholders.
- Proactive mindset with a passion for engineering excellence.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with complex business logic and high-impact outcomes.
Why Join Us?
- Work on strategic, business-critical platforms used globally.
- Opportunity to shape engineering standards, architecture practices, and DevOps automation.
- Collaborative culture spanning multiple regions and business lines.
- Exposure to cutting-edge technologies within a modernized cloud and microservices environment.
- 25 days holiday
- Pension - 10% of salary (can be taken as 5% and the other 5% taken as cash paid into salary)
- Income protection - 50% of salary
- Life assurance - 8 times salary
- Private medical
- Bonus - discretionary & uncapped (figures cannot be quoted for this reason)
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