Senior Java Developer/Architect – Finance/London – to £800 p/d DOE/ca £125K at Adaptive Financial Consulting

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Want great work, interesting tech but no politics?

Want to work somewhere where productivity trumps presenteeism?

You’ve found the right place
We are Adaptive, where you’ll use the latest technology to design, build and operate bespoke, real-time, front-to-back solutions for tier-one investment banks and commodity trading firms financial clients using the latest technology, in flat teams where innovation and collaboration are the backbones of our success

You’ll be contributing to the development of information distribution applications, such as scalable and flexible electronic trading systems, real-time workflow applications, and ecommerce web-based platforms
Our projects range from POC’s that take a few weeks, to multi-year, large-scale ecommerce applications

You will be:

  • As a Senior Java Developer, you will coordinate and participate in the team effort to build and release quality software in a timely manner
    We are working on a greenfield project to define and implement an international payments solution for our global banking client
  • You will be involved in defining the architecture (we are going to be reviewing their existing solution and then defining a global technical and operational approach) for this solution but will also remain a hands-on coder
  • You will work in a test-driven, Agile development fashion
    You will remain abreast of the newest developments in technology and quickly adapt to them to achieve better results

Required skills and experience:

  • Extensive server-side software development experience
  • Solid experience in object-oriented programming, preferably in (but not restricted to) Java
  • Solid architectural experience
  • Excellent knowledge of FIX connectivity
  • Passionate about building distributed, scalable, reliable, and low latency web services
  • Deep knowledge of concurrency, resiliency, caching, HTTP and REST
  • Even-tempered and able to remain focused on solving production issues when they arise
  • Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban)
  • BSc/MSc in Computer Science or equivalent
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Language: English (fluent)
  • Experience working with distributed teams

Some of our success stories include:

An app store that allows users to browse available apps and install to their desktop without Administrator rights
The system provides an auto-update mechanism and also captures usage statistics

Adaptive brought our experience in large scale e-commerce platforms to quickly specify and agree an architecture with the client
The design enabled rapid development in the short term but also granted flexibility and agility in the long term

Please note that the successful candidate will need to have a background check due to the kinds of project we work on

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