Cornwallis Elt Ltd

Java Software Engineer - Java 17+, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Akka, MongoDB, Docker/Kubernetes, Real Time, TDD/BDD, Payments A Java Engineer with a background in finance/payments and experience working on distributed Real Time systems is sought after by a global Fintech based in South West London. This organisation specialises in providing high performance technology solutions to global financial institutions (including several Investment Banks), primarily to augment their payments capabilities. As a Senior Engineer, you will join the core engineering team working on the development of their Real Time payments processing platform, using a primary tech stack of Java 17, Spring Boot and Akka. You will contribute from both a design and coding perspective, taking ownership of delivering new components and features ensuring high availability, resiliency and scalability. As a Fintech, they are highly Agile, operating in multi-functional delivery squads managing projects from inception through to delivery/go-live and with a heavy focus on Pair Programming and TDD, so are looking for people from similar environments. To be successful, you will demonstrate: A strong background in hands-on Java engineering, currently working with Java 11+ Indepth knowledge of microservices architecture and usage of Spring/Spring Boot Experience developing distributed, Real Time applications with Kafka and the JMS (or related MQ technologies eg RabbitMQ, ACtiveMQ etc.) with an appreciation of Multithreading, concurrency etc. Understanding of Reactive Programming Techniques with Akka, Spring Webflux, RxJava Practical experience of MongoDB and AWS Industry experience within Financial Services, preferably within the Payments arena. If you are passionate about building Real Time software and keen to join a growing fintech, please do apply! Please note this role requires two days in their London-based office per week. Also, please note sponsorship is not on offer for this role.

Catastrophe Risk Analyst, Lloyd's Market and Data Modelling A leading Global Specialty Lines (Re)Insurer are seeking an experienced Catastrophe Risk Analyst with strong experience in Data Modelling to join their team. They will be applying their catastrophe knowledge into Canopius' underwriting operation, directly being involved in the pricing and appetite decisions to help refine the Vave view of catastrophe risk. Key Responsibilities: Leverage Vave's unique claims and exposure dataset as part of a process of continually updating our cat pricing Work with third party vendors to bring in new sources of hazard data to refine our risk selection and pricing Work with the exposure management team on portfolio optimisation and cross-peril correlation Key Requirements: Must have strong data modelling experience within the Lloyd's of London insurance market. Proven experience in Experience in Catastrophe Management or Catastrophe pricing Some experience in Programming (GIS, SQL and Python/R are advantageous but not essential) This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a growing and leading Insurance firm who want to make a significant impact in their respective industry. If you have the relevant experience and are looking for your next challenge, we encourage you to apply.

Business Analyst - Investment Management - up to £100k base A leading investment manager is seeking a Front Office Business Analyst to join their Change team. You'll work closely with Traders and Portfolio Managers on Aladdin OMS enhancements and OTC Derivatives projects. Key Requirements: Aladdin OMS implementation/upgrade/enhancement experience Strong OTC Derivatives knowledge Confident engaging with Front Office users If you're an experienced Business Analyst with a Front Office mindset and a passion for driving meaningful change in a buy-side environment, this role could be the next step in your career.

FX Java Developer - Java, Ultra Low Latency, FX Trading, JavaScript, HTML5, Investment Banking, London - paying up to £70,000 A Junior Java Developer is currently being sought after by a leading Investment Bank, to join their Ultra-Low Latency FX Trading team. You would be required to assist in improving the scalability of the platform utilising Java, improve automation testing coverage, and create clear documentation covering architectural choices, solution design and any complicated code points. A key part of this role would be working in close collaboration with eFX Quantitative research (and Trading Teams) to discuss a wide range of topics regarding the direction of the platform (goals, design feedback, feedback on enhancements) To be successful in this role you would need the following: - Strong hands-on development with Java (preferably J2SE), with some familiarity working on a Core Java platform is essential - Good exposure utilising JavaScript/Typescript, and HTML5 for web practices is highly beneficial - Prior Investment Banking experience is essential, with a strong preference for someone currently working within a FX Trading team - Good knowledge of modern software development practices, ideally working within an Agile environment is highly beneficial This is a great opportunity for a Junior Developer to come in work for on a FX Trading platform, within a business-critical part of the bank.

Java Software Engineer - Java 11+, Spring, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, Akka, Docker/Kubernetes, Real Time, TDD/BDD, Payments A Java Engineer with a background in finance/payments and experience working on distributed Real Time systems is sought after by a global Fintech based in South West London. This organisation specialises in providing high performance technology solutions to global financial institutions (including several Investment Banks), primarily to augment their payments capabilities. As a Senior Engineer, you will join the core engineering team working on the development of their Real Time payments processing platform, using a primary tech stack of Java 17, Spring Boot and Akka. You will contribute from both a design and coding perspective, taking ownership of delivering new components and features ensuring high availability, resiliency and scalability. As a Fintech, they are highly Agile, operating in multi-functional delivery squads managing projects from inception through to delivery/go-live and with a heavy focus on Pair Programming and TDD, so are looking for people from similar environments. To be successful, you will demonstrate: A strong background in hands-on Java engineering, currently working with Java 11+ Indepth knowledge of microservices architecture and usage of Spring/Spring Boot Experience developing distributed, Real Time applications with Kafka and the JMS (or related MQ technologies eg RabbitMQ, ACtiveMQ etc.) with an appreciation of Multithreading, concurrency etc. Understanding of Reactive Programming Techniques with Akka, Spring Webflux, RxJava Practical experience of MongoDB and AWS Industry experience within Financial Services, preferably within the Payments arena. If you are passionate about building Real Time software and keen to join a growing fintech, please do apply!

Senior .net developer Contract .net/Cloud/c# Job Description Our client is a leading global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. They are looking for a Senior .net Software developer. The Group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs over 33,000 people, of whom almost half are in North America. This role is a hybrid role, based out of their London office. This position performs complex research, design, and software development assignments within a software functional area or product line, and provides direct input to project plans, schedules, and methodology in the development of cross-functional software products. This position performs software design - typically across multiple systems; mentors more-junior members of the team; and talks to users/customers and translates their requests into solutions. QUALIFICATIONS: BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required Experience working within three or more globally distributed Agile development teams. Experience working on three or more high-reliability, high-availability microservices architecture platforms. TECHNICAL SKILLS: experience or willing to learn the following: APIs : REST, GraphQL Languages : C#/.NET Core, ReactJS/Typescript, CSS, SQL Testing : Pair Programming, TDD, BDD, vulnerability, security and performance testing tools Instrumentation : Logging, monitoring, dashboards, alerting Database : DynamoDb, PostgreSQL Security : OWASP Top 10 CI/CD : Git, pipeline management tools, green-blue deployments, canary releases Cloud : AWS, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, Cloudformation, Containerisation, Serverless Useful : PowerShell, Python, PowerBI CAPABILITIES: Senior Developer experience in a multi-team, distributed Agile environment (Scrum and/or Kanban). Involved in the full end-to-end life cycle from design to deployment. Able to build customer and team confidence through deep knowledge and being collaborative and customer focused. A polyglot, expert in C#, confident developing the full stack through multiple application tiers with a passion for learning new skills. Strong technical design skills and fluent in the application of SOLID Principles, design patterns, domain modelling, event-driven architectures, micro-services and message queues. Able to take a test-first approach to development and skilled in TDD, BDD, integration testing, logging and monitoring. Experienced in software performance optimization and knowledgeable in concurrent programming. Strong experience developing global multi-lingual and multi-tenant systems. Skilled in maintaining and improving CI/CD workflow processes and tools. Exposure to Cloud technologies and at ease with troubleshooting in complex environments. Exposure to data science, machine learning and Big Data principles. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

Underwriting Analyst - Lloyd's Market, SQL, Power Bi, Marine, Mi Permanent £50,000-£60,000 A global London market Insurer is currently looking for an experienced Underwriting Analyst to join their growing MI Underwriting Analytics Team working specifically as a dedicated resource with Marine Underwriting within an ever-expanding organisation who are going through a vast amount of digitalisation and strategic transformation. The role will play an essential part gathering requirements and creating high quality analytics, ensuring the marine teams MI and analytical needs are met with an emphasis on becoming a trusted business advisor, whilst remaining reactive to requirements as they come in. Key Responsibilities: Supporting the marine underwriting function with data and analysis Act as a key contact for Marine Department and provide relevant business knowledge Work closely with the Portfolio management team to further marine engagement Collect and understand requirements for the new PowerBi reporting and deliver new reports Requirements: An understanding of the Insurance function and data requirements within Excellent knowledge of Excel and Power Bi and the ability to demonstrate knowledge on building reports to a high standard Show initative in undertaking tasks and the ability to prioritise stakeholder needs Effectively uses and manipulates data from databases. This is a great opportunity to join a growing team with excellent career progression opportunities in a well-respected Insurance Syndicate. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

Business Analyst - CASS - Regualtory Change - IT Delivery Our client, a leading Fund Management organisation, is looking for a Business Analyst to join their Technology Project team on a permanent basis. The Business Analyst will support and deliver regulatory and business change initiatives, which have a particular focus and/or impact on CASS rules and which mitigate risks associated with Client Money and Assets. This includes interacting with cross functional stakeholders across all levels and the ability to understand the technical implications of business requirements. The BA will operate in an Agile project environment and will be collaborating with regional and global teams. The role reports into a Programme Manager and will be responsible for analysing, capturing and documenting business requirements. The BA will obtain agreement on deliverables ensuring they meet the needs of the business and track their progress. They will collaborate with development teams across multiple locations and countries and facilitate open communication between them and the business. They will also manage changes to business requirements as the project progresses. The Successful Candidate will have: Excellent communication, presentation and negotiation skills. Ability to demonstrate a customer-focused & service-oriented approach. Successful track record of business analysis within Financial Services. A flexible, self-motivated individual who thinks on their feet and is a committed team player. Delivery and results focused Knowledge of CASS rules and how they relate to Client Money and Client Assets is highly advantageous. Experience of working with Agile and Scrum methodologies and JIRA or Confluence tools are highly advantageous. Experience of working in Brokerage, Mutual Fund, Personal Investor or Pension Investment organisations would be advantageous. This is an exciting opportunity to join a reputable Asset Management organisation and perform a key project role for the wider business. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

A leading real-estate business based in London is looking for a Data and Analytics Developer to join them on a permanent basis. The role will involve the general assistance of requirements, propose solutions and develop components for a Data and Analytics framework. The role is paying up to £80,000 dependent on experience. As such, the role provides the successful candidate an opportunity to work on a team composed of Business Analysts, Project Managers and the Business Team SME's as required and will be open to new approaches to technology solution projects. They will need to have experience working on integration and development experience on MS Azure, including Azure Data Factory and Synapse Analytics. The successful candidate will have experience of: Integration on MS Azure/Development experience MS SQL Server development ETL/ELT design/Development API/GraphQL implementation Azure DevOps source control/Deployment Data visualisation/Report development Information Technology migrations/Integrations Full life cycle of complex software deployment projects Writing and execution of test cases that tie to design requirements This role provides an exciting opportunity for an experienced Data and Analytics Developer to join a client, backed by one of the world's leading investment management firms and further develop their hands-on experience with industry leading technology supporting each department. Suitable candidates will be contacted within 48 hours. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

Data Modeller - Financial Services, Market Data, Datamodelling, Reference Data, UML, SQL My client, a leading financial services organisation, are currently looking for a Data Modeller to join the organisation. The business provides traditional market and reference data with alternative and unstructured data assets and aggregate these datasets for multiple use cases. The Data Model standardises the concepts our data represents. The successful execution of a data and technology strategy that leverages these data models and this connected data provides better ideas through more insightful analysis, more accurate calculation of risk exposure, and eases regulatory reporting requirements. Working within a team of data architects and modellers, this role presents a rare opportunity for someone with a passion for Datamodelling to produce an enterprise wide data model. Candidates must have: Extensive Datamodelling experience, preferably within the financial services industry working on large scale data migration programmes Good understanding of financial reference and/or market reference data Datamodelling skills and a solid understanding of the difference between conceptual, logical and physical models In-depth knowledge of database structures for reference data as well as methods of working for sourcing and capturing this data Understanding of UML and or logical data models is essential Understanding of RDBMS's and proficiency with SQL Experience of Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect, GraphQL, and understanding of JSON and/or XML This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced candidate to join a high profile project within a global organisation. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

Technical Architect - C# .NET, Azure, Solution Design, Microservices, Security, SQL Server, NoSQL My client, a leading data analytics organisation based in the City of London, are looking for a talented Technical Architect to join their team on a permanent basis. You will be working on specific solutions, in key areas of their marketplace automation web application. The web application, written in C# .NET, aggregates survey results across a plethora of industries, accounting for 95% of the marketplace revenue and traffic. As the application will be deployed and integrated with the cloud, prior experience with Azure cloud migrations is essential. Candidates must have: Experience undertaking solution design work in commercial environments Experience with C# .NET development An understanding of security requirements for web and cloud based applications Experience designing microservices architecture (or event driven/service orientated architecture) Exposure to messaging systems An understanding of relational and non-relational databases (ie, SQL Server, NoSQL) Experience with cloud migrations, specifically Azure The ability to act as a Technical Lead, providing support and assistance to other technical teams This is a fantastic opportunity to join a global data analytics business based in the heart of London. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

Senior QA Test Engineer - API, .net, C#, JavaScript, BBD, SpecFlow, Automation, Agile Senior QA Test Engineer required to join a global media organisation on a permanent basis. The Senior QA Test Engineer will join the digital, consumer facing products team who are developing and evolving a global lead generation platform. The role will act as a QA & Test Engineering chapter' lead across several globally distributed product delivery teams ensuring alignment of best practices and ways of working to ensure quality and improve testing capabilities throughout the full development life cycle from ideation to production. Working in an enthusiastic and cross-functional team, the Senior QA Test Engineer will support the creation and testing of components, applications and algorithms and also integrations with services and APIs. The ideal candidate will have a background in QA testing with .net/C# coding ability to run performance tests when required. Key responsibilities: Maintenance of test automation framework Automating new and existing manual test regression journeys using the framework developed and OO programming concepts implementing using C#, selenium (page object model), SpecFlow and RestSharp Manual REST API, GraphQL APIs and web application testing using Postman and Swagger Work with Developers to write Performance Testing suite in Gatling Review the testing processes and coverage of functional, performance and load testing across all digital test teams Work with the deployment team to roll out new changes and support them when required in triaging production issues Define quality metrics and implement measurements to determine test effectiveness, testing efficiency and measure to overall quality of the product Required experience: Competent in C# and JavaScript with the ability to develop and execute complex automated performance testing, along with administration of testing tools/environments Strong exposure to XP, Scrum or Lean, DevSecOps and rugged cultures Knowledgeable of Risk based Testing, Continuous Testing & Monitoring principles Expert in validating complex requirements, defining and reviewing acceptance criteria and exploring testing methods Experience with REST and Graph based APIs and Swagger Any experience in BDD tools such as SpecFlow or similar to evolve a robust automation pack would be beneficial Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

Product Owner - EMEA, Digital Transformation, Brokers, Agile, Revenue Generation, Cost Efficiency, Syndicate, Insurance, Permanent A global London-based Lloyd's Market Insurer is currently looking for a Product Owner to join their Agile Digital Transformation team to assist on a large backlog of Digital Transformation opportunities within the business. You will be sitting within a new Greenfield team consisting of four people to assist on a multitude of projects across the business in a cross-functional capacity. Specifically, within this role you will be tasked to actively engage with Brokers across the East and West of Europe. As this is an externally facing role, you must possess the correct business knowledge and have the will and desire to work with the product users and represent the business at a high level. Furthermore, you must be able to make difficult decisions around revenue generation and cost efficiency alongside creating the most effective solution for the customer journey. To successful in this role, you will need: Knowledge of the Insurance Industry and an understanding of Syndicates and Brokers is a must. You must possess and extremely commercially focused mindset as you create the solution across for the customer journey. Prior experience of taking a business from no capability to a full Digital journey would be highly beneficial. Prior experience of Agile would be highly beneficial as the business moves towards their Agile maturity. This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-respected and known Syndicate in the Lloyd's Market to assist them on their Digital Transformation journey and help create the solution across the customer journey. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

PMO Analyst - 9-month Fixed Term Contract - Fund Management - Financial Services - Microsoft project - Agile - Technology - Operations Our client, a boutique Investment Management firm, based in the City are seeking an experienced PMO Analyst to join their team on an initial 9-month Fixed-Term Contract basis. This is an exciting opportunity to work across a range of business, technology, and operational change initiatives driven by the organisation's recent merger with a fellow buy-side organisation. The ideal candidate will have experience as a PMO analyst within a buy side organisation and be capable of managing multiple simultaneous workstreams. Strong experience with MS Project will also be highly beneficial. The successful applicant will be responsible for resource management, project governance, providing training and managing financial oversight on a range of change initiatives. Experience/Skills Required Proven experience within a similar role within financial services and ideally Asset Management. Over 5 years' experience as a hands-on PMO analyst Expert understanding of Microsoft Project would be highly beneficial Experience working across multiple simultaneous workstreams Relevant certifications such as Prince 2 Practitioner, P3O, MSP would be beneficial Experience with Scrum or agile delivery is desirable. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing Asset Management firm working across a broad change portfolio. Suitable candidates will be contacted with 2 working days. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.

Programme Manager - Infrastructure, Applications, Authentication, Cyber, Modernisation, Data, Platform, Agile, Financial Services My Client, a leading global Financial Services organisation, is seeking a Technical Programme Manager to join their Nottingham based office on a contract basis. You will be working on a large scale Modernisation portfolio of work, focused on the authentication infrastructure. The involves overseeing the implementation of new infrastructure and applications as well as the migration of application to the new platform solution. You will oversee the end to end technical delivery of projects, implementing large scale changes to existing platforms and infrastructure as well as ensuring the programme delivers against the set out cost saving initiatives. This critical programme will cross all aspects of technology, requiring strong organisational skills, an analytical and delivery focused mindset and excellent stakeholder management. Further to this, you will be required to have excellent spreadsheet and finance modelling skills as per the important cost saving elements of the programme. To be successful in this role you will need; Extensive Programme Management experience working for a top tier Financial Services organisation Proven Agile delivery experience Proven application/software delivery experience Proven infrastructure and Authentication delivery experience Previous modernisation experience would be highly beneficial Experience working on a large data platform would be desired Extensive stakeholder management skills An analytical mindset and excellent communication skills This is an excellent opportunity to join a large scale, high profile portfolio of work cutting across all aspects of technology in what is a highly visible modernisation programme for a leading Financial Services organisation. Cornwallis Elt is an Employment Agency & Employment Business and has been listed 3 times in The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 of the UKs fastest growing private companies, as well as in the Recruitment International Top 250, Top 50 in IT and the Recruiter Fast 50 & Hot 100 reports.