Allegis Global Solutions Limited (AGS)

Location: London, UK Industry: Investment Banking Work pattern: Hybrid (2/3 days onsite) We're looking for an experienced Backend Developer to join a leading investment bank and help drive innovation that empowers people and businesses across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. This role is part of the Blade function, delivering strategic initiatives that make a real impact. Prior banking experience is highly desirable. The Key Responsibilities As a senior developer, you'll be driving our platform forwards and delivering quality solutions to business-critical customer requirements. Based in London, you will collaborate in a dynamic global team with fellow technologists, business analysts, project managers and business stakeholders across multiple locations. Key Attributes An excellent Java developer with good software design principles and the ability to write robust code and accompanying test suites Ability to write efficient, clear code and be able to articulate what has been implemented and why Self-starter who can drive/facilitate requirements and development effort Take ownership and responsibility for the full development life cycle Experience working in an agile development environment A team player, capable of engaging with other teams Experience in the end-to-end design, development and support of financial markets systems Experience with Real Time (event-driven) architectures Being a full-stack web developer is a plus Technical skills: 5+ years hands on development with investment banking. E-trading- FX/FI experience is must Core Java (essential), Concurrency, Spring RX Java is a plus Experience in micro-services and container technologies (preferably Docker) is a plus Familiarity with CI/CD and DevOps Experience with distributed data stores a plus Functional programming experience a plus Functional skills: Financial Market domain knowledge Investment banking is a strong plus Derivatives knowledge is a plus Soft skills: Fluent in English (speaking and writing) Strong ownership and ability to deal with ambiguity Outstanding problem-solving skills Proactive, self-starter, autonomous Good team spirit Rate: GBP 700 - 750/day (negotiable) PAYE inside IR35 (Annual leave: 38 days including Bank Holidays + 3% Pension + 15% Employees NI)

Overview Leading the way in International Banking. We support the people and companies driving investment, trade and wealth creation across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. And our heritage and values are expressed in our brand promise - here for good. See our Brand and Values This role is an exciting opportunity to be part a large multi-asset eTrading development team. A successful candidate is expected to: Design, build and implement pricing systems. Work with teams spread across infrastructure, development, support, test and the Front Office. Participate in the development of all aspects of product delivery including design documents, functional specifications and component building. Make contributions to the evolving architecture. Conduct issue and risk identification, management and resolution. This is a key position which will play pivotal role in the development of the FX platform. Responsibilities/Deliverables: Take responsibility for the system component design and development. Ensure developed code has significant coverage by automated tests. Build relationships with key stakeholders. Adhere to SCB development practices. Manage application support handover to global teams. Maintain and enhance the code base after project go-live. Build relationships with teams inside/outside FM, Infrastructure units etc. Advocate delivery excellence, ensuring application release quality. Qualifications/Skills: C+/17 skills, knowledge of the STL, experience of the Boost libraries is highly desirable. Development on Linux using gcc, gdb, git and associated debugging tools. Knowledge of all aspects of software design, development and deployment. Working knowledge of FX products, pricing and Real Time risk management. Working knowledge of the design of scalable, high availability, supportable distributed architectures. Working knowledge of messaging and communication protocols including TCP, UDP, multicast, and data encoding Working understanding of SQL and simple DDL operations.