Acercanza Consulting

Acercanza Consulting

City of London, London

Senior EFX Developer

Full-Time£63,000 - 103,000 per yearhoyUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £63,000 - 103,000 per year

Requirements:
  • We have solid experience as a Senior Java Developer.
  • We have strong command of Java 17 or higher.
  • We have experience in low-latency development and multithreaded applications.
  • We have advanced knowledge of performance tuning, including GC, memory, CPU, and operating system optimization.
  • We have experience working with the FIX protocol.
  • We have knowledge of low-latency messaging technologies such as Aeron, Agrona, SBE, Protobuf, or Chronicle.
  • We have experience with distributed systems and caching solutions such as Hazelcast, Redis, Coherence, or similar.
  • We have experience designing scalable architectures and critical systems.
  • We have a high level of English, which is essential for working in an international environment.
Responsibilities:
  • We develop high-performance applications using Java 17+.
  • We design and implement low-latency solutions for pricing and electronic trading systems.
  • We develop pricing, hedging, booking, and liquidity management engines.
  • We optimize application performance through latency reduction, GC optimization, and operating system tuning.
  • We develop solutions based on financial protocols such as FIX and REST APIs.
  • We implement distributed systems using technologies such as Hazelcast, Kafka, Aeron, or similar solutions.
  • We contribute to the design of scalable, resilient, and highly available architectures.
  • We collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and QA teams in Agile methodologies.
  • We mentor junior developers and promote best practices in development, testing, and code quality.
Technologies:
  • Java
  • Kafka
  • REST
  • Redis

More:

We are working on a strategic project in the international financial sector, renewing a next-generation Electronic FX Trading platform. Our team is highly specialized and international, with collaboration across the UK, Spain, Poland, and Latin America. The role is hybrid, with one day per week in our Triton Square offices in London. This is a long-term project with continuity potential, offering the chance to work with cutting-edge technologies on highly complex low-latency systems. We also offer private medical insurance.

last updated 33 week of 2026

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About Acercanza Consulting

Acercanza Consulting

Acercanza Consulting

City of London

IT

Skills & Technologies

JavaScalaRedisRESTKafkaAIAgileUI

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