Stanford Black

Stanford Black

London

Agile Software Engineer – Java – Greenfield

Full-Time£42,000 - 70,000 per yearavant-hierUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £42,000 - 70,000 per year

Requirements:
  • 2+ years of experience in Java for junior roles, or 6+ years of experience for senior roles
  • Experience with Agile/XP methodologies including TDD, BDD, and pair programming
  • Good design and problem-solving skills
  • Experience working in a public cloud environment with AWS, GCP, or Azure
  • No previous finance experience is required
Responsibilities:
  • Join our Agile squad and help drive best practices such as TDD, BDD, and pair programming
  • Work on our greenfield multi-asset trading platform
  • Build with the latest version of Java, Kafka, and Kubernetes
  • Be cross-trained in Scala and Kotlin
  • Be cross-trained in open source technologies such as Helm, Grafana, and GraphQL
Technologies:
  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Cloud
  • GCP
  • Grafana
  • Helm
  • Java
  • Kafka
  • Kotlin
  • Kubernetes
  • Scala
  • TDD
  • XP
  • GraphQL

More:

We are one of the worlds leading fintech firms, expanding our London headcount and investing heavily in a new greenfield multi-asset trading platform. We offer exposure to cutting-edge open source technology, a highly competitive salary and bonus structure, holidays, healthcare, and pensions. We are a tech-driven team working in AWS, with opportunities to learn modern technologies and grow within our software engineering group.

last updated 35 week of 2026

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About Stanford Black

Stanford Black

Stanford Black

London

IT

Skills & Technologies

JavaGoKotlinScalaAWSAzureGCPKubernetesGraphQLKafkaAIAgile

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