This document lists several permanent and contract roles for Java developers at investment banks. The roles include Java developers for credit risk technology, front office FX teams, algorithmic trading, compliance, and more. Most roles require strong Java skills as well as experience in financial services or investment banking. Salaries range from £55k to £100k base for permanent roles and £575 to £700 per day for contract roles.

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Opportunities
(Contract and
Permanent)
JUNE 2012

2. Java Developer CEM (C&P)
Leading Investment Bank is looking for multiple contract and permanent
Java Developers to expand their current CEM team.
• The CEM Technology group consists of development teams in London and India with
support teams in London, Singapore and the US.
• Opportunity to work closely with the Front Office traders and sales team in a key
strategic area of the organisation.
• Excellent Java and SQL skills are ESSENTIAL.
• Prior Test Driven Development and Sybase database experience.
• Experience in Agile development methodologies.
• Strong technical skills across the entire development lifecycle – analysis, development,
testing and release/deployment.
• £75k base or up to £575 per day.

3. Java Pricing Developer (C&P)
Leading Investment Bank has a requirement for a Java Pricing
Developer (contract or permanent) to work within their Credit Risk
Technology team.
• The role is very demanding as it is a high profile project for the Bank and extremely
challenging as the problems are very complex.
• Working in partnership with the Front Office Quants, Systems Architects and delivery
teams, the successful candidate will contribute to the design, architecture choices and
performance optimisations.
• Strong server side Java development with an Investment Banking background is KEY.
• Practical experience of multi-threading and distributed systems.
• Worked on building Pricing systems (Derivatives, Interest Rate Swaps, FX, CDS etc)
but know about Pricing concepts.
• SME on Risk Engines with exposure to Monte Carlo and Basel III regulations.
• £100k base or up to £600 per day.

4. Java Swing Developer (C&P)
Contract or Permanent Java Swing Developers needed for a leading
Investment Bank working as part of an FX Front Office delivery team.
• Experienced Java Swing Developer required to join a high profile Front Office FX
development team to work on leading edge technology agnostic GUI framework.
• Will work closely with business users and design/build creative Java Swing GUI
business components.
• Front office Investment Banking experience (especially product knowledge of FX, MM &
FX Options)
• Java development experience in large scale, high volume, multi-threaded critical
business applications on an enterprise scale.
• Strong experience of Java Swing and associated open source technologies is
ESSENTIAL.
• Experience of User Interface design and eCommerce/Web development.
• £100k base or up to £650-700 per day.

5. Senior Java Algo Developer (P)
Leading Investment Bank has an opening for a permanent Senior Java
Algo Developer to work within their High Frequency Trading team.
• Working as a Senior Java Algo Developer to develop, evolve and support high-volume,
low latency business-critical Java algorithmic trading system within FX.
• Based on the trading floor working directly with traders, Quants and other developers to
build a market leading algorithmic trading platform.
• Lead Developer experience in high volume, low latency business critical applications.
• Knowledge of FX Front Office business (Pricing, Trading, Risk management, hedging
strategies, sales).
• Excellent Java development skills are ESSENTIAL.
• £90-100k base.

6. Java Perl Developer/Engineer (P)
European Investment Bank requires a Java Perl Developer/Engineer to
work on their web hosting platform.
• London based team is responsible for engineering the Web and JEE platforms and
capabilities.
• Technical Developer/Engineer with Web and JEE Application servers experience.
• Background in web hosting systems administration or web development in a large
production is ESSENTIAL.
• Strong Object Oriented Perl with Unix Shell Scripting.
• Application Development skills with JEE with WebLogic or Tomcat, HTML or Web UI
experience.
• £75k base.

7. Java Developer (P)
Premier US Investment Bank looking for a permanent Java Developer
to work within London Compliance team.
• A key role within the Compliance Technology team, the successful candidate can
expect to become involved in a broad range of application development projects.
• Opportunity to work with users, developers and technical architects in London, New
York and Asia.
• Excellent Java development skills.
• Experience with J2SE, JDBC, XML/XSL, ORM Technologies, Source Code Control and
Build Techniques.
• Object Oriented Programming with Rational Database (UDB preferred) experience.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
• KYC and AML background would be a bonus.
• £55k base.

8. Java/C++ Developer (P)
Premier US Investment Bank needs a Java/C++ Developer to join their
global Middleware Development team.
• Global software development team working on their cross technical platform utilising
Java, Web, C/C++ and .Net.
• The existing system is at the heart of a new and exciting capability maturing within the
technology team and has very senior visibility and sponsorship.
• Strong technologist with adaptable capabilities is KEY to succeed in this role.
• C/C++ background with recent Java programming skills.
• Experience of low level design, multi-threading, garbage collection etc.
• Capable of interacting with both business and technical colleagues.
• £75-80k base.

9. Java Data Architect (P)
Java Data Architect is required for a Premier US Investment Bank who
has experience of handling large volumes of data.
• Working with the global team to ensure that all EMEA raised issues items are tracked to
completion.
• The role involves handling user queries covering application usage, data related
queries, and supporting automated batch jobs.
• Will provide a great opportunity to learn salesperson workflow and reporting needs.
• “Technical Architect” role which needs strong Java development (server side and web
applications) with data management experience – as it requires handling large volumes
of data.
• Static Reporting experience would be an added advantage as would Data Analysis.
• In-depth RDBMS is ESSENTIAL.
• £75-80k base.

10. Python Support Developer (P)
Global Market Maker has a requirement for a Python Support Developer
for their Compliance team in a permanent capacity.
• Due to ongoing growth of the London office, an additional team member is needed to
join the Compliance team and focus on Compliance Technology.
• Looking for technical people who have an appreciation for technology as they will be
asked to give opinions about different technologies.
• Support / Developer – someone who has very good technical skills in Python scripting
language who can handle both the support and development aspect.
• Ability to build code and scripts for database queries.
• Knowledge of trading / client services / financial industry.
• Excel, C# or C++ would be nice to have.
• £70k base.