Java Engineer

1w1 week ago

IG Group

London, GB · Full-time · £70,000 – £95,000

About this role

IG Group is a FTSE100 FinTech company running mobile, web and desktop platforms for trading stocks & shares, leveraged products, Futures & Options and Crypto. Over 340,000 people use our platforms across 18 countries. We prioritize high autonomy to ship better products and grow our user base.

You'll build APIs powering IG Prime's connectivity with institutional clients and partners. Deliver resilient, high-performance trading and market data integrations critical to client experiences. Create a new suite of robust trading APIs in the cloud.

The FIX Integrations team within IG Prime maintains APIs across global markets. Work in cross-functional teams laser-focused on increasing active clients. Collaborate to meet evolving institutional trader demands for low-latency reliability.

Drive IG's institutional growth by onboarding clients and expanding markets. Design new API capabilities, ship features, and harden services. Your contributions enable sustainable growth and better client experiences.

Requirements

Around 5 years of Java development experience
Experience with developing external APIs
A continuous improvement mentality, experience with coding using AI
Identifies development risks and builds mitigations
Experience building resilient, high-performance trading APIs
Familiarity with cloud-based API development
Knowledge of FIX protocol integrations

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain IG’s FIX APIs
Help deliver the IG Prime division’s product roadmap of new functionality
Provide technical support to IG’s clients and FIX Support teams when required
Monitor and manage FIX API services with a focus on performance, reliability, and resilience
Collaborate with business stakeholders to improve processes and deliver excellent service
Build test harnesses and increase automation across the FIX platform