IG Group Holdings is seeking a Senior Java Engineer for their Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, focused on enhancing the performance and reliability of their trading platform. The ideal candidate will have strong Java expertise and experience with distributed systems, particularly in high-throughput, low-latency environments
Job Summary
The role involves balancing software development and reliability engineering to solve operational challenges at scale within a high-throughput trading platform.
Candidates will champion reliability patterns, performance optimization, and operational excellence while collaborating closely with development teams on system design.
The company offers a hybrid working model with three days in the office, competitive salary, flexible benefits, and comprehensive parental leave policies.
Matching Summary
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IG Group Holdings is seeking a Senior Java Engineer for their Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team, focused on enhancing the performance and reliability of their trading platform. The ideal candidate will have strong Java expertise and experience with distributed systems, particularly in high-throughput, low-latency environments.
Salary
Competitive salary; Flexible Benefits Package (12%); Not specified
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Strong Java development experience
Deep understanding of JVM internals
Experience with message brokers like Kafka
Containerization and orchestration expertise
OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing knowledge
High-throughput low-latency production environments
Nice-to-have
Nomad container orchestration experience
Background in financial services domain
Cross-functional team collaboration skills
Passion for automation and eliminating toil
Blameless postmortem leadership
Key Requirements
Proven experience in high-throughput production environments
Track record of improving system reliability at scale
Experience with continuous delivery and DevOps practices