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Senior Java Developer in London, United Kingdom

Luxoft

London, United Kingdom

We are DXC Luxoft Financial Services - an award-winning provider of technology solutions dedicated to the Financial Services sector.
We are building a new high-impact engineering squad in Bucharest to deliver a critical Financial Markets Clearing Platform for FX Swaps, a key component in the global clearing ecosystem. This initiative is part of a highly regulated, low-latency financial platform with strict requirements around resilience, performance, and availability.

You will work in an Agile Scrum environment, contributing to the full lifecycle of product development—from design through implementation, testing, and production rollout—while adhering to Client's engineering standards and SDLC practices.

This role offers the opportunity to work on mission-critical financial systems, integrating with external trading venues and supporting real-time trade processing under strict SLA constraints.

Team Overview
We are building a dedicated squad in Bucharest (Java Developers + QA Automation Engineers) working closely with global teams. The team operates in 2-week sprint cycles, following Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, retrospectives, backlog refinement).
The team will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of the FX Swaps product, including design, development, testing, production deployment, and post-go-live support.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

Design and deliver the FX Swaps clearing product within Global Clearing Solution

Low-latency, high-throughput Java/Spring Boot microservices

Ensure system compliance with performance, resilience, and security standards

Integrate with external FX trading venues (e.g., FX Matching)

Implement and optimize real-time trade processing workflows

Collaborate on test strategy and automation (functional & non-functional)

Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and incremental production releases

Participate in Agile ceremonies and cross-team collaboration

Produce and maintain technical documentation and design artifacts

Support production releases, go-live activities, and post-implementation support

Skills

Must have

Requirements Core Technical

Strong experience in Java (11-17+) and Spring Boot microservices

Experience with distributed systems and caching (Hazelcast or similar)

Solid knowledge of Oracle RDBMS and Linux/Unix environments

Experience with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab, Ansible)

Hands-on experience with test automation (Cucumber or similar) Architecture & Engineering

Strong understanding of microservices and stateless design

Experience building low-latency, high-availability systems

Knowledge of integration patterns in complex enterprise systems Delivery & Leadership

Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments

Proven ability to work as a Tech Lead

at least 3Y + experience in similar role

Strong ownership, delivery focus, and problem-solving skills

Nice to have

Nice-to-Have

Capital Markets / FX products knowledge and cloud exposure (AWS or similar)

Other

Languages

English: B2 Upper Intermediate

Seniority

Senior

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