Backend Software Engineer / SRE (Java JVM) London / WFH to £110k

Are you a Backend Software Engineer / SRE with a strong knowledge of Java and JVM internals?

You could be progressing your career in an impactful role at a global CFD trading company that has been consistently voted as one of the UKs top employers.

As a Backend Software Engineer / SRE you will collaborate with development teams, as a trusted technical advisor to influence system design, ensuring reliability standards and driving improvements across the platform.

You'll have a broad scope including hands-on coding (Java) to build tools and automation, incident response, observability, performance optimisation and operational excellence, working with large scale Java JVM distribution systems and message brokers such as Kafka and ActiveMQ, with a mix of on-premise and cloud (AWS) based services.

Location / WFH:

There's a hybrid model with 1-2 days on the London office and the rest of the week work from home; when you are in the office you'll be based in the City with an upbeat team environment, casual dress code and a range of facilities including roof terrace, canteen and break out areas.

About you:

• You have a strong Java software engineering background and a deep knowledge of JVM internals and performance tuning
• You have a good knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering and how to build scalable solutions to improve reliability, productivity and efficiency
• You have strong experience with message brokers (Kafka, ActiveMQ or similar)
• You have experience with containerisation (they use Nomad so that would be great but any tools is fine)
• You have a good working knowledge of OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing concepts
• You have experience in similar low latency production environments, improving system reliability and performance at scale
• You have a good knowledge of CI/CD and DevOps practices
• You're collaborative and pragmatic with technical leadership abilities

What's in it for you:

As a Backend Software Engineer / SRE you will earn a competitive package:

• Salary to £110k + Bonus
• Pension, Private Medical Care, Life Assurance
• Option to buy or sell holiday days
• Wellness benefits and gym subsidy
• Childcare vouchers
• Enhanced paternity leave including shared parental pay and leave
• Employee led LGBTQ+, Women's, Black and Parents & Carers networks with an annual budget for organising events and projects that foster an open, diverse and inclusive culture
• Plus a range of other perks

Apply now to find out more about this Backend Software Engineer / SRE (Java JVM) opportunity.