VP Java FX Strategist Global Markets London

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Are you a high-performance Java engineer with FX experience? My client, a top-tier global financial institution, is expanding its E-Trading FX Strategy team and is seeking a Vice President - Electronic FX Strategist to help drive one of the bank's most strategic growth areas.

This is a rare chance to work at the heart of a cutting-edge FX franchise, owning key components across pricing, market-making, algorithmic trading and ultra-low-latency systems that run globally.

You'll join a high-impact team responsible for all quant and technology elements of the bank's electronic FX flows. From core market-making models and price distribution, to aggregators, algos and the bank's single-dealer platform - if it touches electronic FX, it passes through this team.

Work closely with trading, sales, quants and globally distributed engineering teams (London & Singapore) to deliver innovative, scalable and latency-sensitive solutions.

💡 The Opportunity

You'll join a high-impact team responsible for all quant and technology elements of the bank's electronic FX flows. From core market-making models and price distribution, to aggregators, algos and the bank's single-dealer platform - if it touches electronic FX, it passes through this team.

Work closely with trading, sales, quants and globally distributed engineering teams (London & Singapore) to deliver innovative, scalable and latency-sensitive solutions.

🔧 Key Responsibilities

• Engineer and develop components for FX market making, pricing, and algorithmic trading

• Lead and manage strategic electronic FX projects

• Collaborate directly with Front Office Trading & Sales teams

• Contribute to the roadmap for scaling a 24/5.5 global FX platform

🌟 Skills & experience required

• 7+ years of Advanced Java in high-performance, low-latency environments

• 5+ years in Financial Markets, ideally in pricing or market-making

• Strong understanding of FX microstructure, order management, or regulatory flows

• Bonus experience: Spring Boot, Gradle, Solace, FIX, concurrent programming, JVM tuning, React/Vue

• Ability to utilise AI coding assistants effectively while maintaining code quality

• Strong communicator with the ability to influence technical and business stakeholders

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Maths, or a related quantitative field

🎯 Why Apply?

This role suits someone who wants to:
✔ Work in a front-office environment with direct impact
✔ Build ultra-low-latency systems that operate at a global scale
✔ Join a franchise undergoing major investment and transformation
✔ Influence architecture, design, and strategic technology decisions

📨 Interested?

If you'd like to discuss this opportunity in confidence, please reach out directly or apply via LinkedIn.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.