About this role
Salary: £? - ? per year
Requirements: We are looking for a strong senior-level software engineer with significant commercial experience in JVM technologies such as Scala or Java.We need experience building complex backend or distributed systems.We require a strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including concurrency, testing, design patterns, clean code principles, and CI/CD practices.You should be able to operate independently and take ownership of complex technical problems.Strong communication skills are essential.We need hands-on design and development experience, including the ability to explain architectural decisions and technical trade-offs.System ownership experience is required.Strong Java development skills are required, along with an understanding of how Java applications run in production.We value JVM tuning and troubleshooting experience.Performance optimisation experience is important.Previous experience in the finance sector is required. Responsibilities: We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team building a distributed calculation engine for financial indices and quantitative models.We will rely on you to design and build new backend functionality for a business-critical platform.This is a backend engineering role focused on development rather than support or maintenance.You will work in a high-performance financial services environment. Technologies: ARMBackendCI/CDSupportJVMJavaScala More:
We are recruiting for a Senior JVM Software Engineer (Scala/Java) on a 6-12 month contract, inside IR35, offering up to £600 per day. The role is based in London with hybrid working, requiring 2-3 days onsite each week. We are looking for someone to join our team building a distributed calculation engine used to calculate financial indices and quantitative models. This is a business-critical platform in a high-performance financial services environment. ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy covering technical recruitment across major industries in the UK and beyond.
last updated 29 week of 2026