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    Exclusive Search - Leading Global Investment Bank

    Are you a high-performance Java engineer with FX experience? My client, a top-tier global financial institution, is expanding its E-Trading FX Options Strategy team and is seeking a Vice President - Java 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 Options market making, pricing, and algorithmic trading

    • Lead and manage strategic electronic FX Cash and Options 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.

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    Exclusive Search - Leading Global Investment Bank

    Are you a high-performance Java engineer with FX experience? My client, a top-tier global financial institution, is expanding its E-Trading FX Options Strategy team and is seeking a Vice President - Java 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 Options market making, pricing, and algorithmic trading

    • Lead and manage strategic electronic FX Cash and Options 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.

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