FlexTrade Systems is a provider of customized multi-asset execution and order management trading solutions for buy- and sell-side financial institutions. Through deep client partnerships with some of the world's largest, most complex and demanding capital markets firms, we develop the flexible tools, technology and innovation that deliver our clients a competitive edge. Our globally distributed engineering teams focus on adaptable technology and open architecture to develop highly sophisticated trading solutions that can automate and scale with your business strategies.
At FlexTrade, we hold our values close to heart, with pride and gratitude, as they guide us in everything that we do. We are dedicated to giving our clients a competitive edge, taking ownership of our responsibilities, being flexible to adapt to ever changing environment and technology, bringing integrity to ever interaction and we continue to improve, grow together and collaborate as one team. All of these while having fun truly makes FlexTrade a wonderful place to work.
The Team
We are looking for an amazing developer to join our team building FlexTrade’s OEMS platform, FlexONE, which is our state-of-the-art, fully integrated Order Management System and Execution Management System. This system was built from the ground up starting in 2013 and is written entirely in Scala.
The FlexONE team is split between our Milwaukee office, where the product was first developed, and our London office, which is now predominantly responsible for development of the UI for the application.
The London team is an experienced group of Java and Scala developers, with a deep understanding of UI and UX design. We deliver our software using agile methodologies, and we encourage best practices such as TDD, code reviews and pair programming for knowledge sharing and learning. Our team owns all aspects of the features they work on, from designing solutions to meet customer or product requirements, through implementation, QA and delivery. Each team member works on every part of the system.
About You
FlexTrade are seeking a skilled Scala or Java developer to join the FlexONE London team. The successful candidate will be someone with a passion for development who can complement what we do and bring interesting ideas and approaches. We believe that a great software engineer can pick up any technologies they need as they go, but some experience with the libraries and tools we use would be an advantage to any candidate.
Responsibilities
Work within the team’s agile Kanban process to develop new features and bug fixes
Discuss feature requirements with account managers and design suitable solutions
Implement new features from the product roadmap
Implement performance enhancements in the core product
Design and build user interface components using Swing, considering good UX
Build unit tests using JUnit and Mockito
Support CI/CD processes using Docker and Jenkins
Must have
Proficiency with Java and/or Scala software development
Experience with building interactive UIs and/or applications
Excellent knowledge of both object-oriented and functional programming concepts
Excellent communication skills to articulate ideas, problems and solutions
Motivation and determination to learn and grow
Nice to have
Experience with Java Swing
Experience with React
Experience of the Akka framework
Experience with gRPC
Experience with Financial Services
FlexTrade Systems, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by law.
FlexTrade UK Ltd. conducts a pre-employment screening which consists of a Criminal History, Background and Credit Check for successful candidates.
Skills Required
- Proficiency with Java and/or Scala software development
- Experience with building interactive UIs and/or applications
- Excellent knowledge of object-oriented and functional programming concepts
- Excellent communication skills to articulate ideas, problems and solutions
- Motivation and determination to learn and grow
- Build unit tests using JUnit and Mockito
- Support CI/CD processes using Docker and Jenkins
- Experience with Java Swing
- Experience with React
- Experience with the Akka framework
- Experience with gRPC
- Experience with Financial Services
FlexTrade Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about FlexTrade and has not been reviewed or approved by FlexTrade.
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Flexible Benefits — Benefits are presented as flexible across regions and offices, with categories spanning health, retirement, commuter, and education-related perks. This structure is positioned to accommodate local differences and individual needs.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program is part of the package, and a standard employer match is referenced. Retirement offerings are consistently listed alongside core benefits.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as commuter benefits, travel concierge, tuition assistance, job training, and an Employee Assistance Program complement core coverage. These elements add wellness and development support beyond basic medical plans.
FlexTrade Insights
What We Do
FlexTrade Systems Inc., is the industry pioneer and global leader in broker-neutral, execution and order management trading platforms for equities, foreign exchange, options, futures and fixed income. FlexTRADER, our award-winning flagship platform for algorithmic trading, is widely viewed as unique in the industry for its high performance and multi-asset capability. With offices in North America, Europe and Asia, FlexTrade has a worldwide client base spanning more than 225 buy- and sell-side firms.
