Senior Java Developer, EFX

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Job Description: Job Title: Senior Java Developer, EFX Corporate Title: Up to VP Location: Bromley Company Overview: At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Location Overview: Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you’ll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train. Role Description: We are a high performing front-office development team working on delivery of new strategic EFX pricing and auto-hedging capabilities for FICC E-Trading for 2026. In a typical day you can expect to develop Java code, review code written by your colleagues, attend Agile ceremonies, refine requirements with users (Quantitative Strategies Group and Traders) and liaise with sibling teams in EFX (market access, dashboard, price distribution etc). There will be occasional L3 support. You will have the opportunity to work with leading edge ultra-low-latency technologies like zero-GC JVMs, kernel bypass networking, core pinning and market data technologies. Responsibilities: Develop new realtime, low-latency pricing services for FX Spot,Swaps pricing and NDF auto-hedging Develop new features and enhancements to existing pricing and auto-hedging services for Spot and NDF Update existing codebase as required by external venue upgrades, internal and external regulatory requirements. Fully engage with the Agile SDLC Work alongside Quantities Strategies Group to review code and enhance backtesting capabilities. Solve problems independently, manage your own workload, engage other teams where required, escalate appropriately and pro-actively drive tasks to completion What we are looking for: Highly technical with solid years Java server-side development experience. Have full technology stack knowledge of Java to Linux and networks. KDB / Q experience Have prior pricing or algo-trading experience in any asset class. Have excellent communication skills to face off to tech management, Quantitative Strategies Group and trading desk. Full SDLC experience, Git, Jenkins, Ansible etc. Advanced programming skills including: understanding of algorithms and data structures, design patterns, multi-threading. Candidate must be a strong team player Experience in 3rd line production support Benefits of working at Bank of America: UK At Bank of America, we strive to prioritise employees’ health and wellbeing – it’s what makes us a Great Place to Work. Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner. Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons. We offer 26-weeks paid maternity leave, 16-weeks paid paternity leave and inclusive family leave arrangements for working parents and carers including 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum. 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum. The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness, cycle to work etc. Access to free counselling through the Employee Assistance Program and virtual GP services through our private health care plan. Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters. Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution. Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions. Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community. Bank of America: Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well. We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.