Job Title
Java Engineer: IG PrimeJob Description
About IG Group
IG Group is a FTSE 100 fintech operating across five continents, serving over 1.4m customers and handling billions of dollars in transactions – built on scale, trust, and proof. We didn't pivot to innovation; it's how we've always operated. What that means for the people who work here is real: genuinely complex problems to solve, the technology and resources to tackle them properly, and the kind of scope that's rare in established businesses.
The bar is high – bring a curious and forward-thinking mindset and we'll give you the platform to define what comes next.
Join us at IG – the future gets built here.
Your teamOur engineering team sits within the IG Prime, strengthening IG’s institutional client offering. Our FIX Integrations team builds and maintains the APIs that power IG’s connectivity with institutional clients and partners across global markets. We’re responsible for delivering resilient, high-performance trading and market data integrations that underpin some of IG’s most critical client experiences.
You will play a key role in creating a new suite of robust trading APIs in the cloud.
You'll be at the heart of IG's institutional growth strategy—building the APIs that traders rely on every day. Your work directly enables IG Prime to onboard new clients, expand into new markets, and deliver the low-latency, reliable connectivity that institutional traders demand. You'll help grow the product offering by designing and delivering new API capabilities that meet evolving client needs. Whether you're shipping new features, hardening existing services, or collaborating with stakeholders to solve integration challenges, your contributions will have a real impact.
What you’ll doDevelop and maintain IG’s FIX APIs
Help deliver the IG Prime division’s product roadmap of new functionality
Provide technical support to IG’s clients and FIX Support teams when required
Monitor and manage FIX API services with a focus on performance, reliability, and resilience
Collaborate with business stakeholders to improve processes and deliver excellent service
Build test harnesses and increase automation across the FIX platform
What you’ll need for this role
Experience with developing external APIs
A continuous improvement mentality, experience with coding using AI
Identifies development risks and builds mitigations
Around 5 years of Java development experience
Strong concurrent/multithreaded programming skills
Experience with asynchronous systems (streaming, messaging)
Experience using the Spring Framework
Linux proficiency, including shell scripting
Experience with cloud (ideally AWS)
How we work
We try to take a thoughtful approach to our ways of working as a company. We follow a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office -- which we think balances the need to collaborate effectively and connect with each other. When it comes to how we deliver, there are 5 things we want everyone to do to drive high performance, better learning and career satisfaction:
Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm
Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes
Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs
Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth
Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback
We believe that diversity is vital to success, it fuels creativity, drives innovation and sets us up for global success. We're committed to building teams with a variety of perspectives and skills to help us realise our vision and strategy, that's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join us on this journey. Learn more about our D&I approach here.
The PerksYour growth fuels our success! Thrive with tailored development programs, mentoring opportunities with leaders, and clear career progression. Expand your network through committees, sports and social clubs. Enjoy extra time off for volunteering and community work.
As well as having the chance to attend regular social events and join special-interest groups, you get an attractive selection of benefits working with IG:
12% Flexible Benefits Package over and above your base salary, and wide variety of pension, insurance and medical plans to choose from
Participation in our annual performance-based bonus scheme
Matched giving for your fundraising activity
Flexible working hours and work-from-home opportunities
Career-focused technical and leadership trainings in-class and online, incl. unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning platform
A day off on your birthday
Two days’ volunteering leave per year
Regular coaching and development sessions with senior leadership will help you optimise your leadership impact and identify growth opportunities for both you and your team.
Regular coaching and development sessions with senior leadership will help you optimise your leadership impact and identify growth opportunities for both you and your team.
Learn more about the Perks here!
Join us for this exciting journey.
Apply now!
Number of openings
1IG Group London, England Office
Cannon Bridge House, 25 Dowgate Hill, London, United Kingdom, EC4R 2YA
