Senior Java Engineer OMS

About Man Group

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets across all major asset classes with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London we manage $228.7 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at

* As at 31 March 2026

The Team

We are a small team within our Markets Platform Engineering group with the OMS sitting between Numeric strategies and the Man central execution systems which act as the interface to the market. Were in the core position of the investment process and interact with many other parts of the firm providing a unique opportunity to build comprehensive knowledge across the trading lifecycle.

Role Responsibilities

As an Senior Java Engineer within the Man Numeric OMT team youll be building and maintaining the Order Management System underpinning the systematic investment process for Numeric. This is an opportunity to work closely with our trading desk quant strategy teams and operations to deliver an Order Management System that is flexible robust and performant to safely trade millions of orders annually and enable the onboarding of new investment strategies for our clients. Youll have direct exposure to cash equities equity swaps and futures asset classes covering both listed and OTC markets while building deep understanding in how theyre executed and booked.

This role offers a unique opportunity to learn soup-to-nuts how data is transformed from investment signals into trading decisions ensuring the trading life cycle is robust and scalable. This position requires support coverage and also offers advancement opportunities within Man Front Office Technology.

Our Technology

Our systems run on Linux via containers with most systems built using Java and a bit of Python. The platform consists of a Tomcat web application along with a suite of microservices running on the Micronaut framework and others on Python. The platform utilizes event sourcing architecture to propagate state events across service domains. We use Git for source control Jenkins for continuous integration Jetbrains IntelliJ IDE with GitHub Copilot license Grafana Prometheus for metrics collection Docker for containerisation Slack for internal communication and much of the Confluence stack including Jira to run our Scrum sprints. That said our technology is never static: we constantly evaluate new tools and libraries.

Key Competencies

Required

• Experience with Microservice architectures and libraries (Spring Boot Micronaut etc.)
• 5 years of professional Java experience in an enterprise web application context including:
  • Front End:CSS JavaScript JSP HTML Ajax JSON; modern JS libraries such as React Angular
  • Middle Tier:Spring MVC or equivalent Core Spring framework JPA/Hibernate Java 8 (Java 11) Tomcat 8 (Tomcat 9) messaging frameworks (Kafka RabbitMQ)
  • Back End:Strong SQL and RDBMS knowledge (SQL Server Oracle) query tuning stored procedures exposure to NoSQL (MongoDB)
• Strong SQL and database skills
• Proficiency in Linux shell commands
• Source control experience (Git SVN etc.)
• Strong collaborative engineering practices and agile methodologies (Scrum Kanban)
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools (Jira Confluence BitBucket)
• Embracing agentic engineering - willingness to work effectively with AI-assisted development tools as part of daily workflow

Advantageous

• Understanding of financial markets instruments and protocols (FIX)
• Experience with front-office software development (trading systems equity modelling analytics)
• Experience working closely with Quants and/or Traders
• Expertise in distributed systems with service-based or event-driven architectures
• Web development experience (TypeScript)
• Relevant mathematical knowledge (statistics asset pricing time-series analysis optimisation algorithms)
• Python knowledge

Personal Attributes

• Strong academic record and a degree with high mathematical and computing content e.g. Computer Science Mathematics Engineering or Physics from a leading university
• Craftsman-like approach to building software; takes pride in engineering excellence and instils these values in others
• Demonstrable passion for technology e.g. personal projects open-source involvement
• Intellectually robust with an analytic approach to problem solving
• Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities
• Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process
• Strong interpersonal skills; able to establish and maintain a close working relationship with quantitative researchers traders and senior business people alike
• Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views.

Benefits

• ModernofficelocatedintheOfficeXcampuswitheasyaccesstotransportandamenities.
• Hybridworkingmodel
• Competitivecompensationpackage
• 25daysholidayallowance
• PremiumHealthinsurance
• EmployeeAssistanceprogram
• ReferralBonus
• Additionaldaysoffforlongserviceandvolunteering
• Multisportcard
• Opportunitiesforprofessionaldevelopmentincludinginternaltechtalks
• Conferenceattendanceandengagementwiththeopen-sourcecommunity.

Inclusion Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
Youll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives partnerships and programmes youll find opportunities to grow develop your talents and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives while advancing your career through professional development and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people youll receive two annual Mankind days of paid leave for community volunteering.

Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements pension/401k life and long-term disability coverage group sick pay enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race color creed national origin ancestry religion disability sex gender identity and expression marital status sexual orientation military or veteran status age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us please contact.