
The Difference Engine
About the Company
We’re technologists in the business of recruitment.
theDIfferenceEngine are an Award-Winning independent firm specialising in IT Recruitment, Advisory and Consulting services. With global reach, we place top talent across the UK, continental Europe and beyond and provide expert knowledge to businesses ranging from start-ups to multinational enterprises.
Led by a senior leadership team of technologists with more than 30 years’ combined knowledge and experience, we’re all too aware of the frustrations of working with traditional recruitment agencies. So we formed our own recruitment agency. Our objective is eliminate the pain around hiring - inappropriate CVs, high volumes, wrong technical fit, misaligned values - for a better match first time theDIfferenceEngine are here to help you.
We work with corporations across a range of industries, from professional services through to banking. We deliver across all technology disciplines, recruiting graduates through to CIOs and across both permanent and contract opportunities.
If you’re tired of sifting through an overload of applicants or dealing with agents who don’t understand your CV, we can help.
Listed Jobs


- Company Name
- The Difference Engine
- Job Title
- Java Software Engineer
- Job Description
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Our client, a leading global investment bank, seeks a strong java software engineer with extensive experience working in cloud environments and very comfortable working with DevOps.
The successful candidate will be deploying solutions into a number of different cloud techs, as well as working on integration of our client technology into external infrastructure.
Critical for the role:-Strong capability with java, which is the primary programming language for the roleA high degree of comfort working in cloud environments, with due consideration around network security when connecting to external venuesExperience implementing REST APIs (knowledge in API security would be a plus, JWT / Nimbus), unit tests and using a test-driven development approach and associated testing toolsCandidates with AWS, GCP or Azure are encouraged to applyStrong DevOps experience is also highly critical for this roleCandidates with experience working with python rather than java would also be of interest to the client
Interested candidates are encouraged to apply. Promising candidates can be assured of a response within 24 hours.
TheDifferenceEngine is a recruitment agency working on behalf of our client.
This role requires full in office attendance five days a week. Hybrid or remote working IS NOT SUPPORTED.


- Company Name
- The Difference Engine
- Job Title
- Java Software Engineer Smart Contracts
- Job Description
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Java Software Engineer : SMART CONTRACTS
We're helping our investment bank client with their search for a Java engineer, who will have an excellent handle on DevOps as well as comfort working in cloud, be that AWS, Azure or GCP (or all 3!)
Any experience with blockchain/smart contracts a plus. Experience with tokenize financial asset implementation also a welcome skillset for this role.
Here are the essential skills the client needs:-
3+ years of software development experience in one or more general purpose programming languages such as Java/JavaScript/Python, and expected to be hands-on to software development tasks
JWT, JSON
Solid Experience in AWS Cloud development/deployment (other Cloud dev exp. would be a plus)
Experience implementing REST APIs (knowledge in API security would be a plus), unit tests and using a test-driven development approach and associated testing tools
Familiar with SDLC process
Experience in smart contract programming to develop commercial solutions (eg EVM, DAML), on private and public blockchains would be a plus
Experience with tokenize financial asset implementation for Debt Securities, Equities, Loans or Funds, covering end-to-end lifecycle processing across issuance, distribution, trading, settlement, custody and account management, asset/loan/fund servicing, etc.
Excellent communication and follow-through, analytical, self-motivated, attention to detail
Please note this role requires 5 days a week office attendance. THERE IS NO ACCOMODATION FOR HOME WORKING IN THIS ROLE.
The contract runs for 12 months.
Do get in touch for further information - promising candidates can be assured of a response within 24 hours.
TheDifferenceEngine are an agency working on behalf of this investment banking client.