Sr. Java Full Stack Engineer 181164

This is a remote position.
The Role

We are seeking a highly experienced software engineer to lead the design and development of next-generation trading systems. This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building scalable, resilient, and high-performance trading infrastructure. You’ll collaborate across teams, mentor engineers, and drive innovation in a mission-critical environment.

- Architect and develop distributed, event-driven trading systems optimized for low latency and high throughput.

- Design and implement asynchronous processing frameworks and resilient messaging services.

- Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver robust, end-to-end trading workflows.

- Lead performance tuning and optimization efforts across the platform.

- Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.

- Support production and non-production environments, including participation in a weekly on-call rotation.

The Expertise You Have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent.

- 10+ years of hands-on software design and development experience.

- Expertise in Java, Python, and Linux.

- Deep experience with low latency messaging systems (e.g., 29West, Kafka).

- Proficiency in KDB+ or other time-series databases.

- Strong background in building scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and event-driven applications.

- Advanced knowledge of low latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques.

- Experience with Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially order management.

- Solid understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines.

- Worked with AI developer assist tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot).

- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.

- Hands-on experience deploying applications to AWS or other cloud platforms.

The Skills You Bring:
- Ability to understand complex, end-to-end systems and identify performance, scalability, or resilience bottlenecks.

- Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.

- Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a collaborative team environment.

- Self-driven innovation and ability to work with leadership.

- Willingness to support production systems and participate in on-call rotations, including occasional weekend support.

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