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.