Core Java Developer with Market DataFixed Income

Core Java Developer with Market Data/Fixed Income
Work location: Iselin NJ (Hybrid 3 days in a week) (Locals needed)
Interview: Initial interview followed by face to face in NYCNY
Duration: 12 months
Position type: W2 contract

Summary

Looking for a seasoned Java developer with a strong background in financial trading environments seeking to leverage modern Java technologies and cloud platforms to deliver high-performance market data systems. Your expertise will enable seamless integration and delivery of real-time market information empowering trading quantitative analysis compliance and risk management functions. This role demands a blend of hands-on development skills architectural design capabilities and the ability to collaborate across various business.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands on development of enterprise-grade applications using core Java (JDK 11 or 17) ensuring robustness and scalability.
• Working directly with trading desks quantitative analysts compliance risk and IT teams to deliver tailored market data solutions.
• Provide accurate effort estimates and contribute to project planning.
• Design and implement system architectures and solutions that align with business needs.
• Maintain high standards of code quality through static/dynamic code analysis security scans comprehensive test coverage and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Build and configure applications to fulfill specific business processes and application requirements.
• Engage in all phases of the software development lifecycle from analysis and design to deployment and support.

Core Skills & Technologies

• Extensive experience (9 years) with enterprise Java development .
• Experience in Spring Framework (Spring Boot Spring Boot Actuator) Apache Camel (Version 3)
• Experience in RESTful service development including enterprise authentication mechanisms
• Experience in Messaging Services ( JMS ActiveMQ or similar messaging systems)
• Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server and/or Sybase.
• Emphasis on maintainable efficient and secure code.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Designing and supporting low latency high throughput trading applications crucial in financial markets.
• Asynchronous programming event-driven architecture and concurrent processing expertise.
• Building and supporting enterprise services particularly around monitoring and state management.
• Integrating with proprietary trading or market data platforms like Bloomberg or Murex.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies such as Kafka RedHat OpenShift Kubernetes Ansible or Docker to support scalable resilient infrastructure.