Core Java Developer with Fixed Income Project Experience (Remote)

Our client is looking for a strong software engineer to align with their development team in migrating applications from legacy platform to evolving architectural environment. An ideal candidate will have a proven background in building complex front office systems in Java and Python.

What You Will Do:

• Build and maintain new and existing applications in preparation for a large-scale architectural migration within an Agile function.
• Align with the Investment Tech Product Owner and Scrum Master in assessing business needs and transforming them into scalable applications.
• Build and maintain code to manage data received from heterogeneous data formats including web-based sources, internal/external databases, flat files, heterogeneous data formats (binary, ASCII).
• Design, build and support data formats, conversion, validation, XML, Json
• Design, build and launch new data extraction, transformation and loading processes
• Design and support effective storage and retrieval of very large internal and external data set
• Assess the impact of scaling up and scaling out and ensure sustained data management and data delivery performance.
• Build interfaces for supporting evolving and new applications and accommodating new data sources and types of data.
• Mentor junior engineers on various projects.

Skills You Will Need:

• 7+ years of experience in building out core financial trading systems in Core Java 8 and/or Python.
• Cloud experience (Spark/Scala/EC2/Snowflake).
• Substantial knowledge in building out applications within bi-weekly Agile sprint regiment.
• Knowledge of Jira, Confluence, Agile development methodology & DevOps.
• Strong knowledge of RDBMS, with a strong preference for Hadoop.
• Experience with building microservices using Spring boot framework.
• Experience with one of the messaging frameworks like Kafka, Rabbit-MQ or IBM MQ.
• Experience with one of the caching technologies.
• Experience in building web applications using Angular and other java script libraries.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to think quickly and offer alternatives both independently and within teams.
• Proven ability to work quickly in a dynamic environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science or a related field.

Visa: USC, GC, EAD, H

Location: NJ; Remote for now

If you are interested, please share your resume at Shalini(at)techpoint.net

Techpoint LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/V/D

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: Up to $55.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• core java, python, spark and Devops: 3 years (Preferred)
• Financial trading systems in core java: 7 years (Required)
• Fixed income: 3 years (Preferred)

Work Location:

• Fully Remote