Senior Java Trading Systems Developer (400k total comp)

We are seeking a Senior Java Trading Systems Developer with strong experience in real-time pricing and electronic trading platforms within capital markets environments. The ideal candidate will have expertise building low-latency trading applications for equities, FX, fixed income, or derivatives products.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance Java trading and pricing applications
• Build and enhance low-latency pricing engines, market data, and order management systems
• Develop real-time trading solutions supporting RFQ/RFS pricing, algorithmic trading, and risk analytics
• Integrate applications with market data feeds, FIX protocol, and messaging platforms
• Collaborate with traders, quants, and technology teams to deliver scalable trading solutions
• Optimize application performance, multithreading, and latency-sensitive workflows
• Support production trading environments and troubleshoot critical issues

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on Core Java development experience
• Strong background in trading systems and real-time pricing platforms
• Experience with equities, FX, fixed income, derivatives, or algorithmic trading
• Expertise in multithreading, concurrency, and low-latency application development
• Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, Solace, Aeron, JMS, or RabbitMQ
• Knowledge of FIX protocol and market data integration
• Strong SQL and Linux/Unix experience

Preferred Skills

• Experience with AWS or cloud-based trading platforms
• Exposure to Python or C++
• Understanding of risk systems and pricing models
• Agile/Scrum experience