Sr Core Java developer lead; Capital Market​/Trading

Overview

Sr. Core Java Developer / Lead (Capital Market/Trading) — Alpharetta, GA (in-person interview needed). Position type: W2 contract.

• 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 units.

• Hands on development of enterprise-grade applications using core Java (JDK 11 or 17), ensuring robustness and scalability.
• Work 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.

• 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, Active
  
  MQ or similar messaging systems).
• Hands-on experience with MS SQL Server and/or Sybase.
• Emphasis on maintainable, efficient, and secure code.

• 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, Red Hat Open Shift, Kubernetes, Ansible, or Docker to support scalable, resilient infrastructure.