Senior Java Developer

Job Purpose

As a Senior Developer, you will be part of a team responsible for the design, implementation and support of ICE trading, market router, and data delivery services inside the trading systems. This position offers opportunity to work on the backend services among core trading components.

The ideal candidate must possess a product mentality, have a strong sense of ownership, and strive to be a good steward of his or her software. Frequent interactions with fellow developers, project and product managers, quality assurance, and other stakeholders ensure delivery of world-class applications to our users.

• Follow team guidelines for quality and consistency within the design and development phases of applications
• Lead efforts to design, architect and write new software components
• Independently handle project activities related to builds and deployments
• Create design documentation for new software development
• Provide support for production applications
• Provide support for deployments during maintenance windows
• Identify opportunities to improve and optimize applications
• Work with business analysts or product management in understanding new requirements
• Follow company software development processes and standards

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information technology
• 5+ years of experience in Java development
• Experience with and strong understanding of:
  • multi-threaded server-side development and Java concurrency
  • core Java/Java collections
  • relational databases
  • performance tuning, debugging, and memory profiling
  • unit, integration, and end-to-end tests
  • knowledge of UNIX command and tools
• Understanding of common design and architectural principles
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to work well in a team environment
• Ability to work with little supervision and under pressure
• Proven track record of making decisions with positive outcome
• Exposure to Kafka preferred