Senior Java Engineer - Trading Platforms

Coforge; Sydney; On-site; AUD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Cforge? Coforge is seeking a Senior Java Engineer in Sydney to design, develop, and support mission-critical trading platform applications in a fast-paced financial services environment.

The role emphasizes backend engineering, microservices, API development, performance optimization, and cloud-native deployments, with CI/CD and DevOps practices forming a core part of day-to-day work.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Strong backend engineering expertise and familiarity with trading or capital markets systems.
• Experience with API development, microservices, and distributed architectures.
• Ability to troubleshoot and optimize high-performance applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based backend services and microservices.
• Build and enhance applications supporting trading, market data, OMS/EMS workflows.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product teams, and engineers to deliver quality solutions.
• Troubleshoot, perform root cause analysis, and optimize performance across environments.
• Develop automated testing and ensure code quality via unit/integration tests.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Monitor health, performance, and operational metrics.
• Contribute to cloud-native and containerized deployments.
• Participate in code reviews and uphold engineering best practices.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Maven

JUnit/Mockito

Git/GitHub

Docker

Shell Scripting

Python

High-availability systems

API development

Microservices

Distributed systems

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

ArgoCD

AWS

Docker

Job description

Location: Sydney, Australia

Experience: 8-10+ Years

Duration: Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Java Engineer to design, develop, and support mission-critical trading platform applications within a fast-paced financial services environment. The ideal candidate will have strong backend engineering expertise, experience working on complex trading or capital markets systems, and the ability to troubleshoot and optimize high-performance applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java-based backend services and microservices.
• Build and enhance applications supporting trading, market data, order management, and related business workflows.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product teams, and engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Perform application troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance tuning across production and non-production environments.
• Develop automated testing solutions and ensure code quality through unit and integration testing.
• Create and maintain CI/CD deployment pipelines and DevOps practices.
• Monitor application health, system performance, and operational metrics.
• Contribute to cloud-native and containerized application deployments.
• Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to engineering best practices.

Required Skills & Experience

• 8-10+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Strong expertise in:
• Java
• Spring Boot
• Maven
• JUnit / Mockito
• Git / GitHub
• Docker
• Shell Scripting
• Python
• Experience developing and supporting complex, high-availability enterprise applications.
• Strong understanding of system performance optimization and troubleshooting.
• Experience with API development, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Preferred Skills

• ArgoCD
• AWS (EKS, Aurora, S3)
• AI-assisted development tools and engineering practices

Domain Experience

• Experience working with trading platforms, financial markets, capital markets, market data systems, order management systems (OMS), or execution management systems (EMS) is highly desirable.
• Exposure to high-volume, low-latency, or mission-critical transaction processing environments will be advantageous.