Senior Java Engineer, Trading Platforms (High-Performance)

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

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.