Senior Java Developer (Performance Focused)

SwissPeak Partners GmbH; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 120.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

SwissPeak Partners GmbH in Zurich is seeking a senior Java engineer with a strong performance engineering background to join a global fintech platform team. You will focus on high-throughput systems and performance optimization.

Work within a cross-functional Scrum team, identifying bottlenecks, rearchitecting critical components, and driving the platform's evolution alongside senior architects.

Qualifikationen

• 5+ years of hands-on Java enterprise development (Java SE/JEE, Spring, JPA/Hibernate).
• Performance engineering experience: profiling, GC tuning, load testing, bottleneck analysis.
• Strong SQL skills (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server).
• Background in financial services or high-throughput enterprise systems.
• Understanding of software design and enterprise architectural patterns.
• Experience in Agile, distributed team environments.
• Strong communication skills in English.

Aufgaben

• Identify and eliminate performance bottlenecks in a global fintech platform.
• Rearchitect critical components for scalability and reliability.
• Drive platform evolution alongside senior architects within Scrum teams.

Kenntnisse

Java enterprise development

Performance engineering

Profiling and GC tuning

Load testing

SQL skills

Agile

English communication

Tools

Kubernetes/OpenShift

CI/CD pipelines

Apache Camel

Jobbeschreibung

We are looking for a senior Java engineer with a strong performance engineering background to join a global financial technology platform team in Zurich.

What you will be doing

You will work within a cross-functional Scrum team on a high-throughput, enterprise-grade platform serving the global Securities Finance and Collateral market. Your focus will be on identifying and eliminating performance bottlenecks, rearchitecting critical components for scalability, and driving the platform's technical evolution alongside senior architects.

What we are looking for

• 5+ years of hands-on Java enterprise development (Java SE/JEE, Spring, JPA/Hibernate)
• Real performance engineering experience acquired through development work: profiling, GC tuning, load testing, bottleneck analysis
• Strong SQL skills (Oracle, PostgreSQL, or SQL Server)
• Background in financial services or high-throughput enterprise systems
• Solid understanding of software design and enterprise architectural patterns
• Experience working in Agile, distributed team environments
• Strong communication skills in English

Good to have

• Experience with Kubernetes/OpenShift
• CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Apache Camel or similar integration frameworks