Java Backend Engineer — Fintech Real-Time Platform

Kraken; Colombia; On-site; COP 90,000,000 - 130,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken (CF Benchmarks) is seeking a Java Developer to join the CF Benchmarks Index Team. You will implement new financial benchmarks and ensure the CF Benchmarks platform runs smoothly in a high-throughput, real-time environment.

You will collaborate with product teams to add features, contribute to data analysis and backend infrastructure, and help maintain tests, metrics and alarms for a 24/9 distributed system. English communication is required and fintech experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development, with a focus on backend development.
• Solid foundation of Java applications.
• Ability to develop iteratively for a high throughput, real time system.
• Maintainable, simple, efficient and dependable code.
• Understanding of modern development processes such as CI/CD, Git.
• Strong mathematical and reasoning skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Build benchmark calculation systems based on new and innovative methodologies.
• Work closely with the product team to develop new features supporting business requirements in an end to end manner.
• Broadly contribute in the areas of data analysis, core infrastructure, core backend, business logic implementations and more.
• Support a 24/9 real-time distributed system as part of a wider team.
• Help ensuring all systems have suitable coverage with tests, metrics and alarms.
• Help provide world class pricing and data services to the crypto and financial world.
• Be part of one of the fastest growing crypto companies in the world.

Skills

Java

Backend development

CI/CD

Git

Tools

SQL

Redis

Protobuf

RPC

Job description

Kraken (CF Benchmarks) is seeking a Java Developer to join the CF Benchmarks Index Team. You will implement new financial benchmarks and ensure the CF Benchmarks platform runs smoothly in a high-throughput, real-time environment.

You will collaborate with product teams to add features, contribute to data analysis and backend infrastructure, and help maintain tests, metrics and alarms for a 24/9 distributed system. English communication is required and fintech experience is preferred.