Senior Java Developer (with Capital Markets exp.)

Luxoft; United States; Remote; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job description

Project description

Building a trading platform for an innovative international top-tier hedge fund from the ground up, comprising of front-office system for traders, pre-trade checks and analysis, intra-day positions management, order management and routing, risks and limits management, reports of trading activities, FIX connectivity, market data providers connectivity (e.g. Bloomberg B-pipe).

Responsibilities

• Partner with the firm's investment and trading teams to translate their requirements into technology solutions - building tools, models, analytical libraries, and processes to facilitate their research, trading and analysis.
• Collaborate with the broader technology team to develop a unified, scalable platform for harnessing real-time and historical market data and analytics.
• Work as a full-stack technologist, building front-to-back solutions that leverage the firm's data platforms, microservices architecture, UI frameworks, and DevOps toolchain.
• The person will be dedicated to market data, so it's critical that he or she already knows this domain by having experience in developing applications subscribing to market data.
• Understand constraints to support market data across multiple regions such as EMEA, Americas, AsiaPac.

SKILLS

Must have

• Bachelors or Masters degree from a well-regarded CS, Math, Physics or Finance program.
• Experience in Hedge Fund or Broker companies.
• Strong Java skills - Spring Boot, REST, JDBC, Multi-threading, memory management.
• Experience working with streaming data using Kafka or other messaging queue platforms.
• Basic database and SQL skills - Ability to understand and write complex SQL; MySQL, MEMSQL / Singlestore database experience is a plus.
• Understanding of Data Structures/Algorithms and enthusiasm for programming.
• Experience working with large and complex data sets.
• Linux/Docker skills.
• Experience with AWS.

Nice to have

• Professional experience with investment banking, trading, equity trading platforms or any other financial products.
• Experience with FIX protocol and any FIX Engine (Quickfix, Appia etc.) is a big plus.
• Experience in Python is a plus.
• Experience with BPIPE API from Bloomberg.
• Can work independently and in a collaborative environment.
• Excellent self-management and problem-solving skills.