Java Software Engineer - Trading Tech & Distributed Systems

Headlands Technologies LLC; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Headlands Tech in Amsterdam is seeking a Java software developer to design, implement and maintain a large-scale, 24-hour automated trading system and research framework.

You will collaborate with research, systems, and operations teams to expand the proprietary platform, improve performance, and support new exchanges and functionality. Strong Java skills, distributed systems experience, and a passion for scalable, automated testing are essential.

Qualifications

• Preferred degree in computing related area (e.g., computer science, computer engineering).
• In lieu of this, extensive professional software development experience.
• Well-versed in fundamentals of software engineering.
• Genuine interest in solving technical problems with strong ability to implement solutions.
• Low ego, able to work in a collaborative team setting and autonomously.
• Committed to designing automated, scalable, maintainable solutions with extensive testing.
• Comfortable operating at various levels of abstraction from machines to distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of computing details across the technical stack.
• Superior ability to write, refactor, and debug Java programs.
• Good knowledge of networking and storage systems.
• Experience or knowledge of C++ is a plus.
• Knowledge of Linux is a plus.
• Experience in the trading industry is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and extend core research infrastructure.
• Design, implement, and maintain distributed storage systems with varied performance requirements.
• Address performance limitations within our software, libraries and Linux-based systems.
• Investigate new technologies to improve stability, scalability and performance of a distributed computing farm.
• Develop and improve monitoring and proactive detection capabilities.
• Perform basic data analysis to support decision making and future growth planning.
• Improve networking communication between system components for optimal latency and throughput.
• Communicate with stakeholders to understand needs and define specifications.
• Conduct code reviews and participate in recruitment interviews.

Skills

Java programming

Distributed systems

Linux

Networking

C++ knowledge

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Debugging

Education

Computing degree or equivalent experience

Extensive software development experience

Tools

Git

Linux

Job description

Headlands Tech in Amsterdam is seeking a Java software developer to design, implement and maintain a large-scale, 24-hour automated trading system and research framework.

You will collaborate with research, systems, and operations teams to expand the proprietary platform, improve performance, and support new exchanges and functionality. Strong Java skills, distributed systems experience, and a passion for scalable, automated testing are essential.