Associate Software Engineer

Forbes Technical Consulting LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Forbes Technical Consulting LLC in downtown Chicago is seeking a software engineer with up to 2 years of experience to contribute to cloud-based, scalable infrastructure powering instrument management, settlements, and clearing systems.

The engineer will work alongside senior team members, gradually taking ownership of components and features while growing technical skills in a microservices architecture with Kafka, Postgres, and JVM considerations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 2 years or less of professional experience (internships will be considered).
• Proficiency in Java with willingness to learn concurrency, memory management, and JVM behavior.
• Familiarity with microservices, event streaming, and relational databases.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the technical design and implementation of core infrastructure components under senior guidance.
• Take ownership of and maintain features within a microservices architecture, writing clean, functional code that follows established patterns.
• Contribute to distributed systems work, building hands-on experience with Kafka, Postgres, and in-memory data structures.
• Work with team members to translate requirements into technical tasks while learning the product and engineering workflows.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response, learning to monitor system health and interpret logs and dashboards with senior support.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Microservices

PostgreSQL

Kafka

In-memory data structures

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

PostgreSQL

Kafka

JVM

Job description

Location: downtown Chicago; 3 days in office

*please note that this is a Full Time / Permanent position and we are unable to provide sponsorship or set up C2C.

This role supports the development of cloud-based, scalable architecture powering instrument management, settlements, and clearing systems. The engineer will work alongside senior team members, gradually taking ownership of specific components and features while growing their technical skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist with the technical design and implementation of core infrastructure components under senior guidance
• Take ownership of and maintain features within a microservices architecture, writing clean, functional code that follows established patterns
• Contribute to distributed systems work, building hands-on experience with Kafka, Postgres, and in-memory data structures
• Work with team members to translate requirements into technical tasks while learning the product and engineering workflows
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident response, learning to monitor system health and interpret logs and dashboards with senior support

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 2 years or less of professional experience (internships will be considered)
• Java proficiency, with willingness to learn concurrency, memory management, and JVM behavior
• Familiarity with microservices, event streaming, and relational databases
• Genuine interest in distributed systems and building scalable, high-throughput infrastructure