Front Office Java Engineer - Low-Latency Trading Systems

Phi Partners; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Phi Partners in the United States is seeking an experienced Java engineer to design, develop, and optimize front office pricing engines and eTrading systems for a Tier-1 bank client. You will enhance legacy components while driving modernization to microservices, collaborate with traders, quants, risk and compliance teams, and ensure low-latency, high-throughput performance across platforms.

The role involves hands-on coding, architecture design, and CI/CD improvements to deliver scalable

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
• Experience in low-latency, high-throughput trading systems.
• Strong Java (JDK 11/17) and Spring expertise.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and enhance front office pricing engines and eTrading systems.
• Modernize legacy code and drive microservices transformations.
• Collaborate with trading desks, quants, risk/compliance teams.
• Ensure code quality with CI/CD and security practices.
• Deliver across full SDLC from analysis to production support.

Skills

Java

Spring

Low-latency systems

REST APIs

SQL

Multithreading

FO engagement

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in CS or related

Tools

ActiveMQ

MS SQL

Sybase

Job description

Phi Partners in the United States is seeking an experienced Java engineer to design, develop, and optimize front office pricing engines and eTrading systems for a Tier-1 bank client. You will enhance legacy components while driving modernization to microservices, collaborate with traders, quants, risk and compliance teams, and ensure low-latency, high-throughput performance across platforms.

The role involves hands-on coding, architecture design, and CI/CD improvements to deliver scalable