Portfolio Accounting Event Orchestration - Software Engineer

Ceres FTS; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ceres FTS is seeking an experienced engineer for the Event Orchestration role in Boston. The position involves building a central event-driven orchestrating layer for processing trade ingestion and reconciliation. Candidates should have a solid background in Java and Spring Boot, with skills in microservices and cloud native services. Experience in financial services is essential. The role requires onsite work, offering a dynamic environment for tech-driven solutions.

Qualifications

• Senior backend / full-stack engineer role requiring strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
• Working knowledge of React for operational UI.
• Experience with microservices and event streaming technologies is essential.

Responsibilities

• Build a central event-driven orchestration layer for processing across various functions.
• Transition from batch-driven to event-driven business processes.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

React

Kafka

Azure Event Hubs

API design

PostgreSQL

Cloud native services

Blitzy

Job description

Event Orchestration

Multiple openings – work is onsite (not remote) at client office in metro‑Boston area.

Responsibilities

• Building a central event‑driven orchestration layer that coordinates end‑to‑end processing across trade ingestion, accounting runs, corporate actions, cash processing, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Moving from batch‑driven consumption to managing business events and exception handling.

Qualifications

• Senior backend / full‑stack engineer (Java, Spring Boot)
• React (working knowledge for lightweight UI / operational screens)
• Microservices with event streaming & messaging (Kafka / Azure Event Hubs)
• API design (REST and messaging contracts, schema & versioning)
• Relational data modeling (PostgreSQL)
• Cloud native services – ideally Azure
• Experience with Blitzy is a plus as we are leveraging across the board

Experience

Experience in the investment/financial services space needed – trading, compliance, clearing/settlements/trade processing, SWIFT/ACH.