Senior Java Developer (JC & NYC) - Backfill

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc.; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Matlen Silver Group, Inc. is seeking a Senior Java Developer (JC & NYC) to join our front-office facing team in New Jersey, with hybrid work possibilities.

The role emphasizes real-time order execution, low-latency systems, and close collaboration with Traders. Ideal candidates have 5–7 years of Core Java experience (Java 8+), strong multi-threading skills, and familiarity with modern DevOps practices, including CI/CD and automated testing.

Qualifications

• Five to seven years of hands-on core Java experience.
• Core Java 8 or higher programming language experience is a must-have.
• Experience in a front-office facing role, interacting with Traders.
• Experience with agile and modern software development/DevOps practices.
• Ability to describe previous projects they've participated in using iterative development, CI/CD, automated testing and why those disciplines are useful and important.
• Desire and a positive attitude to work in a front-office development and to respond to production situations promptly.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain real-time order execution frameworks and services.
• Refactor existing code and address performance or design issues.
• Design extensible modules with clean, testable, maintainable code.
• Ensure integration with market venue APIs like Bloomberg, CME, Nasdaq.
• Work in a collaborative, hybrid team with Traders and Front Office.
• Participate in iterative development, CI/CD, and automated testing to improve deployment.

Skills

Core Java

Multithreading

Spring Framework

CI/CD

Jenkins

Git/Bitbucket

Ansible

Messaging middleware

Linux

Windows

Agile/DevOps

RFQ/RFM/RFT

FIX protocol

Market venue APIs

Tools

Ansible

Jenkins

Git/Bitbucket

Artifactory

Job description

Senior Java Developer (JC & NYC) - Backfill (BH-110516)

Location New Jersey, United States Sector Banking

The key initiatives funded for the next few years include Platform modernization, Global Markets growth, connectivity to new trading venues, Central Risk Book (algos to internalize trading flow), and stability improvements.

• Clear articulate communication skills - We collaborate often and look for developers that are able to break problems down analytically and explain the pros/cons of why and alternatives.
• Demonstrated experience working in a front-office facing role, interacting with Traders.
• Experienced with agile and modern software development/DevOps practices. Ability to describe previous projects they've participated in using iterative development, CI/CD, automated testing and why those disciplines are useful and important.
• Five to Seven years of hands-on core Java experience. Core Java 8 or higher programming language experience is a must-have. if you have experience with both Java and C# it is a big plus
• Solid analytical skills and strong technical or engineering background.
• Desire and a positive attitude to work in a front-office development and to respond to and address production situations promptly.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team-oriented setting. We offer a Hybrid working style.
• Java: strong in multi-threading programming and messaging middleware (such as publish/subscribe, JMS, MQ, Solace, Tibco RV or similar technologies).
• Experience refactoring existing code and working on performance or design issues
• Eagerness to design extensible modules and ensure that code is cleanly written, testable and maintainable by others
• Skillsets - Linux, Windows, Core Java, Spring Framework, Ansible, Jenkins, Git/Bitbucket, Artifactory, Unit testing
• Experienced with agile and modern software development/DevOps practices. Ability to describe previous projects they've participated in using iterative development, continuous deployment, CI/CD, automated testing and why those disciplines are useful and important.
• Developing frameworks and core services to enable real-time order execution, auto-quoting, RFQ negotiation
• Experience with the Request For Quote (RFQ), Request for Market (RFM), Request for Trade (RFT) negotiation workflow
• Strong experience with real-time trading system design principles
• message-driven architecture
• low latency performance and scaling
• multithreaded models
• service oriented architecture
• object oriented design
• enterprise patterns that separate functionality from implementations
• Experience with industry standard protocols like FIX, FpML
• Experience integrating with APIs from market venues like Bloomberg, Tradeweb, Brokertec, CME, Nasdaq, Dealerweb, BGC
• Knowledge of fixed income products such as government bonds, interest rate swaps, futures is a strong plus but not required if you've worked on other traded products/systems like Equities or FX