Senior Java Full-Stack Engineer - Remote Trading Systems

Eliassen Group; Jackson (MS); Remote; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr. Java Full Stack Engineer to lead the design and development of next‑generation electronic trading systems within a high‑performing Trade Management Engineering group.

The role is remote with a W2 arrangement and a benefits package. You will architect distributed, event‑driven platforms optimized for low latency and high throughput, mentor engineers, and drive platform performance and resilience across production and non‑production environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on software design and development experience.
• Expertise in Java, Python, and Linux.
• Deep experience with low latency messaging systems such as 29West or Kafka.
• Proficiency in KDB+ or other time-series databases.
• Background in building scalable, distributed, asynchronous, and event-driven applications.
• Advanced knowledge of low latency design patterns and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience with Capital Markets or Brokerage systems, especially order management.
• Solid understanding of the FIX protocol and FIX engines.
• Experience with AI developer assist tools such as GitHub Copilot.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, and uDeploy.
• Hands-on experience deploying applications to AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Strong analytical, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and thrive in a collaborative team environment.
• Willingness to support production systems and participate in on-call rotations, including occasional weekend support.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop distributed, event-driven trading systems optimized for low latency and high throughput.
• Design and implement asynchronous processing frameworks and resilient messaging services.
• Collaborate with internal and external teams to deliver robust, end-to-end trading workflows.
• Lead performance tuning and optimization efforts across the platform.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices.
• Support production and non-production environments, including participation in a weekly on-call rotation.

Skills

Java

Python

Linux

Low latency

Event-driven

Trading systems

On-call support

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/IT

Tools

Kafka

29West

KDB+

GitHub

Maven

Jenkins

Artifactory

uDeploy

AWS

Job description

Eliassen Group is seeking a Sr. Java Full Stack Engineer to lead the design and development of next‑generation electronic trading systems within a high‑performing Trade Management Engineering group.

The role is remote with a W2 arrangement and a benefits package. You will architect distributed, event‑driven platforms optimized for low latency and high throughput, mentor engineers, and drive platform performance and resilience across production and non‑production environments.