Senior Java/Kotlin Engineer - Cloud-Native Trading Systems

Grid Dynamics; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Flexible schedule

Medical insurance

Vision

Dental

Corporate social events

Professional development opportunities

Well-equipped office

In-person onboarding and travel

Job summary

Grid Dynamics is seeking a Senior Java/Kotlin Engineer to join a Tier 1 investment bank project focused on modernizing the Prime Finance Equities platform. You will work on re-engineering core trading and post-trade systems into event-driven, cloud-native services on the JVM, delivering high-stability production systems in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes autonomy, deep domain knowledge in capital markets, and hands-on experience with CI/CD, TDD, and modern data platforms.

Qualifications

• Expert-level Java with Kotlin experience on enterprise-grade systems.

Responsibilities

• Re-engineering core trading and post-trade systems into event-driven, cloud-native services on the JVM (Java and Kotlin).

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Event-driven

Test-Driven Development

CI/CD

Autonomy

Capital markets domain

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Compute Science or similar major

Tools

Kafka

MongoDB

Kubernetes/OpenShift

OpenTelemetry

ELK

Grafana

Job description

Grid Dynamics is seeking a Senior Java/Kotlin Engineer to join a Tier 1 investment bank project focused on modernizing the Prime Finance Equities platform. You will work on re-engineering core trading and post-trade systems into event-driven, cloud-native services on the JVM, delivering high-stability production systems in a fast-paced environment.

The role emphasizes autonomy, deep domain knowledge in capital markets, and hands-on experience with CI/CD, TDD, and modern data platforms.