Senior Java Tech Lead - Market Data & Trading

Talan Group; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary between USD 155,000-185,000

401(k) retirement plan with company 0

Paid vacation 15 days annually + up to

27 days based on seniority

8 holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal

Health, dental, vision insurance

Voluntary STD and LTD

Job summary

Talan Group is seeking a VP-level Senior Java Developer/Technical Lead in New York City with hybrid work arrangements. You will design, develop, and lead enterprise Java solutions for market data and trading platforms, collaborating with traders, quants, risk, and technology teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, technical leadership, and hands-on development, including real-time data pipelines, API integration, and cloud-native deployment.

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of software development experience in Core Java, incl. multi-threading and concurrent systems.
• Designed, built, and maintained high-performance real-time data pipelines and pricing engines.
• Strong experience with Spring Boot and enterprise app development.
• Experience with Apache Flink for batch and stream processing.
• Experience building and integrating APIs (REST, GraphQL, RPC).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise-grade server-side Java applications.
• Provide technical leadership across architecture, design, and development.
• Mentor developers through reviews and peer programming.
• Partner with traders, quantitative analysts, risk, and product teams.
• Develop system architecture, designs, and implementation concepts.
• Provide estimates and support delivery planning.
• Drive SDLC standards including testing, release readiness, and resilience.
• Maintain high code quality via automated testing, security scans, and CI/CD controls.
• Participate in full software delivery lifecycle from requirements to production support.
• Maintain highly available, business-critical trading applications.

Skills

Core Java

Multithreading

Concurrency

OO Design

Asynchronous programming

Real-time data pipelines

Spring Boot

Apache Flink

REST/GraphQL/RPC

Kafka/JMS

Event-driven architecture

Docker

Kubernetes/OpenShift

AWS services

Database engineering

Bloomberg/Murex integrations

DevOps / CI-CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CloudFormation

Terraform

Job description

Talan Group is seeking a VP-level Senior Java Developer/Technical Lead in New York City with hybrid work arrangements. You will design, develop, and lead enterprise Java solutions for market data and trading platforms, collaborating with traders, quants, risk, and technology teams.

The role emphasizes architecture, technical leadership, and hands-on development, including real-time data pipelines, API integration, and cloud-native deployment.