Senior Software Engineer

Forbes Technical Consulting LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Forbes Technical Consulting LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to help drive a cloud-based, scalable architecture for our instrument management, settlements engine, and clearing systems.

You will work closely with Staff Engineers on architectural decisions, taking ownership of key components and delivering production-quality code with high throughput and low latency in a financial markets environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, building high-performance distributed systems.
• Proficiency in Java, including concurrency, memory management and performance optimization.
• Experience with REST and WebSocket APIs; FIX protocol knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with scalable, HA systems handling high throughput and low latency.
• Experience with micro-services, Kafka and relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Experience in derivative contracts and financial markets is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop cloud-based scalable architecture powering instrument management, settlements engine and clearing systems.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers on architectural decisions and own significant components.
• Deliver production-quality code that operates at scale with reliability and precision.

Skills

Java

REST APIs

WebSocket

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Distributed systems

Financial markets awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Job description

Special notes: This role is hybrid 3 days a week onsite in Downtown Chicago, IL.

Responsibilities: The ideal candidate will help drive the development of our cloud based scalable architecture that powers our client’s instrument management, settlements engine and clearing systems. You will work closely with Staff Engineers on architectural decisions while taking full ownership of significant components and features. This role is designed for an experienced engineer who thrives on solving complex technical problems in financial markets, has strong expertise in micro services based distributed systems, and can deliver production-quality code that operates at scale with reliability and precision.

Required skills:

• Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant time building high-performance distributed systems.
• Strong Java proficiency, including solid understanding of concurrency, memory management, JVM behavior, and performance optimization.
• Understanding of network protocols and APIs, with experience implementing REST and WebSocket APIs. FIX protocol experience is a strong plus.
• Experience building scalable and HA systems that handle high throughput and low latency in production environments (10k+ msgs/sec, low-millisecond latencies).
• Experience building micro-services systems, Kafka and relational databases (PostgreSQL).
• Experience with derivative contracts (futures, options) and financial markets is highly desirable.

Contact:

Forbes Technical Consulting LLC | 343 W Erie St. Suite 520 | Chicago, IL 60654