Senior Software Engineer

Forbes Technical Consulting LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Downtown Chicago office

Job summary

Forbes Technical Consulting LLC in Chicago is seeking an experienced Java software engineer to help build a cloud-based, scalable architecture for instrument management, settlements, and clearing systems. You will own significant components and collaborate with Staff Engineers to drive architectural decisions and quality production code.

The role requires 5+ years of distributed systems experience, strong Java, and familiarity with REST, WebSocket, Kafka, and PostgreSQL in a high-throughput,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in software engineering with distributed systems.
• Strong Java proficiency with concurrency, memory management and JVM performance.
• Experience with REST and WebSocket APIs; FIX protocol is a plus.
• Experience building scalable, HA systems with 10k+ msgs/sec and sub-millisecond latencies.
• Experience with microservices, Kafka and PostgreSQL.
• Knowledge of derivative contracts and financial markets desirable.

Responsibilities

• Drive development of cloud-based scalable architecture powering instrument management, settlements engine and clearing systems.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers on architectural decisions and take full ownership of significant components and features.

Skills

Distributed systems

Java

REST/WebSocket

Performance optimization

High-throughput systems

Microservices

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Financial markets

Education

Bachelor’s degree

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