Senior Core Java Software Engineer

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A Leading FinTech Firm in Manhattan is looking for a Full-Time, permanent, employee for a Senior Core Java Software Engineer:
Job Purpose:
Nearly half the world's crude oil futures trade and clear on the Firm’s state of the art electronic trading and clearing platforms.
As a Senior Developer at the Firm, you will play a key role in developing systems which provide clearing services to vital markets such as oil, sugar and cotton which are essential to economies around the world.

If you are a self-starting, talented designer and coder that builds reusable software components and has a desire to understand and support the business of derivatives clearing, we would love to hear from you.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Design, architect and code key systems using Spring, REST, SQL, Hibernate, iBATUS, and MQ
• Take ownership of key systems and build reusable utilities and frameworks
• Work on the scalability and performance of high-performance components
• Work closely with the business units, product management and QA teams
• Assist in writing functional specifications
• Production support

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields; or equivalent years’ experience required
• 5+ years of experience developing with Java Technologies
• Strong working knowledge of:
  • Java 8+
  • Data structures, Algorithms, OOD and Design Patterns
  • Distributed messaging, JMS,
  • Spring and its frameworks like Spring Boot, Spring Data
  • Relational Databases (such as Oracle), SQL, PL/SQL, Hibernate/iBATIS, JDBC, and JPA
  • Multi-threaded server-side development
• Experience in Java performance tuning, debugging and memory profiling
• Ability to work independently, productively under pressure, and effectively multi-task
• Strong interpersonal and writing skills and ability to work well in a team environment
• Building business applications from design to live production systems
• Excellent communication skills

Preferred:

• Experience building front ends using HTML5/JavaScript UI frameworks
• Exposure to financial markets - particularly in futures and options
• Demonstrated open-source contribution
• Experience with Container and Cloud technologies – e.g. Docker, Kubernetes