Senior Java Trading Systems Developer total comp
Salary is 200k to 250k + bonus (total comp to 400k)
We are seeking a Senior Java Trading Systems Developer with strong experience in real-time pricing and electronic trading platforms within capital markets environments. The ideal candidate will have expertise building low-latency trading applications for equities, FX, fixed income, or derivatives products.
Responsibilities- Design and develop high-performance Java trading and pricing applications
- Build and enhance low-latency pricing engines, market data, and order management systems
- Develop real-time trading solutions supporting RFQ/RFS pricing, algorithmic trading, and risk analytics
- Integrate applications with market data feeds, FIX protocol, and messaging platforms
- Collaborate with traders, quants, and technology teams to deliver scalable trading solutions
- Optimize application performance, multithreading, and latency-sensitive workflows
- Support production trading environments and troubleshoot critical issues
- 8+ years of hands-on Core Java development experience
- Strong background in trading systems and real-time pricing platforms
- Experience with equities, FX, fixed income, derivatives, or algorithmic trading
- Expertise in multithreading, concurrency, and low-latency application development
- Experience with messaging technologies such as Kafka, Solace, Aeron, JMS, or RabbitMQ
- Knowledge of FIX protocol and market data integration
- Strong SQL and Linux/Unix experience
- Experience with AWS or cloud-based trading platforms
- Exposure to Python or C++
- Understanding of risk systems and pricing models
- Agile/Scrum experience
