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Senior Associate Java Developer

New York, New YorkFull-time2026-10-27 → 2026-11-06

Core

Design and scale distributed microservices for high-throughput trading platforms, ensuring ultra-low latency and strict risk/regulatory adherence.

Role type

Senior IC Java Developer (High-Frequency Trading)

Builds

Real-time execution algorithms and microservices mesh

Domain

Financial Services / High-Frequency Trading

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Core Java (v17+), Microservices Architecture (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud), Concurrency Patterns, Performance Tuning (GC, Memory), Messaging Middleware (Kafka, Solace, Aeron), Low-latency Data Stores (Redis, Hazelcast), TDD/BDD

Preferred skills

Service Mesh (Istio, Linkerd), SQL/NoSQL databases, Jenkins, GitLab CI

Technologies

Java, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Apache Kafka, Solace, Aeron, Redis, Hazelcast, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Istio, Linkerd

Responsibilities

Lead design and implementation of distributed microservices for high-frequency trading environments; Collaborate with Quants to translate execution strategies into production code; Conduct performance tuning and memory management for sub-millisecond execution speeds; Design and enforce pre-trade risk checks and automated circuit breakers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC