Java Backend Developer

Position: Java Backend Developer

Location: New York, NY & Dallas, TX (5 Days onsite)

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Java Backend Developer to join a high-performing engineering team supporting mission-critical trading applications for a leading Banking and Financial Services client. The ideal candidate will have strong experience building scalable backend applications using Java and Spring Boot, along with hands-on experience developing solutions for Trading Platforms within the Investment Banking, Capital Markets, or Financial Services domain.

The successful candidate will work on enterprise-grade trading systems that require high availability, scalability, security, and low-latency processing.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain high-performance Java backend applications.
• Build scalable microservices and RESTful APIs supporting trading and financial systems.
• Develop solutions for high-volume transaction processing and low-latency applications.
• Collaborate with business analysts, traders, product owners, QA engineers, and DevOps teams to deliver business-critical functionality.
• Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technical design decisions.
• Optimize application performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolutions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best engineering practices.
• Perform code reviews and ensure adherence to development standards.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and backlog refinement.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong experience with Java, Spring Boot, Spring MVC, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, Hibernate, Microservices Architecture, REST API Development, Maven or Gradle, Git, SQL (Oracle, PostgreSQL, SQL Server), Multithreading & Concurrency, Collections Framework
• JVM Performance Tuning, Design Patterns, Object-Oriented Programming

Banking/Trading Domain Experience (Mandatory)

Candidates must have experience working on Trading Platforms or with the Banking or Financial Services industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building low-latency trading applications.
• Experience with distributed systems and high-throughput applications.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced Agile environment.

Education: Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.