Application Developer AVP

About the role

Barclays Services Corp. seeks Application Developer AVP in New York, NY (multiple positions available):

Responsibilities

• Develop and support a high-throughput, low-latency, Java-based monolithic OMS used in U.S. equities and options trading under regulatory constraints.
• Debug production issues in sub-millisecond latency environments during live trading hours.
• Implement financial messaging protocols and flows for client and broker connectivity across multiple trading venues, supporting order routing and post-trade capture, with production experience integrating FIX engines and managing session states in real-time institutional trading environments.
• Maintain Solace-based messaging layers (or equivalent middleware messaging platform such as TIBCO EMS, IBM MQ, or Apache Kafka) including setup of queues, bridges, and subscriptions across production and test environments for high availability and resilience in high-frequency trading systems.
• Identify and resolve production issues using tools like SSH port forwarding and Kibana/Elasticsearch (Splunk, Datadog or equivalent), triaging live trading incidents in coordination with traders, compliance, and business stakeholders.
• Automate configuration and deployment of observability tools using DevOps frameworks such as Chef (Ansible, Terraform or equivalent) for writing infrastructure as a code recipe used in automating deployment and environment configuration of trading system infrastructure.
• Manage release pipelines for mission-critical trading systems (TeamCity, GitLab, Jenkins, or equivalent) and system tasks including job scheduling and hotfix rollout with rollback planning.
• Cookordination with global development teams to ensure aligned deployments and operational continuity across regions in 24/7 institutional trading operations.
• Build and support global trading flows including inter-region and inter-desk order routing driven by liquidity access, regulatory obligations, and multi-venue coverage.
• Prioritize test-first development by implementing unit and integration tests to ensure production-ready code quality.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing and supporting high-throughput, low-latency Java-based systems.
• Production experience integrating FIX engines and managing session states in real-time institutional trading environments.
• Knowledge of Solace-based messaging layers or equivalent middleware platforms.
• Experience with DevOps frameworks such as Chef, Ansible, Terraform, or Jenkins.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug in sub-millisecond latency environments.
• Ability to implement and prioritize unit and integration tests for production-ready code quality.

Skills

• Java programming language.
• Fix engine integration and FIX protocol implementation.
• Message queue management and Solace-based messaging layers.
• DevOps tools and automation.
• Unit and integration testing practices.

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

Minimum/yr: $189,592 per year
Maximum/yr: $199,592 per year

Schedule

Not specified.