Java Application Developer - AVP
About the Role
This is a hands-on software development role on the eFX development team located in Boston, MA. Starting more than a decade ago, the State Street eFX platform of applications has seen considerable expansion, with steady and significant increases in trading volumes and PnL contributions for State Street. You will join an enthusiastic global development team who develop, support and maintain a meshed based platform that trades Sunday to Friday on a follow the Sun basis. This system is very large, with thousands of client connections, automated trading strategies and componentry to operate.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for energic developers who have a full stack mentality, understand how to write high performance code, have good problem solving skills, can operate under pressure and communicate effectively across all lines of the business. Additionally, since we develop the system, we also directly support it. This means the development team is closely aligned with the business. Any candidate applying for this position should ideally possess business knowledge and demonstrate an understanding of FX Spot, Forward, Swap, Benchmarks and eNDF trading.
Why This Role Is Important
The eFX suite of applications encompass a strategic business initiative with a multi-year expansion plan. Any candidate applying must be prepared to play a significant role in that success.
Responsibilities
- Leverage your Java programming and design skills to develop high volume, highly available transactional systems
- Build integration solutions across heterogeneous platforms
- Work closely with business users as well as Development, Quality Assurance, and Infrastructure teams
- Receive and analyze requirements and propose suitable solutions that adhere to the team's working methodology
- Communicate with senior management, developers, architects, and end users, who may be based in different locations and time zones
- Take ownership of small to medium projects and run them from inception to completion
Qualifications
- Creative thinkers who are motivated by challenging problems
- Demonstrated experience building and maintaining large distributed systems
- Experience developing in Java
- Experience with Linux/Bash scripting
- Experience with relational databases (Oracle) and development
- Experience with build tools, for example Git, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, etc.
- Strong analytical skills including the ability to receive and analyze requirements
- Excellent communication, organization, interpersonal planning, and analytical skills
- Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle for Iterative, Agile, and traditional approaches
- Experience with release management
- An understanding of architectural schematics
- A thorough understanding of the practice of AI-driven code generation and analysis
- Bachelor's or Master's in CS, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or similar
- 3 years' experience working as a software developer
Preferred Skills
- Experience with collaboration with geographically distributed teams
- Experience with Order Management systems
- Experience with low-latency trading systems
- Demonstrated experience with Messaging frameworks including JMS, MQ, Kafka, Aeron
- Experience with communications used in financial services (e.g. FIX, ITCH/OUCH, etc.)
- Experience with development of Agentic Systems
Pay & Benefits
Salary Range: $90,000 - $157,500 Annual. Employees are eligible to participate in State Street's comprehensive benefits program, which includes: retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards; and eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.