Sr Core Java developer lead (Capital Market/Trading)

Key Responsibilities

• Hands on development of enterprise-grade applications using core Java (JDK 11 or 17), ensuring robustness and scalability.
• Working directly with trading desks, quantitative analysts, compliance, risk, and IT teams to deliver tailored market data solutions.
• Provide accurate effort estimates and contribute to project planning.
• Design and implement system architectures and solutions that align with business needs.
• Maintain high standards of code quality through static/dynamic code analysis, security scans, comprehensive test coverage, and CI/CD pipeline integration.
• Build and configure applications to fulfill specific business processes and application requirements.
• Engage in all phases of the software development lifecycle, from analysis and design to deployment and support.

Core Skills & Technologies

• Extensive experience (9+ years) with enterprise Java development.
• Experience in Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Boot Actuator).
• Experience in Apache Camel (Version 3).
• Experience in RESTful service development, including enterprise authentication mechanisms.
• Hands-on experience with Messaging Services (JMS, ActiveMQ or similar messaging systems).
• Experience with MS SQL Server and/or Sybase.
• Emphasis on maintainable, efficient, and secure code.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Designing and supporting low latency, high throughput trading applications, crucial in financial markets.
• Asynchronous programming, event-driven architecture, and concurrent processing expertise.
• Building and supporting enterprise services, particularly around monitoring and state management.
• Integrating with proprietary trading or market data platforms like Bloomberg or Murex.
• Experience with cloud-native technologies such as Kafka, RedHat OpenShift, Kubernetes, Ansible, or Docker to support scalable, resilient infrastructure.