Algo Java Developer

• Development
• Design, develop and maintain Java-based backend applications for equities trading and financial markets .
• Build and enhance high-performance, event-driven trading systems across the full software development lifecycle, from requirements through deployment.
• Work closely with business and technology stakeholders to deliver robust solutions for trading and market-facing applications.

Requirements

Strong experience developing large-scale, complex event-driven / reactive systems , including fault-tolerant and globally distributed applications with high-frequency message and event workflows.

Strong Java and/or C++ development experience building high-performance systems, with solid knowledge of multithreading, concurrency, networking and data structures & algorithms .

Good understanding of financial markets and instruments, ideally across Equities, FX, Derivatives, Commodities or Risk .

Experience working on trading systems, order processing, market data, trade capture or execution-related applications is highly relevant.

Strong focus on code quality, testing and delivering production-ready solutions within Agile / TDD environments.

Good knowledge of CPU/GPU architecture, memory management, shared memory / memory-mapped files, TCP/UDP and Linux internals .

For Java developers, knowledge of JVM internals, GC, JNI, Java Unsafe and JNR-FFI is advantageous.

Knowledge of Aeron is preferred.

Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics or a related technical discipline.

Originally posted on Himalayas