Senior Java Developer - Trading Services(W2)

Senior Java Developer Jersey City, NJ (hybrid 2 alternate weeks onsite per month) 12 Months

** Not looking for a lead, this person needs to be very recently hands-on **

Candidate Profile:

• 8 + years of experience - proficient in Java, Springboot, REST services, and have exposure to cloud technologies such as AWS or Microsoft Azure.
• Senior Software Engineer -Authentication/Messaging. That one absolutely must have messaging and authentication skills. Need candidates with Kafka or Rabbit MQ
• Nice to Have: Trading background, RDMB databases

The Team:

• They are developing a full-service enterprise-grade platform for storing, trading and servicing digital assets, such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. As a Software Engineer you will be an integral part of the Trading team. You ll get the opportunity to develop your skills, collaborate across client teams and continue to learn in a fun, collaborative, iterative, and rapidly changing environment. This is a hands-on role where you will write code for product features. It is a great opportunity to build secure, scalable, resilient cloud-based services utilizing modern software development practices.
• You will work closely with the technical lead and architects. As a senior technical member of your team, you will guide junior engineers and help develop their technical skills. The Team is responsible for platform services and APIs that manage trading of crypto currency. Platform contains a crossing engine and a smart router that would connect and send client orders to other exchanges and liquidity providers. In addition to aggregating market data and routing orders the platform also includes multiple internal/external facing user interfaces and API and services to support the platform

The Role

• BS or Master s in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics
• 8+ years of technology experience in the development and implementation of software solutions in highly scalable environments with focus on financial technologies particularly electronic trading.
• Successful technology and business solutions engineer with experience leading highly skilled teams
• Proven experience in high-volume, low latency real-time messaging applied to electronic trading
• Comprehensive experience in overall end-to-end Software Engineering in an agile environment
• Ability to help clarify user requirements and define accurate use cases
• Proven hands-on development skills with technology leadership
• Ability to translate business needs into technology solutions

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent, with a preference for advanced study
• 10+ years of IT experience as a developer
• You are proficient in Java, Springboot, REST services, and have exposure to cloud technologies such as AWS or Microsoft Azure
• JavaScript skills are a plus.
• Preferred knowledge on ag grid.
• Preferred knowledge on JEST unit testing framework.
• You are experienced in modern web application packaging and deployment using Yeoman, Grunt / Gulp is a huge plus.
• You are experienced with Ant/Maven, Nexus, Git/Jenkins or NPM is highly preferred
• You have expertise in dealing with large amount of data in real-time applications with big-data technologies such as KDB/Q or similar
• Experience working in an Agile Environment, with a strong preference for Scrum certifications
• Previous exposure to trading systems or brokerage technology is strongly preferred
• Having excellent analytical, communication, and organizational skills and the ability to run with multiple tasks at a given time
• Familiarity with event driven and service-oriented processing is desired

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of human connection, defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA , which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at:

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position's starting pay is: $60.00/hr.