Senior Java Developer
Chicago, IL, United States
What we’re looking for Ideaware is looking for an experienced Java Backend Developer to join our engineering team in a full-time contract position & work on an inspiring international project with one of our partners based in Dallas, TX, and also located in Austin, New York, Chicago, Portland, and Belfast. As a team member,a regular day could include designing a major software system with your peers, providing one-on-one mentorship to other developers, leading a collaborative coding session, or researching a new library, tool, or protocol. This is an opportunity to join a close-knit team of developers from various backgrounds and all experience levels, building high-volume, high-availability order processing technologies that power popular investing apps.
Our partner powers innovation and the future of digital wealth management by processing millions of transactions daily to simplify, automate, and facilitate access to financial markets for all. Theycreate an environment where companies with the biggest ideas in fintech are empowered to change the world.
Our partner has received a number of prestigious industry awards, including:
2021, 2020, 2019, and 2018 Best Wealth Management Company - presented by Fintech Breakthrough Awards.
2021 Most Innovative Companies - presented by Fast Company.
2021 Best API & Best Trading Technology - presented by Global Fintech Awards.
Responsibilities -Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain, peer-review, and continuously tune high-performance, high-throughput software.
- Learn from and apply design techniques and coding standards.
-Build resilient, self-scaling, self-healing services that allow you to sleep through the night.
-Support the production systems that you design - This includes building, deploying (CI/CD), and monitoring (DataDog, Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty).
-Write commercial-grade, well-tested code and maintain high code-quality standards across your team through code reviews and other best practices.
-Work with and gain experience using cloud-based and other modern technologies and methods, building upon a set of microservices that expose a rich set of investing-related capabilities.
Qualifications -BA, BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technology field.
-10+ years of experience as a software developer or similar job roles.
-8+ years of Java experience (Java 11+ preferred).
-8+ years of experience with REST API development.
-Strong understanding of databases (both RDBMS and No-SQL) and mastery of SQL.
-Ability to quickly learn new technologies (languages, tools, frameworks).
-Excellent English verbal and written communication skills.
-Ability to understand business requirements and translate them into technical requirements.
Preferred -Experience with Postgres and Google BigQuery is a plus.
-Experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a strong plus.
-Experience with Apigee is a strong plus.
-Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker is a plus.
-Experience hiring, mentoring, and coaching other engineers is a plus.
-Financial services (capital markets, clearing, or accounting systems) background is a plus
Perks & Benefits - Remote work.
- Private medical insurance.
- Work from home setup.
- Internet bonus.
-Education budget of USD 250 per employee annually to improve your skills.
- Employee referral bonus.
- Virtual team building activities & challenges.
- Afternoon off on your and your child’s birthdays.
- Competitive salaries.
- Professional development.
- Constant career growth opportunities.
- Seniority perks.
- Above all, a calm work environment with amazing culture!
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