Senior Java Developer – Risk Applications (5 days on-site – Jersey City, NJ) Full Time NEW

Location: Jersey City, NJ (5 days on-site)

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Java Developer to join a Risk Technology team supporting mission-critical trading and pre-trade risk platforms.

This role requires deep technical expertise in Java-based systems, strong experience in building high-performance distributed applications, and the ability to operate in a fast-paced capital markets environment. The ideal candidate combines hands-on development skills with strong knowledge of system performance, scalability, and resilience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and enhance risk or pre-trade applications using modern Java technologies.
• Build and maintain scalable microservices with strong reliability and fault-tolerance capabilities.
• Optimize application performance through profiling, JVM tuning, and in-depth troubleshooting.
• Implement concurrent and multi-threaded processing solutions for high-throughput systems.
• Develop RESTful services and integrate messaging solutions such as Kafka.
• Collaborate with business, QA, and production support teams to ensure stable releases.
• Contribute to technical design discussions and enforce engineering best practices.

Technical Skills Required:

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with strong Java expertise (6+ years preferred).
• Advanced knowledge of Java core concepts: OOP principles, concurrency, multithreading, memory management, and features up to Java 17.
• Hands-on experience with Spring ecosystem (Spring Boot, Spring JPA/Hibernate) and REST APIs.
• Strong background in JVM diagnostics (heap/thread dumps, profiling, garbage collection tuning).
• Experience designing distributed and microservices-based architectures.
• Solid command of Unix/Linux environments.
• Practical experience with Kafka or similar messaging platforms.
• Prior experience working on Risk or Pre-Trade systems within financial markets.

Soft Skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work fully onsite in a collaborative trading technology environment.
• Detail-oriented with a focus on performance and code quality.
• Effective communicator within cross-functional teams.
• Ownership mindset and ability to operate in high-pressure environments.

Please note that no C2C arrangements or visa sponsorship are available for this position.