Senior/Staff Java Engineer

We are looking for a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to join the team. 

Out client is a global B2B financial technology organization dedicated to democratizing access to financial independence around the world. The project has evolved into a global platform offering trading of US equities, mutual funds, ETFs, fixed income, and options.

Our culture blends the pace and agility of a fintech start-up with the impact, stability, and discipline of Wall Street. We ensure code quality by performing careful code reviews and various types of testing. 

We expect the Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to:

• Be responsible for leading the design, development, and implementation of the brokerage systems.
• Work closely with the engineering team and other stakeholders.
• Create scalable, low-latency, and highly available trading systems.

Must-have skills:

• 6+ years of backend development experience with expertise in Java,
• Background in financial technology or capital markets is required,
• Solid understanding of system design principles,
• Proven experience implementing sophisticated event-driven architectures with Kafka (or similar) and Kubernetes,
• Strong understanding of CI/CD and automated testing frameworks,
• Proficient in No SQL, SQL such as in Postgres/MySQL,
• Solid understanding of TDD and how to write effective unit/integration tests,
• B2+ English to be able to communicate with a US customer. 

Nice-to-have skills:

• Domain knowledge in options and margin trading
• Experience with AWS stack,
• Experience with Linux and writing scripts to extract and transform data,
• Experience working in high-load systems,
• Understanding trade-offs in distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience in concurrent programming.

Our interview process typically includes: 

1. Recruiter screening
2. Tech interview (Devexperts)
3. Tech interview (Client)
4. Final call + offer (collect feedback + present the offer)

Care for the employees is one of Devexperts' core values. For the suggested position, we offer a benefits package that will guarantee the comfort of our new teammate.

Work Regime Flexibility benefits: 

• Possibility of hybrid/remote work mode,
• Flexible working hours.

Health and recreation benefits: 

• Fully paid additional wellness days (3 unwell days per year),
• Medical insurance for the employees and children,
• Reimbursement of fitness / Urban Sports Club Membership,
• Meal allowance (Coverflex Card),
• Flexpay system (Coverflex).

Facility benefits: 

• Modern office with new equipment,
• PlayStation, table football, and musical instruments in the office,
• Parking spaces/transport reimbursement,
• Free drinks and snacks.

Community benefits: 

• Teambuilding activities,
• Corporate parties,
• Football Club,
• Music club,
• Speakers' club,
• Free admission to corporate external events,
• Possibility of joining conferences and professional fairs,
• Personal branding development support.

Professional training benefits: 

• Local language courses for foreign employees,
• Unlimited access to self-learning platforms,
• Certification opportunities,
• Mentorship Program.

Social benefits: 

• Parental bonus,
• Pension plan (Coverflex),
• Referral bonus,
• Blood donation paid leave.