Principal Java Software Engineer - Capital Markets

$200,000 - $200,000/Yr

Request Technology - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Principal

Onsite - Chicago, IL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Principal Java Software Engineer - Capital Markets role involves creating solutions to complex technical challenges within the capital markets sector. The position requires a strong background in Java software development, particularly in back-end systems, and emphasizes collaboration on complex projects that may span multiple systems. The engineer will be responsible for coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting systems, while also recommending technologies and tools to enhance efficiency and quality.

Responsibilities

• Create solutions to complex technical challenges while coding, testing, troubleshooting, debugging, and documenting systems.
• Collaborate with others to deliver complex projects involving multiple systems.
• Continuously improve personal and team performance.
• Recommend technologies and tools to improve system efficiency and development processes.
• Optimize application performance through analysis, code refactoring, and system tuning.

Requirements

• 10 years of Java-based software development experience.
• Experience with Flink, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
• Fluent in object-oriented design, industry best practices, software patterns, and architecture principles.
• Experience with continuous integration tools and techniques, automating processes, and writing scripts using Python and other languages.
• Deep understanding of performance issues and multi-threaded development.
• Proficient in various types of testing including unit, integration, system, functional, non-functional, regression, performance, security, and acceptance.
• Experience working with five or more of the following: web/mobile application development, Unix/Linux environments, event-driven systems, transaction processing systems, distributed and parallel systems, large software system development, security software development, public-cloud platforms.
• 4+ years of work experience in the capital markets industry, preferred.

Benefits

• Salary range of $180,000 - $200,000 with a 27% bonus potential.
• Hybrid work model: 3 days in office and 2 days remote.