Our client, a leading Commodities Trading firm, is seeking a Java Developer to develop various trading applications. The ideal candidate will work on developing, enhancing, and supporting trading systems, risk management platforms, and other financial applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain Java-based trading applications for the commodities trading environment, ensuring performance, scalability, and low-latency processing.
- Collaborate with traders and business stakeholders to gather requirements and implement solutions that meet the demands of the fast-paced trading environment.
- Enhance existing systems by designing new features, optimizing performance, and refactoring code to ensure it meets high standards.
- Integrate trading applications with pricing models, risk systems, and real-time market data sources.
- Ensure system stability and availability by providing support for live trading environments and troubleshooting issues as they arise.
- Work with a multi-disciplinary team including quants, business analysts, and DevOps to deliver robust trading platforms.
- Continuously improve the architecture and design of existing trading systems to ensure long-term performance and maintainability.
Skills & Qualifications:
- 5+ years of professional Java development experience with a strong understanding of object-oriented design and development.
- Experience in financial services—specifically in commodities trading or other capital markets sectors (e.g., FX, equities, derivatives).
- Strong experience with multi-threading, low-latency, and high-performance systems.
- Solid knowledge of core Java frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, and multithreading libraries.
- Experience with messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ, ZeroMQ) for real-time data processing.
- Familiarity with trading platforms and understanding of trading concepts such as pricing, risk, P&L, and market data.
- Experience with relational databases (e.g., SQL, PostgreSQL) and exposure to NoSQL databases is a plus.
- Knowledge of microservices architecture and experience with containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is a plus.
With well over a decade of a solid and enviable track record behind us, headquartered in Hong Kong, Pinpoint Asia Infotech Pte Ltd (EA License: 16C8291) is the go-to IT Search Firm for several top Investment Banks and Financial Institutions.
If you are interested in the above position, please send your CV to Charlie Kim @ [email protected] (EA Registration number: Reg No: R23112483)
