Senior Java Developer (AWS Cloud Deployment)

As a Sr Java Developer, you will play a hands-on leadership role on a team by contributing to the design, development, maintenance, and support of web-based trading, analytics, and support applications.  This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Java developer to impact critical and highly visible platforms for ICE.  The ideal candidate must have a proven track record of building scalable systems, be goal-oriented and self-motivated, thrive on challenges, and possess the drive to be a leader in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on design and development of high-volume trading and trading support applications, in addition to a high-volume analytics engine.
• Take a lead role in planning, estimating, and organizing efforts to support the overall project plans and timetables. 
• Provide leadership and expertise in both the investigation and resolution of performance-related issues and architectural design decisions.
• Ensure guidelines for quality and consistency within the design and development phases of the applications.
• Provide guidance and mentorship for junior developers, and evaluation on their technical proficiency to management as needed.
• Work with Business Analyst and Project Management teams to understand and agree on requirements, deliverables, and timelines.
• Work with Quality Assurance teams to support testing activities and defect resolutions.
• Work with Operations teams to investigate customer issues and provide solutions.

Knowledge and Experience

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years of experience in Java design and development
• 3+ years of experience with server-side development
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with java performance profiling tools (Yourkit, JMeter or similar) to identify performance issues.
• Experience integrating applications with Kafka 
• Solid understanding of security concerns for web-based applications
• Solid understanding of SDLC
• Experience with writing comprehensive unit tests
• Experience with SDLC tools like Git, JIRA, Jenkins, Maven, or equivalent
• Experience building user-centric web applications with focus on usability, workflows, and performance.
• Experience with SQL queries
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced business environment.
• Effective communication skills with ability to interact effectively with multiple stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of concurrent and distributed programming

Preferred

• Experience working with commodity markets or financial trading environments.
• Understanding of derivatives trading concepts (options and futures)
• Experience with at least one JavaScript framework such as React, Redux, Angular