Java Developer

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ThinkMarkets is a global online brokerage firm, specializing in providing multi-asset trading solutions to thousands of clients around the world. With our flagship ThinkTrader platform, we allow our clients to trade the world 24-hours a day. Our mission is to disrupt the brokerage industry by allowing access to global markets and thousands of products to allow our clients to trade the world in the palm of their hand. We use the latest technologies to give traders seamless access to our proprietary trading platforms. Our Chicago office is in the heart of the financial district in the Loop, and is made up by our Leadership, IT, Analytics, and R&D teams.  

We are seeking a Java Developer - Trading Systems to join our rapidly growing global workforce in Chicago. In addition to writing successful execution code, you will be responsible for integrating with trading venues, market data sources, and various other APIs from vendors around the globe. Additionally, you will be able to exercise your quantitative abilities by delivering analytic code and servicing our internal risk management and analysis teams. If you work well across a broad range of initiatives and love writing and maintaining production-quality Java code driving a live trading platform, you will succeed in this role.  

Responsibilities:   

  • Design and architect trading applications using Java 8 and newer
  • Work closely with Front-End Developers to expose API services via RESTful services and websockets  
  • Assist in developing performance and unit testing integration into a continuous delivery pipeline 
  • Integrate with third party services for trading functionality
  • Perform latency analysis and diagnose issues in a production trading environment 
  • Proven ability to learn about specific financial product spaces, such as FX, Equities, and Options 
  • Demonstrable ability to analyze heap dumps and stack traces and optimize memory utilization

Requirements: 

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Software Engineering or a relevant field 
  • 2-4 years of experience developing with Java
  • Proficiency working with multithreaded systems 
  • Experience tuning JVM-based applications 
  • Familiarity with modern DevOps best practices 
  • Previous experience working with RDBMS data store designs and implementation
  • Experience working with live trading systems in a Financial Service environment strongly preferred

Our Benefit Offerings:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage available
  • Employer-Paid Short-Term Disability and Life Insurance
  • Pre-Tax Transit deduction options
  • Global Employee Assistance Program
  • 401k and Roth 401k (retirement planning) options available and competitive company match
  • Generous Paid Holidays
  • Monthly gym reimbursement
  • Work from anywhere
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