Backend Developer

We are looking for a Java Back End developer for a trading application who maintains the current platform and has the opportunity to improve and create new libraries and frameworks upon which our trading platform is based.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

- Build, test and deploy new tools, services and product features
- Improve and create new libraries and frameworks
- Communicate and liaise with key business and IT stakeholders
- Continuously drive and improve the system

REQUIRED SKILlS:

- Test driven development, experience of JUnit and mocking libraries (eg Mockito) are a strong asset
- Principles of Object Oriented programming, interfaces, abstractions, dependencies etc.
- Core Java & related utilities/libraries, particularly collections, Multithreading (Java.util.concurrent.* package), JSON, JDBC, Maven
- Spring framework, JDBC templates and JPA
- Messaging and JMS
- Relational database modelling
- Good code review skills, pride in code quality
- Fluent English

PREFERABLE:

- Experience in Hazelcast and Elasticsearch
- Previous ActiveMQ hands-on experience
- Good understanding of Unix operating systems, experience in bash Scripting
- Experience in the Financial Services area
- German