Java Programmer

SGANew York, NY

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Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Java Programmer for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in New York. NY .

We are looking for a Java programmer to work on strategic initiatives to scale and modernize our client platform to enhance client experience, effectively manage client risk and margin and maximize efficiency.

Responsibilities :

We're seeking someone to join our team to face off directly with the Risk desk and work on projects in the quantitative development space.
The candidate will work closely with the strats, understand their model and work with them to develop scalable performant solutions for initiatives such as factor backtest, clustering analysis etc.
Work as a developer on projects focused on increasing the scalability of the system.
Contribute to design and architecture discussions at a senior level.
Maintain the platform by sharing support responsibilities with the rest of the team.
Perform code reviews and help set good design and coding standards for the team.
Mentor junior team members.

Required Skills :

Core Java, Google Protocol Buffers, Kafka, RocksDB, Hazelcast, Redis

Distributed Caching, Concurrent programming, Design patterns & Testing Frameworks.

or more years of experience is the minimum requirement for this role. Experience with large scale trading or other mission critical high-performance systems will be preferred.

Expert knowledge of the Java programming language and any mainstream JVM.

Intermediate knowledge of common distributed architecture patterns.

Good oral and written English communication skills are required for this role. A successful candidate must be able to work alongside the users and the wider developer community in the firm and should also be able to communicate effectively with them.

Preferred Skills :

Sybase / DB knowledge is highly desirable.

UI skills – Angular / React is a plus.

Working knowledge of developing applications on AWS or Microsoft Azure will be an added advantage.

Experience in a team that follows SRE, TDD, and agile development practises will be an added advantage.

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Programmer • New York, NY