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Java Developer

SkillStorm is seeking a Java Developer for our client in Jersey City, NJ. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Required Skills:

• Clear articulate communication skills - Ability to communicate ideas and designs. We collaborate often and look for developers that are able to break problems down analytically and explain the pros/cons of why and alternatives.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented setting.
• Core Java 8 programming language with demonstrated ability to design, develop, deploy software.
• Experienced with agile and modern software development/DevOps practices. Ability to describe previous projects they've participated in using iterative development, continuous deployment, automated testing and why those disciplines are useful and important.
• Developing frameworks and core services to facilitate real-time order execution, auto-quoting. Promoting disciplines and principles to standardize and re-use.
• Proven experience with electronic trading systems design and markets (Equities, FX, Fixed Income), preferably FI (Treasuries, Government bonds, Swaps, Futures)
• Strong experience with real-time trading system design principles
• message-driven architecture
• low latency performance and scaling
• multithreaded models
• service oriented architecture
• object oriented design
• enterprise patterns that separate functionality from implementations
• Skillsets - Linux, Java, Spring Framework, Automation with tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Git/Bitbucket, Artifactory, Unit testing, Unix scripting, Database SQL queries (e.g Oracle)
• Experience with industry standard protocols like FIX, FpML
• Experience with the Request For Quote (RFQ) negotiation workflow
• Experience integrating with APIs from market venues like Bloomberg, Tradeweb, MarketAxess, Brokertec, CME, Nasdaq, Dealerweb, BGC, Valantic, Fluent or similar.
• Comfortable with 3rd line support to assist in investigating production issues, detects, and performance issues.

Desired Skills:

• Ability to work in a team-oriented setting.
• Knowledge of fixed income products such as government bonds, interest rate swaps, futures is a strong plus but not required if you've worked on other traded products/systems like equities or FX
• Ability to interact with traders, quantitative analysts, support staff in front-office development and to respond to and address production situations
• Experience with UI development is a plus but not required- maintaining Swing UI and migrating to OpenFin platform, HTML5, ReactJS
• Experience in migration projects – e.g. migrating capabilities from old to new trading systems is a big plus

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