Java SE Developer - (US-NY-New York)

Java SE Developer - (US-NY-New York)

Compensation: $90K - $110K / Year
Minimum Education: Bachelors
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: TNRJA8

The Java SE Developer will play an integral role in the growth, maintenance and support of our real-time trading applications. 

In particular, this role will focus heavily on connectivity from our platform to external venues, for the purposes of bringing in real-time pricing data and trading through real-time interfaces, with deep skills required in financial messaging protocols, connectivity protocols, multi-threaded programming, performance improvements, and socket-level programming in Java. 

Responsibilities will include the implementation of new features to match specifications, implementation of unit tests and automated functional tests to improve quality and coverage, bug fixing for existing features, identifying performance bottlenecks, and serving as a respository for product knowledge spanning customer requirements, product architecture, and common use cases. 

The developer will work closely with staff in other groups to assist in the creation of specifications, manual test plans, and documentation. 

Among the possible growth paths within the organization, the developer may eventually mentor other developers, lead a team, and help chart new directions for product growth. 

Essential Day-to-Day Responsibilities: 



Reviewing Specifications; Architecting and Implementing Solutions in Java; Designing and Implementing Automated Tests Analysis; Resolution of Customer Issues; Performance Improvements; Code Refactoring 

Qualifications 

Education: 


BS or MS in Information Systems, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering 

Required Skills: 



1. At least two years core Java SE development experience 
2. Five years total development experience, between Java, C, C++, .NET 
3. At least one of these: 
(a) One year network programming experience (socket level protocols) 
(b) One year automated testing experience 
(c) One year experience programming financial market data and/or trading systems 

Desired Skills: 


- Financial services industry experience 
- Experienced with real-time systems, multithreading, performance tuning 
- Proficient in Unix/Linux 
- Customer support experience 
- Moderate communication skills in English 
- Bright and energetic 
- Very thorough and committed to quality work 
- Very strong interest in learning about financial trading systems 


Email resume in Word to TheBigGameHunter@cisny.com. Please include the job code for the position with your resume. 

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