Trading Platform Application Engineer (Contract)

Key responsibilities include:

Deliver application projects, enhancements, and change requests.

Develop and maintain Java-based applications, services, and integrations.

Develop automation scripts and operational tooling to improve efficiency and resiliency.

Support application onboarding, configuration, testing, and production implementation.

Troubleshoot application, connectivity, and production issues and perform root cause analysis.

Collaborate with business users, application teams, infrastructure teams, vendors, and external counterparties.

Support platform modernization, automation, monitoring, operational improvements, and resiliency initiatives.

Participate in production support, release deployment, and operational readiness activities.

Maintain technical documentation, implementation guides, and operational procedures.

Mandatory Skills & Experience

Core Technical Skills

Minimum 3 years of hands-on software development and support experience.

Strong proficiency in Java development for enterprise applications.

Strong Linux/Unix administration and troubleshooting skills.

Experience with shell scripting (Bash, Korn Shell, Python, or equivalent scripting languages).

Experience developing and supporting:

High-throughput applications

Distributed systems

Scalable and resilient solutions

Strong understanding of application performance tuning and optimization.

Experience troubleshooting production issues and performing root cause analysis.

Familiarity with relational databases and SQL.

DevOps & Platform Engineering

Experience with CI/CD pipeline implementation and maintenance.

Automated deployment and monitoring solutions.

Application release and environment management experience.

Preferred Skills

Trading & Integration Domain

Knowledge of FIX Protocol (FIX 4.x / FIX 5.x).

Experience onboarding and supporting external connectivity with brokers, trading venues, exchanges, and counterparties.

Understanding of trade lifecycle, trade execution, and post-trade workflows.

Experience with commercial FIX engines, gateways, or electronic trading platforms.

Financial Markets Knowledge

Experience in one or more of the following areas:

Treasury and Markets

Foreign Exchange (FX)

Fixed Income

Equities

Electronic Trading Platforms

Capital Markets

Investment Banking

Additional Technical Skills

Kafka, AMQ, MQ, or other messaging technologies.

REST APIs and microservices.

Monitoring and observability tools.

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