Java Backend Developer

Company Description

Devexperts has been working for nearly two decades consulting and developing for the financial industry. We solve complex technological challenges facing the most well-respected financial institutions worldwide. 
By becoming a part of Devexperts, you’ll become a part of a company that fosters self-improvement and actively seeks out-of-the-box ideas.Our teams work together to create the next generation of financial software solutions. We welcome all candidates who believe, as we do, that innovation is grounded in education.

Job Description

We are developing one of the best trading platforms in the USA, serving more than 200k online users each day working over desktops, mobile and web.

Platform backend services are responsible for all business processes related to trading: order issuing, validation, routing, execution, option price calculation, reconciliation, etc. High performance, low latency and fault tolerance is our daily job. We strive for code quality performing careful code reviews and various types of testing.

Teams co-exist in a Scrum/Kanban environment backed by the Atlassian suite, Slack, TeamCity, Sonar, Docker, etc.

Teams are multi-cultural and distributed, typically consisting of 3-7 BE engineers balanced by QAs, FEs, BAs…

Major parts of our stack:

• Java 11+, Collections, Streams, Threads, Concurrency, Azul JVM
• Spring, JUnit5, AssertJ, Mockito
• Docker, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, Splunk

We expect the Java Backend Developer to:

• passion for coding in Java
• exposure to the Java (J2SE) platform, understanding what's happening under the hood: threads, collections, streams, memory, garbage collector
• foundation in computer science data structures, algorithms and their complexities
• desire to optimise, document and maintain code and also carefully cover it with tests
• willingness and energy to take your ideas all the way from proof of concept to production-proof code
• general responsibility and result-oriented mindset
• desire to achieve goals as a team, willingness to help colleagues and ability to provide/accept constructive feedback
• B1+ English to be able to communicate with multicultural teams and a US customer

Qualifications

Must-have skills:

• trading and capital markets background
• hands-on experience in concurrent programming and understanding of thread synchronisation approaches
• exposure to distributed systems, following strong performance and reliability requirements
• foundation in asynchronous communications
• solid Unix/Linux knowledge

Additional Information

Care for the employees is one of Devexperts' core values. For the suggested position, we offer a benefits package that will guarantee the comfort of our new teammate.

Flexibility benefits:

• Possibility of hybrid/remote work mode,
• Flexible working hours.

Health and recreation benefits:

• 20 days of paid vacation,
• 5 days of fully paid additional wellness days,
• Medical insurance – premium package,
• Free MultiSport card.

Facility benefits:

• Modern office with new equipment,
• Panoramic view of Vitosha mountain,
• PlayStation, Billiard, Relax zone and Gym,
• Parking space/public transport card,
• Free drinks and snacks.

Community benefits:

• Teambuilding activities,
• Corporate parties,
• Football club,
• Speakers' club,
• Free admission to corporate external events,
• Possibility of joining conferences and professional fairs.

Professional training benefits:

• English language courses,
• Local language courses for foreign employees,
• Unlimited access to self-learning platforms,
• Certification opportunities,
• Mentorship Program.

Social benefits:

• Referral bonuses for specific roles,
• Paid leave upon special events.