Lead Software Engineer, Kafka Streams

How You'll Help Take Us There

• Design and enhance the leading global fixed income e-trading platform
• Be part of a scrum team comprised of skilled technology professionals with the goal to revolutionize the credit and corporate bond markets
• Develop and design microservices using event-driven architecture based on Kafka/Streams
• Implement and support products/initiatives from infancy to maturity
• Work closely with system architects, product managers and QA engineers
• Be a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation
• You will be using Java Technologies - Spring Boot and RESTful micro services.
• Transform business ideas into highly utilized features and services for our customers

What We're Looking For

• 12+ years of experience developing software components using Java
• 4+ years of experience designing and building applications using Kafka/Streams at enterprise scale
• 4+ years of experience with microservices using Spring/Spring Boot
• Experience building high-throughput, low-latency event driven multithreaded applications using Core Java
• Strong knowledge of object-oriented design patterns, multi-threading programming and Java Streams
• Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proficient English (both spoken and written)
• Passion for collaborating, tackling hard problems and not being afraid to ask questions
• A real appetite for learning and growing, both as a developer and teammate
• Experience developing products/platforms on AWS. Cloud certifications a plus
• Knowledge in Docker, Kubernetes is a plus 

What You Can Expect from Us

In addition to working on cutting edge technology and in our culture of innovation, collaboration, and openness, we offer:

• Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
• Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks.
• Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
• Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
• 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $10K
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
• Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
• Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences
• Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
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