Lead Java Developer - Market Data

Visa Sponsorship: Talan does not sponsor U.S. work permits or employment visas.

We are seeking a VP-level Senior Java Developer / Technical Lead to join a Market Data and Trading Technology team within a leading financial institution. This hands-on role combines Java development, technical leadership, and architecture , working closely with Trading, Quantitative, Risk, and Technology teams to deliver scalable market data and trading solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop enterprise-grade, server-side Java applications supporting market data and trading platforms.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance across architecture, solution design, development, and implementation.
• Mentor developers through code reviews, design discussions, and engineering best practices.
• Partner with traders, quantitative analysts, product teams, and other technology stakeholders.
• Develop system architecture, technical designs, and implementation concepts.
• Provide development estimates and support delivery planning.
• Drive software engineering standards across the SDLC, including testing, release readiness, production stability, and operational resilience.
• Maintain high code quality through automated testing, code coverage, static/dynamic analysis, security scans, and CI/CD controls.
• Participate across the full software delivery lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through deployment and production support.
• Support and continuously improve highly available, business-critical trading applications.

Required Skills

• 10–15 years of software development experience in Core Java skills, including multi-threading, concurrency, object-oriented design patterns, and asynchronous/event-driven programming
• Designed, built, and maintained high-performance, real-time data pipelines and pricing engines for fixed-income electronic trading
• Strong experience with Spring Boot and enterprise application development.
• Experience with Apache Flink for batch and stream processing.
• Experience building and integrating APIs, including REST, GraphQL, and RPC.
• Strong experience with messaging and streaming platforms, including Apache Kafka, JMS/ActiveMQ, and event-driven architectures.
• Experience building, deploying, and maintaining containerized applications using Docker, Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, or similar technologies.
• Strong experience with AWS cloud-native services and architectures, including ECS, EKS, S3, EC2, and Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Strong database and data architecture experience, including PostgreSQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, and/or Sybase.
• Experience with Apache Camel, enterprise authentication frameworks, application integration, and enterprise application design.
• Experience with enterprise monitoring, application state management, production observability, and production support.
• Experience integrating applications with Bloomberg and/or Murex.
• Experience with Ansible and related deployment/automation technologies.
• Proven experience leading technical delivery, mentoring developers, and communicating effectively with business and technology stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Quantitative Finance, or a related field.

Company’s Benefits

At Talan, we invest in our employees' well-being and empower them with benefits, including

• 💵 Salary between  USD $155,000 - US $185,000
• 💸401(k) retirement plan with company matching
• 🌴15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
• 📴8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
• ❤️‍🩹Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
• 🦺Voluntary STD and LTD
• 🚍 Commuter/transit benefits

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.