📍 Zurich | 💼 Hybrid Working Model | 🌍 Global Financial Services Client
At Trust in Soda, we partner with some of the world’s most forward-thinking organisations. Right now, we're supporting a prestigious financial institution as they evolve their Market Data technology landscape.
We’re looking for an experienced Java Developer to join a team modernising and scaling a business-critical real-time platform. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the refactoring and future development of a high-performance market data distribution system, leveraging modern architecture, cloud technology and agile delivery methods.
🔧 Your Mission
- Take a lead role in the refactoring and extension of a complex Market Data platform
- Design and implement scalable, high-performance components for real-time data streaming
- Ensure platform reliability and performance through strong software engineering principles
- Champion standardisation, automation, and modern DevOps practices
- Collaborate in an agile, team-first environment, promoting a culture of mentoring and feedback
- 5 years of Java development experience (Java 11 )
- Strong background in solution architecture, microservices & distributed systems
- Familiarity with real-time data platforms and market data (vendors, entitlement, asset classes)
- Proven experience with multi-threading, memory management and performance tuning
- Hands-on experience with Kafka, Azure Cloud, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Grafana
- Test-driven development mindset (JUnit, Mockito)
- Experience working in front-office environments or financial markets
- Strong understanding of security, observability, lifecycle management & deployment pipelines
- Agile/SAFe experience with Jira & Confluence
- Collaborative mindset: pair programming, code reviews, mentoring junior engineers
- Excellent communication skills in English and a proactive, positive attitude
- Functional programming experience in Java
- Experience with Octopus or other CI/CD tooling
- Familiarity with scripting and certificate management
- Previous experience working in regulated financial institutions