
About this role
The role will be part of a global team responsible for enhancing and supporting a real-time trade capture platform that processes, normalizes, and enriches the firm’s executions across multiple asset classes. The platform feeds executions into downstream systems including real-time P&L, risk, and reporting. This position will focus on a Private Credit buildout, with particular emphasis on equities and options, and on integrating with third-party platforms such as Murex and ION. The engineer will focus on delivering high-quality, scalable Java-based services and Kafka-based streaming solutions.Â
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and maintain Java-based services that support a real-time trade capture platform for our autocallable buildoutÂ
- Build and support Kafka-based streaming pipelines to process, normalize, and distribute trading and reference data to downstream systems (P&L, risk, reporting, and analytics). Â Â
- Collaborate closely with portfolio managers, traders, operations, and risk teams to understand requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions. Â Â
- Contribute to the architecture and design of low-latency, high-availability components, including multithreaded and distributed systems. Â Â
- Write clean, testable, and well-documented code, including **unit, integration, and regression tests**; participate in code reviews and design reviews. Â Â
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues related to trading workflows, data integrity, and system performance, including on-call rotation as needed. Â Â
- Work with DevOps/Platform teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and observability (logging, metrics, alerting). Â Â
- Participate in global team ceremonies (standups, planning, retrospectives) and contribute to continuous improvement of development processes and standards.Â
Requirements:Â
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience with a strong focus on Java 17+ (Core Java, collections, concurrency, JVM fundamentals). Â Â
- 2+ years of professional experience with front end technologies using Typescript/Javascript, in this role you’ll be using Angular Â
- Strong knowledge and practical experience with Kafka (designing, building, and supporting streaming/real-time data pipelines). Â Â
- Functional exposure to the investment process, particularly equities, credit, futures, or products, is highly desirable. Â Â
- Solid understanding of object-oriented design, design patterns, and multithreading in distributed systems. Â Â
- Hands-on experience with unit testing and integration testing frameworks and best practices. Â Â
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipeline (Jenkins) and DevOps tools/practices (e.g., Git, build tools, automated testing, deployment automation). Â Â
- Experience with SQL databases such as Postgres and SQLServerÂ
- Comfort with modern IDEs and developer productivity tools; openness to using AI-assisted development tools and modern developer workflows. Â Â
- Proven ability to quickly analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve complex production and integration issues under time pressure. Â Â
- Highly detail-oriented, with strong ownership, accountability, and follow-through on deliverables. Â Â
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a distributed global team across time zones. Â Â
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, including clear and concise status reporting to technical and business stakeholders. Â Â
- Demonstrated ability to quickly learn and understand existing systems, data models, and business processes.
The estimated base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $250,000, which is specific to New York and may change in the future. Millennium pays a total compensation package which includes a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package. When finalizing an offer, we take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.
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