Berufsbezeichnung: Java Software Engineer

Arbeitsbeschreibung:
Java Software Engineer is required to develop and maintain research and trading infrastructure both back-end and front-end. The position requires close collaboration with our quant researchers to implement high-frequency trading models and liquidity provision strategies with digital assets exchange connectivity.


Firm

flov technologies is a Swiss asset management company with focus on quantitative investment strategies in digital assets, with a vision of a global peer-to-peer marketplace that utilizes distributed ledger technology as a settlement infrastructure. The firm is built on three pillars: a highly experienced and visionary team, tested investment strategies and a professional operational structure. The team is comprised of Blockchain pioneers with detailed insights into the crypto world and its future, experienced hedge fund professionals with great track records and quants that can deploy investment strategies in a quick and efficient manner. Additionally, flovtec has a clear organizational structure and governance, process driven operations, and strong risk management that can mitigate investment risk in the space of digital assets. flovtec allies an open research setup (no silos) with a meritocratic environment, and values research and information technology as the cornerstones of its success.



Responsibilities

- Gather and analyze requirements from business stakeholders and quantitative researchers
- Design, plan and implement distributed software solutions
- Maintenance and enhancement of existing server-side components
- Create new front-end systems both for internal and external clients
- Evaluate and improve our software architecture
- Source code review and refactoring
- Performance testing and optimization
- 3rd Level support in close collaboration with the research team
- Ownership of build and deployment processes of the software components


Requirements

- M.Sc. in Computer Science
- Java SE 8 programmer certification, Oracle Certified Professional level or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years in Java development
- Hands-on Java EE web application development experience both on server and client side
- Highly proficient in multi-threaded programming
- Experience in creating performant and resilient, fault tolerant systems
- Financial background in FX or digital assets, algorithmic trading and/or exchange connectivity
- High frequency, low latency trading or matching engine development
- Methodical and process-oriented
- Risk aware and averse, diligent, detail-oriented and quality-focused
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive attitude to own issues and solve them
- Ability and motivation to learn new technologies and frameworks
- Java: full stack experience, both in SE and EE
- Communication protocols: FIX, WebSocket, REST, Java RMI
- Frameworks: Spring, Hibernate
- Messaging: MQ
- Database: JDBC, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, database design / NoSQL / time series DB experience are a plus
- Front-end: HTML5, CSS, Sass, JavaScript (Node.js, React.js, npm, ES6, AngularJS)
- Application server: Tomcat
- Deployment systems: Maven, Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes
- Test frameworks: JUnit, Mockito
- Version control: SVN, Git
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) knowledge is a plus
- Linux and shell scripting


Compentencies

- Good interpersonal skills
- Sound judgment
- Problem-solving approach
- Team player
- Can-do, hands-on attitude
- Strategic mind-set
- Curiosity about new technologies and development approaches
- Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve process

Wie Sie sich bewerben:
hr (at) flovtec.com

Angestelltenname: flov technologies AG