Java Developer – Application Platform | Sky Road

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February 20, 2026
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Job Description

Location: Remote / US-based (assumed)
Reports To: Richard Christy

Role Overview

The Java Developer will join the Application Platform team to design, develop, and enhance the next-generation Sky Road platform. This role focuses on scalable, reliable, and high-performance applications supporting real-time event processing, trade and portfolio management functions, and alternative asset management systems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect, design, and develop the Sky Road platform architecture.
  • Improve scalability, reliability, and performance to support increased clients, features, and data volumes.
  • Integrate real-time external interfaces and data warehousing solutions.
  • Assist with production incident resolution and day-to-day operations.
  • Write automated JUnit and regression tests.
  • Maintain and improve internal documentation.
  • Work on trade processing, portfolio management, optimization, compliance, and credit management functions.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science.
  • 5+ years of experience in Java development.
  • Hands-on experience with:
    • Spring Boot, Spring Security, JPA (≥5 years)
    • Relational and NoSQL databases (≥5 years)
    • Java Messaging Service (SQS, Kafka, or similar)
    • Caching technologies (Hazelcast, Google Guava, or equivalent)
    • AWS services: Fargate, Lambda, Load Balancers, Database technologies
    • CI/CD tools: Git, Jenkins, Java IDEs
  • Experience with Hibernate, Snowflake, GraphQL, Python, JSON, HTML (plus)
  • Proficiency in REST and/or WebSockets consumed by client-side frameworks (Angular or React)
  • Test-driven development (TDD) with frameworks such as JUnit/Mockito
  • Familiarity with financial software applications, especially trade/position-keeping systems
  • Commitment to clean, readable code and active participation in code reviews / Git pull requests

Benefits

  • Competitive health benefits
  • Matched 401k and pension plans
  • Paid time off (PTO)
  • Generous parental leave
  • Gym subsidies
  • Educational reimbursements for career development
  • Recognition programs
  • Pet-friendly offices (US only)