Senior Java Developer

This is Hybrid role (3 days in office /2 days remote)

About your Team:

Our team builds and supports mission-critical applications that power Interactive Brokers' back office, accounting, treasury, and compliance functions globally.

We're looking for a Senior Java Developer to drive the full software development lifecycle - from planning and prioritization through testing and release. With strong technical depth and the communication skills to align technical and business stakeholders.

This role suits someone who is organized, deadline-driven, process-disciplined, and thrives in cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable, and resilient financial applications
• Optimize and refactor existing code to improve reliability and performance.
• Partner with other developers and stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and deliver development initiatives
• Validate AI-assisted or AI-refactored code with sufficient automated test coverage before submitting for review.
• Conduct thorough code reviews - including validation of testing results - and ensure large change sets are broken into reviewable units
• Collaborate across teams to implement and roll out solutions in both production and development environments.
• Proactively identify and resolve technical issues before they impact downstream systems

Required Qualifications :

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5-10 years of experience designing and building medium-to-large scale applications using Java and/or Python/Perl on Linux platform.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java Spring, including both Spring Boot (micro services) and traditional Spring applications.
• Strong grasp of object-oriented design principles and common design patterns.
• Experience with JDBC and relational databases (Oracle preferred).
• Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar) across the software development life cycle.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience partnering across development teams on critical roll outs.
• Knowledge of financial instruments or a strong motivation to learn financial markets and concepts.

Nice to have :

• Experience with Git, Gerrit, Bitbucket, Gradle, and/or Ivy.
• Experience building or integrating MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to connect AI tools with internal systems, enabling faster, AI-assisted development workflows.
• Experience developing web applications using Spring Boot
• Experience with SWIFT MT/MX messaging standards.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, including data lake architectures (using Parquet file formats), Athena, and EC2, for building and operating datadriven, production-grade applications.

What makes you successful in this role :

• Strong technical and business knowledge
• Self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Outstanding organizational and time-management discipline.

Company Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus, and stock grant awards
• 401(k) retirement plan with competitive company match
• Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits. 100% employer-paid medical premiums, with generous employer contributions to dental & vision plans as well.
• Wellness screening and assessments, health coaches, and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Generous paid parental leave (up to 16 weeks paid parental leave for eligible employees)
• Company-paid basic life insurance, accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D), and short- and long-term disability coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care, and Commuter FSAs)
• Quarterly fitness stipend to offset costs associated with traditional gym and fitness memberships or fees
• Education reimbursement and professional development opportunities
• Legal services, telehealth access, and voluntary insurance options
• Backup child and adult care support through Care.com
• Daily lunch allowance and fully stocked kitchen with healthy breakfast and snack options