Lead Java Engineer - Trade Booking

Summary

Join Capco Poland as a Lead Java Engineer and contribute to a significant ETD (Exchange Traded Derivatives) migration project for a major global bank. This is a long-term, high-visibility role offering opportunities to work with cutting-edge technologies like gen AI and cloud platforms. You will be a key member of an international team, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring the stability and performance of the platform. The position requires extensive experience in back-end software engineering with Java and financial markets. Capco offers a remote work environment with occasional office visits in Warsaw, along with various employee benefits.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in back-end software engineering with Java
• Proficiency with database integration tools (postgres/mongo), caching (hazelcast), clickhouse, communication (solace), security (hashicorp, SSO tokens, Kong integration)
• Familiarity with the framework of Financial Markets specifications and regulations
• Experience in ETD / Derivatives / Murex
• Experience of Enrichment / Validation / Transformation of data in context of trade bookings

Responsibilities

• Be a proactive, self-starting developer who can quickly understand the requirements, technology platform and external integrations and start designing and contributing to the delivery
• Face-off and partner with stakeholders to capture requirements and deliver solutions – deep understanding of the problem and context along with ownership are key to be successful in this role
• Liaise with DevOps and wider team to effectively manage resource usage
• Apply your experience of financial markets electronic trade capture, booking and full lifecycle to build these features into our platform
• Work within the ever-evolving framework of Financial Markets specifications and regulations to ensure CAT is using best-in-class technology within the boundaries of approved technologies
• Build services with an API-first approach and generic pattern mindset for scale across multiple dimensions – optimized compute/performance, functional, visualization, quality control
• Implement and enforce safe defensive coding, intelligent design, access control, in low-maintenance supportable applications
• Support database integration/migration (postgres/mongo) caching (hazelcast), communication (solace), security (hashicorp, SSO tokens, Kong integration)
• Do whatever it takes to maintain stability, availability and performance
• Provide Production L3 support as required, to this delivery and the wider platform
• Question / Challenge anything you see from your peers or the wider squad that isn’t up to standard

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to take ownership of problems, design effective solutions, and deliver them independently or within a team
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• An innovative mindset with the ability to challenge the status quo and deliver exceptional results

Benefits

• Employment contract and/or Business to Business as you prefer
• Speaking English on a daily basis, mainly in contact with foreign stakeholders and peers
• Multiple employee benefits packages (MyBenefit Cafeteria, private medical care, insurance)
• Access to 3,000+ Business Courses Platform (Udemy)
• Access to required IT equipment
• Ongoing learning opportunities to help you acquire new skills or deepen existing expertise
• Being part of the core squad focused on the growth of the Polish business unit
• A flat, non-hierarchical structure that will enable you to work with senior partners and directly with clients
• A work culture focused on innovation and creating lasting value for our clients and employees