Remote Senior Software Engineer, Kafka Streams

Summary

Join us as a hands-on Senior Software Engineer to help Take Us There by building next-gen cloud-based, streaming microservices at scale and power our application modernization plans.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience of extensive Java engineering experience
• Experience with stream processing using KafkaStreams, Flink or other streaming runtimes
• Expert understanding of Java, Gradle and quality related tooling, Checkstyle, SpotBugs, DependaBot, Junit, system and integration testing (TestContainers)
• Comprehensive understanding of CICD, GitOps and experience with building and deploying pipelines with tools such as Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitLab CI, and GitHub Actions
• Experience with data architecture, data modeling, schema design, and development
• Real-world experience with distributed systems using Apache Kafka and Streaming architectures
• Experience working with multi-terabyte data sets, troubleshooting issues, and performance tuning

Responsibilities

• Provide technical implementation and guidance around test first development model
• Implement and support products/initiatives from infancy to maturity
• Requirements capture and product mindset (functional, and non-functional)
• Be a core member of an agile team driving the team's agile and development practices, writing code and unit tests, working with API specs and automation
• Train, pair and mentor junior team members

Benefits

• Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
• Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks
• Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
• Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
• 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
• Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
• Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
• Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers