WE ARE: 

At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.

Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs, and capital market service providers. With offices in London, New York, Barcelona, and Montreal, we have a global reach and a proven track record of delivering powerful, elegant, and intuitive trading technology solutions.

We are now looking for a Java developer to join our New York team on a new exciting project! That will be building an auction and trading platform with one of our institutional investment clients

YOU ARE: 

• A JVM lover who really enjoys working with the latest technologies and design patterns.
• Eager to solve complex technical challenges, especially in cloud-based environments and event-driven architecture patterns.
• Someone looking to work in a collaborative environment, sharing knowledge and helping each other.
• Experienced within the Fintech industry

YOU HAVE: 

• Significant, professional server-side software development experience
• General familiarity with data structures such as sets, hashes, caches etc
• Experience developing Front Office financial systems, E-Trading and FIX, 
• Experience using messaging technologies such as Aeron
• Experience in delivering OMS/EMS/Exchange systems
• Exposure to equities trading & brokerage 
• Solid experience programming using Core Java. Min Java 8 required; Java 11+ exposure is a plus
• General knowledge of data injection/inversion of control
• Knowledge of building application front ends, particularly with React
• Typescript production experience; A preference for Typescript over Javascript
• Practical knowledge of modern web tooling - build tools, package managers, styling engines, web framework landscape, etc.
• Proficiency with client-side debugging tools (Chrome Developer Tools, React Devtools)
• Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum, Kanban)

WHY US: 

• To be immersed in high-standard engineering culture. Our fantastic team takes pride in crafting complex technical solutions but also loves sharing their knowledge and helping you grow professionally (we have extraordinary minds at Adaptive You can learn from anyone here, which is the beauty of it
• To take part in the growth and development of a great company
• Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns.
• Collaborative team environment: we all work together, respect each other, and pitch in
• Great consideration for work/life balance (highly-flexible, hybrid working model
• We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well-being, diversity and inclusion programmes.

WHAT PEOPLE THINK OF US You can check our Glassdoor page 

BENEFITS  (What we offer in return // what you’ll get )

• Medical from the 1st of month following your start date (i.e. if you join on the 24th of July, it starts on the 1st of August). We make a flat contribution to your healthcare costs.
• Dental and vision from the 1st of the month following your start date.
• 23 days vacation per calendar year
• Group disability insurance: short-term and long-term (60% and taxable)
• 401K safe harbor plan where we match contributions up to 5% of base pay on a paycheck-to-paycheck basis (you can opt-in after 90 days of service)
• Gym subsidy of $25 or 50% of your membership cost, whichever is lower.
• Life insurance at 2 x salary
• Commuter benefits
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account

THE PROCESS

Long interview processes are stressful and boring and that is not us 

We want to make sure that everything runs smoothly.So here you will have three stage interviews:1- A chat with one of our great recruiters, reviewing the role and the company2- A zoom chat with one of our Java colleagues where they will ask you detailed questions about your experience3- A Face to Face interview (either in our office or via Zoom). ​​During this interview, we will dig even deeper and you will have a pair programming task to do.

But don’t worry; everything will be explained to you step by step by your recruiter. A little tip for you during those stages: 

Collaboration is massively important to us, so don't hesitate to share your thoughts, ask questions, ask for help if needed

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION: 

Diversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace, and Adaptive is better when it’s more representative of the world around us. We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work without any fear of judgment or negativity. 

All we ask is that our colleagues are respectful, collaborative, passionate about what they do, and have the skills needed to be successful in their roles.

Background check: the employment/engagement is subject to an acceptable background check that will be run by Adaptive

E-VerifyAdaptive uses E-Verify to confirm the employment eligibility of a new hire after they they have completed their I9. E-Verify is not used to pre-screen an applicant for employment, nor is it used to discriminate against applicants on any basis.

 

 

Base pay will be determined on an individualized basis and is only part of the total compensation package. Pay is based on candidate skills and experience.New York pay range$160,000—$200,000 USD