Senior Java Application Developer, AVP

State Street•Boston, MA

20h

About The Position

Global Link, a division of State Street Global Market, is a leader in providing electronic trading platforms for multiple asset classes. Our platforms are used by 19 of the top 20 largest asset managers to execute trades, as well as manage post trade settlement processes. The team develops sophisticated electronic trading systems handling hundreds of billions of dollars in AUM. The products are built on Java, Node.js and Oracle on the server side and modern web technologies on the front end. The product suite is expanding both vertically with new features and also horizontally into other businesses and new asset classes. The product has a microservices architecture and runs in AWS/Kubernetes. This is a hands-on developer position within a small elite development team that moves very fast. This is an exciting opportunity for somebody to join a cutting-edge technology team with a product that is experiencing rapid growth.

Requirements

Great knowledge and experience with core java 11+ and JEE technologies such as concurrency, JDBC, Spring, Hibernate/JPA etc.
Strong skills with Object Oriented design and code refactoring.
Write clean and quality code.
Great knowledge and experience with data modeling and database development (SQL, PL/SQL).
Good knowledge and experience of microservices architecture and Kubernetes.
Strong communication skills and work ethics.
Passionate about professional software development.
Core java knowledge and experience as well as OO design skills is preference #1.
JEE including JDBC, Spring, JPA/Hibernate #2.
Microservices architecture and Kubernetes experience #3.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge and experience of functional and reactive programming (FRP) is highly desirable.
Knowledge and experience with messaging (RabbitMQ/Kafka), Redis, websocket is a big plus.
Good knowledge and experience with GenAI especially dev tools like CoPilot and Claude Code is preferred.

Responsibilities

Work with the team to define high-level technical requirements and architecture for the back-end services.
Develop new application features and enhance existing ones.
Develop relevant documentation and diagrams.
Work with other teams for deployment, testing, training and production support.
Integration with front-end development/services.
Ensure that development, coding, privacy and security standards are adhered to at all times.

Benefits

competitive compensation package
flexible work hour
retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
access to our Employee Assistance Program
incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
inclusive development opportunities
flexible work-life support
paid volunteer days
vibrant employee networks