Software Engineer II (Trade Processing)

Apex Fintech Solutions•Austin, TX

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Apex Fintech Solutions is looking for an experienced Software Engineer II with a passion for writing great code and the dedication to drive their skills to the next level for a development team on the front lines of Apex's high-volume, high-availability trade clearing suite. You'll be at the center of rapidly scaling services that will test your limits. Apex engineering teams are charged with building the services our clients love and are at the heart of our future product innovations. We are in need of smart, developers to build out our cloud-native (GCP), event-driven (Apache Kafka/PubSub), microservices framework.

Requirements

BA, BS, MS, PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related technology field (or equivalent work experience) required
3+ years of experience as a software engineer, software developer, or similar job roles.
Proven experience in at least one relevant general-purpose programming language (Java, C#, C++, Go, etc.).
Proficiency in software development using modern programming languages like Python, Java, Go, or similar tools.
Strong understanding of microservices architecture and CI/CD pipelines.
Proven expertise in relational databases and familiarity with distributed systems or data-intensive platforms including SQL query expertise.
Familiarity with software development best practices like testing, version control, and agile processes.
A problem-solving mindset, with the ability to think critically through challenging engineering scenarios.
An innate passion for learning new technologies, frameworks, and tools to contribute to dynamic software solutions.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Google Cloud Platform or Amazon Web Services preferred
Experience with Kubernetes and/or Docker preferred
Experience with Apache Kafka, AWS Kinesis, or Google Pub/Sub preferred
Financial services background is a plus.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, maintain and improve software.
Learn from and apply design techniques and coding standards coached by our Senior Engineers.
Build resilient, self-scaling, self-healing services that allow you to sleep through the night.
Support the production systems that you build. This includes build, deployment (CI/CD), and monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus, PagerDuty).
Writing high-quality, well-tested code.
Maintaining high code-quality standards across your team via code reviews.