Junior Java Developer

Role

Junior Java Developer

Ann Arbor, MI (4 days on site and one remote day)

12 Months

The development team is looking for a talented Java developer to join our team, working on an industry‑leading desktop trading platform. We work in a collaborative, innovative, and technically challenging environment, where developers have the opportunity to perform complex software design tasks and technical analysis on a highly performant, multi‑threaded and resilient system, where high performance is key. Specifically, this role will act as a subject matter expert on the thinkorswim Desktop application, while providing expertise on our installer, Java JRE updater, Java UI, and various backend modules.

• Performs product design & troubleshooting exercises of extremely high complexity requiring extensive research and analysis
• Leads system design and specification development; program logic and flow‑charting, testing, debugging, and documentation
• Responsible for making complex design decisions used by development teams
• Leads complex programming tasks, reviewing various tasks and documentation
• Provides analysis of problems and recommends solutions
• Key contributor in client/technology interactions in the development of technology solutions
• Interfaces with Enterprise Architecture & Infrastructure teams on strategic designs and initiatives
• Leads troubleshooting of complex problems in development and production environments, ensuring timely resolution of issues

• 1+ year of experience in Java and J2EE (client and server side)
• 1+ year experience with OOA/OOD, distributed systems/software, real‑time processing, relational database systems, messaging systems
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms and design patterns (GoF)
• Experience with agile, test‑driven development
• Experience with rich UI frameworks like AngularJS, jQuery, HTML5, Swing, JavaFX or similar
• Experience with application development frameworks like Spring, Hibernate, JSF or similar
• Experience with Unix/Linux, Windows, Mac
• Experience with build, deploy and test automation tools (Ant, Gradle, Maven, Jenkins, Team City, JUnit or similar)
• Demonstrated experience working with core business logic within applications
• Experience developing APIs and frameworks
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent discipline

• Experience developing a downloadable desktop application
• Experience with concurrency & multi‑threading
• Experience with scaling, Java garbage collection, and performance tuning
• Working knowledge of finance and/or trading domain

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar degree with test‑driven development.