Senior Java Software Engineer
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-09-04
Listing for:
Alpine Solutions Group
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-09-04
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Backend Developer, Java Developer, Cloud Engineer - Software
Job Description & How to Apply Below
- 4+ years as a backend developer, specifically with java – EXPERT LEVEL HARD CORE JAVA DEVELOPMENT, should be doing java all day every day
- Great communication
- Experience building systems that handle high throughput and low latency in production environments (10k+ msgs/sec, low-millisecond latencies).
- Strong Java proficiency, including solid understanding of concurrency, memory management, JVM behavior, and performance optimization.
- Has been a senior/lead or principal developer (eventually will mentor backend devs) and comfortable with being the main backend developer currently on the team (ability to understand architecture while being a strong developer)
- Aspirations to grow into a director role
- Strong experience with Unit testing with J-unit
- Either comes from a small team within a large company, or comes from a small start up
- Experience in the cloud with one of these cloud enviroments: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with at least one type of SQL relational database
- Bachelor's in Comp Sci
PLUS:
- FIX Protocal experience
- Experience with derivative contracts (futures, options) and financial markets
- Must understand how Kubernetes or containerized applications work (microservices)
- Extensive experience in relational databases (PostgreSQL)
- Expert with spring boot development
- Fintech
- Websocket experience , build out api’s for the front end of the platform
- Experience with rabbit mq, or other messaging platforms
- Start ups
- Used Postman for testing
- Ability to write PostgreSQL queries manually
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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