Core Java Developer - Fixed Income - RFQ

Senior Java developer to join Fixed Income Technology team. Front-Office Platform used by traders to price, quote, and manage risk across investment-grade and high-yield bonds. Our next phase is focused on expanding our RFQ infrastructure : onboarding additional liquidity venues, supporting new protocols, and enhancing automation across quoting and execution workflows. We’re looking for a strong backend engineer with excellent architectural instincts, a passion for building production-grade systems, and the ability to quickly pick up complex domain knowledge. This is a hands-on development role — but the right candidate will also help shape design decisions, mentor teammates, and own critical components end-to-end. What You’ll Work On

• Backend services for real-time pricing, quoting, and trade execution workflows
• RFQ lifecycle handling and automated dealer quoting infrastructure
• Event-driven systems that integrate with trading UIs (OpenFin) and internal risk engines
• Collaborations with traders, product, and quant teams to translate business needs into scalable software
• Clean, modular code that’s built for performance, observability, and resilience under production load
• Create thorough test cases to ensure software stability and reliability
• Manage, train, and grow Fixed Income development team Requirements
• 5+ years of professional Core Java development experience
• Experience with multi-threading, event-driven systems, and performance tuning
• Ability to break down complex workflows and deliver high-quality, maintainable solutions
• Strong communication skills and comfort working in high-stakes, trader-facing environments
• Familiarity with capital markets environments — especially supporting trading desks or electronic trading platforms
• Proven background building backend services for front-office systems in financial services Preferred Experience
• Built or contributed to RFQ engines, quoting platforms, or execution tools for dealers
• Strong understanding of fixed income workflows, particularly dealer quoting and trade execution
• Familiar with bond pricing conventions : yield, spread, price
• FIX protocol knowledge and experience integrating with Tradeweb, Bloomberg, or MarketAxess
• Knowledge of both U.S. and Canadian bond market conventions