Java Software Engineer

Company Description

Founded by two engineers, Swissquote makes trading opportunities accessible to everyone and we challenge everything that makes traditional banking irrelevant.

The Swissquote Tech Hub in Bucharest is meant to create a new high-calibre location for the Swissquote engineering group. The Tech Hub is structured around the design, build and maintenance of innovative and reliable systems, products and services. Operating within a collaborative Agile environment, we aim to deliver effective solutions to the business and our customers using our evolving platforms.

Job Description

We are looking for a skilled and passionate Java Developer to join our dynamic team. As part of our innovative engineering group, you will contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of robust and scalable solutions that support our financial services platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Perform design reviews, provide input and estimate effort required for implementation
• Design application components to meet the business requirements and the functional design
• Write clean, efficient, and well-structured code that ensures stability, reliability, and performance
• Develop unit, integration and End2End tests to the highest possible coverage levels by using modern test frameworks
• Provide support for applications, troubleshooting issues, fixing bugs, and addressing production incidents
• Create builds and deployment baselines, deployment notes and operating instructions
• Work closely with financial experts to gain first-hand experience and discuss possible solutions and alternatives to embed their requests

Qualifications

What you will bring:

• A proactive, collaborative, and curious mindset with a strong desire to continuously learn and grow in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Solid experience (4+ years) with Java (versions 8 to 25), with a focus on modern frameworks (Spring/Spring Boot)
• Experience with databases such as Oracle, Postgres, and familiarity with Redis
• Knowledge of RESTful services
• Experience with Spring Data or Hibernate
• Proficiency in Docker and containerization
• Understanding of deployment in Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, Schema Registry
• Advanced English skills

Nice to have:

• Familiar with AI usage in an enterprise mode
• Some experience with Kafka Streams
• Pub/sub client-server architectures, including WebSockets would be a plus
• Experience with Solr databases 
• Understanding of deployment in Istio or any similar service mesh

Additional Information

What we offer: 

• Modern, international work environment built on collaboration, flexibility and respect 
• Hybrid way of working (1 day per week in the office) 
• Exciting opportunity to boost your career and develop solid banking and Fintech business expertise 
• 25+ annual days off 
• Annual bonus 
• Medical insurance 
• Meal tickets 
• Shares plan 
• Bookster 

• Managerial role: No