Java Backend Developer

Software Developer

Our Investments & Capital Markets division is seeking a skilled software developer to join the team building our Derivative Analytics platform. This sophisticated, user-facing application interfaces directly with the firm's risk models and analytics engines, enabling financial analysts and quants to model securities quickly, accurately, and intuitively.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5 years of professional software development experience, with strong proficiency in Java and the Spring Boot ecosystem (REST APIs, Spring Security, Spring Data JPA, etc.).
• 2–3 years of experience with Git in a collaborative, team-based development workflow (branching strategies, PRs, code reviews).
• 1–2 years of experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, or Podman).
• Experience with TypeScript and modern React tooling (Vite, Next.js, etc.).
• Solid experience with JUnit and/or other automated testing frameworks; commitment to high test coverage.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge technical and business conversations.
• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem-solving ability.
• Prior work experience at Freddie Mac or in the financial services industry.

Applicants must be able to work directly for Artech on W2.

Preferred Skills & Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative discipline.
• Familiarity with relational databases and writing complex SQL queries.
• Experience with message brokers or event-driven architectures (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ) in a financial services context.
• Exposure to cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and CI/CD pipeline tooling (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, etc.).
• Experience using JIRA or similar tools for Agile planning, sprint tracking, and delivery management.
• Hands-on React development experience, including component architecture, state management (e.g., Redux, Zustand, or React Query), and API integration.
• Prior experience in financial services, capital markets, or fintech environments.
• Proficiency with shell scripting for automation, deployment support, and operational troubleshooting.
• Working knowledge of fixed income concepts: duration, convexity, spread, option-adjusted spread (OAS), and related derivatives.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Architect and develop scalable Spring Boot RESTful APIs and services that integrate with multiple upstream data sources, analytics systems, and the Derivative Analytics Platform UI.
• Connect backend services to existing internal platforms to retrieve market data, run risk analytics, and surface results to end users.
• Write clean, maintainable code backed by comprehensive automated tests using JUnit, with strong unit and integration coverage.
• Proactively identify and resolve defects, reduce technical debt, and champion software engineering best practices across the codebase.
• Coordinate across the full stack — data, services, APIs, and infrastructure — to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Actively contribute to architecture discussions, pull request reviews, and technical documentation with a focus on thoughtful, scalable design.