Senior Java Developer - Markets, Zürich (Kreis 11)

Job Details Location:

Zurich

Start date:

ASAP

Duration:

12 months– with possibility of extension

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain backend services for streaming and bulk distribution of market and trading data using modern Java technologies.

Contribute to a strong engineering culture focused on high‑quality code through craftsmanship and peer reviews.

Evolve and expand automated testing and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

Operate in a DevOps environment, diagnosing and resolving technical issues across the stack and providing support for development and production environments.

Deploy services to Kubernetes using automated processes with Octopus Deploy.

Collaborate with product owners, architects and other stakeholders to refine requirements.

Own and drive new requirements and features, proactively designing solutions that meet functional and cross‑functional needs.

Work in an agile environment with significant influence on outcomes within a physically distributed team.

Key Skills

5+ years of senior‑level Java development experience, including at least two years with Java 17 or later, ideally within the same domain.

Experience with RDBMS (Oracle), Kafka, MQ, event‑driven architecture, and batch processing.

Strong knowledge of multi‑threading and memory management in Java.

Focus on automation and software quality.

Test‑driven development experience with JUnit, test containers, and other test automation tools.

Experience with observability platforms such as Elastic/Kibana and Grafana.

Experience with on‑prem and cloud deployments in containerized environments, particularly Kubernetes.

Able to work in an agile environment.

Experience operating and supporting applications in complex environments with cross‑team and cross‑time‑zone collaboration.

Willingness to work in a global team that includes members in Singapore and Switzerland.

Positive, can‑do attitude.

Self‑motivated, capable of working with minimal direction.

Excellent communication skills in English; German is a nice to have.

Due to Swiss work permit restrictions, we can only consider applications from EU citizens or holders of a valid working permit in Switzerland.

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