SW Specialist

Overview

Senior Developer Specialist role on the Nasdaq Pre Trade Risk (PTR) team, building and maintaining low-latency, highly available, distributed Java and React systems deployed in customer data centers worldwide, with mentoring responsibilities for a growing team.

What you'll do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable software applications for Nasdaq's market platform.
• Write clean, well-tested code and conduct code reviews to ensure high-quality standards.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve software defects and performance bottlenecks.
• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from design through deployment.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes, engineering practices, and technical standards.
• Support the integration of platform components with internal and external systems.
• Work closely with architects and delivery leads across product teams to ensure seamless integration and collaboration between system components.
• Build and maintain automated tests to ensure product quality and reliability.
• Ensure the performance, scalability, and reliability of the platform.
• Actively participate in incident analysis, troubleshooting, and resolution when issues arise.
• Guide, coach, and mentor team members to become better developers and ensure the team delivers great quality software.

What you'll need

• 6+ years of strong technical background with extensive experience in Java development.
• Strong Object-Oriented and core Java foundation.
• Excellent communication skills and a customer-focused mindset.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while supporting demanding users.
• Passion for knowledge sharing, collaboration, and mentoring junior team members.
• Experience with AWS cloud technologies, including EKS.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD practices and tooling.
• Experience working in Agile teams using Scrum, Kanban, or similar methodologies.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience in the Financial Field.
• Experience in developing low latency applications and experience writing GC-Free code.
• Experience deploying systems both in the cloud and on prem.
• Experience with the Scrum Champion role.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
• Collaboration with Nasdaq teams across different countries.