Senior Java Developer

  • Montreal
  • First Derivative

Who are we?

First Derivatives (FD) is a leading software and services company, with world-leading intellectual property in ultra-high-performance analytics (KX) across industries, and extensive domain expertise and capabilities in capital markets systems and technology (managed services and consulting).

Role: Senior Core Java Developer

* 10+ years of non-internship professional software development experience

* Programming experience in Java (Core Java and Frameworks like Spring / Spring Boot) including object-oriented design

* 1 year with Apache Kafka, Kafka streams.

* 3+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems

* 3+ years of cloud experience (AWS / Azure / GCP)

* 3+ years of DevOps - CI/CD

* Strong in Data Structures and Algorithms

* Understand the problem and choose the right Data Structures and Algorithms to use

* Handle Time Space complexity

* Strong understanding of System Design.

* Ability to explain the trade-offs in certain design decisions

* Explain complex technical concepts in an easy-to-understand way

KX technology is designed to capture and analyze data to make real-time decisions in a world where data volumes generated by markets and machines are increasing exponentially, and existing technologies fail due to technological or commercial limitations.

KX is widely adopted throughout the financial industry, and is poised for accelerated growth across high-tech manufacturing, automotive, oil and gas, utilities and telecommunications.

Managed Services and Consulting

FD provides a range of services worldwide to its clients in the capital markets sector, including many of the world’s leading banks, focused on supporting mission-critical systems as well as helping them to achieve and maintain regulatory compliance.

FD provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.