About us @Symphony 

We’ve spent the last 6 years building the financial markets largest, most trusted communication network. Over 500 market participants across the buy-side, sell-side, securities servicing, and beyond. Over half a million users from trading desks to operations and custody teams interacting securely and in real-time on Symphony.

But that was only chapter one. We’re now using our technology foundation to accelerate far beyond secure collaboration to become the standard connective layer that enables more efficient and automated workflows across the industry to bring the future to financial markets.

The opportunity and our ambition are huge. But we need passionate, dedicated individuals to get there. At Symphony we work hard and fast. Our unique blend of technology and financial services makes it an environment you won't get elsewhere.

Job Description:

At Symphony, we’re on a mission to help people communicate, collaborate and enjoy their work. Our secure messaging and meetings platform is changing the way people do business in information sensitive industries. Our customers are fast-paced, and rely on Symphony to keep up.

Symphony is a platform that provides end-to-end secure messaging. Weʼre looking for a motivated, productive, team-oriented, and hands-on Senior Software Engineer to join one of our engineering Teams.

Responsibilities:

• Design and build scalable, distributed, server-side Java Enterprise software applications and microservices
• Work on an Agile Scrum team to effectively define and scope backlog items and identify risks and interdependencies early
• Conduct code reviews and give guidance to development teams
• Drive and perform the best engineering practices, maintaining a high bar for quality and craftsmanship

Required Qualifications:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or related practical experience
• Proven experience crafting and implementing high-performance, horizontally scalable, server-side distributed systems in Java
• Technical excellence in Java technologies and exposure to Spring Boot
• Deep familiarity with design patterns & multi-threaded programming
• Solid understanding of internet technologies (TCP/IP, HTTP, HTML, CSS, XML, JavaScript)
• Knowledge of web services, REST, JSON
• Ability to perform clean RESTful API design and understand the impact of the design on client side application code

Preferred qualifications:

• BS/BA/MS/ PhD with a strong demonstrable experience or related experience
• Passion and demonstrated experience in developing software in a large-scale microservice system
• Knowledge of Linux system implications and how different JVM implementations/versions work in these environments
• Experience with container orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes) and container runtimes (e.g. Docker)
• Experience using tracing and logging systems to diagnose production problems quickly
• Experience building business-critical, large-scale systems with extreme availability
• Experience with public cloud, preferably Amazon AWS
• Exposure to continuous delivery pipelines
• Experience building business-critical, large-scale systems with extreme availability
• Experience with public cloud including Amazon AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure

SYMPHONY TECHNOLOGY STACK:

Here's what we use: Linux (Centos 7), Amazon AWS (EC2), Google Cloud, MongoDB / HBase, SaltStack, JavaScript, J2EE, Jenkins, Docker, Tomcat, Hazelcast, Google PubSub, Spring Boot, Rest Assured, DynamoDB, Yeoman, Terraform

Benefits and perks*:

• Regional specific competitive benefits
• Build your own Benefits (BYOB) perk
• Fully stocked kitchen and catered or reimbursed lunches
• Many other fun and exciting benefits and activities!

Compensation:

• Competitive salary
• Bonus Plan
• Benefits and Perks vary based on location.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Symphony reserves the right of ownership for all unsolicited resumes submitted for this requisition and is not responsible for any fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Symphony participates in E-Verify.

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the completion of an I-9 form and submission of the appropriate documents for identity and work authorization.

Any information provided to us will be processed by Symphony in compliance with applicable data privacy laws and regulations, including but not limited to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA). Please refer to our Candidate Portal Policy attached for further information about how Symphony processes your personal data, Symphony’s legal basis for such processing, and the rights that you have with respect to your personal data that Symphony processes. For any questions you may have in this regard, please contact legal@symphony.com.