Senior Java Developer - Fixed Income ETrading
New York Full-time Senior Backend Engineering
At a glance
Senior Backend Engineering role at Jefferies. New York · full-time · $175,000–$225,000 base.
SalaryStated by Jefferies
$175,000 – $225,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
This role, from JefferiesOur estimate for the market: $184,538–$225,156Median $203,000
The range includes the market median of $203,000 for senior backend engineering roles in New York.
Worked out from 80 postings that stated pay, median $203,000. Last updated Nov 7, 2026.
RoleBackend Engineering
SenioritySenior
LocationNew York
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$175,000–$225,000
PostedOct 5, 2026
Role brief
techroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Build real-time applications that execute orders across electronic venues, working with traders and quantitative analysts to define the work
- Maintain and extend trading systems built with Java, ION and KDB/Q while improving availability, scale and reuse
- Coordinate with fixed income front-office teams to carry reusable frameworks across business areas
- Use test-driven development and balance delivery speed with compliance, governance and audit needs
- Guide junior developers and support sound software development practices
What you bring
- A computer science, engineering or related bachelor's or master's degree
- At least five years in financial services, including substantial front-office electronic trading system work
- Ten or more years using Java, plus strong multithreaded programming and design, testing and debugging skills
- Working knowledge of fixed income pricing and analytics, and credit buy-side or sell-side market structure
Who this fits
This senior role suits a Java developer who can communicate with the trading desk and collaborate with traders and quantitative analysts. It is based in New York and includes mentoring junior developers.
From the employer
Primary Responsibilities:
- Design & development of firm’s proprietary, high performance FI E-Trading platform encompassing fixed income all products (Credits/Rates)
- Understand RUN, Axes, RFQs workflow for Dealer to Client markets such as MarketAxess, TradeWeb, Bloomberg.
- Work alongside traders and quantitative analysts to specify and build out real-time trading applications that electronically execute orders across multiple ECNs.
- Supporting and enhancing existing infrastructure and application across a variety of technologies (ION, Java, KDB/Q)
- Drive implementation and design with emphasis on high availability, scalability and reusability
- Working with other Fixed Income front office teams lead to promote framework reusability across all business
- Champion best practice software development life cycle with emphasis in test driven coding methodology
- Balance time to market (client delivery) with proper governance, compliance and audit mandates
- Mentor junior developer
Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or related
Required Background:
- 5+ years of financial service experience
- Able to communicate effectively with the desk.
- Strong design, coding, testing and debugging skills
- Strong experience in front office trading system with emphasis on E-Trading
- Programming Languages – Java (10+ years), Python a plus.
- Must have general Fixed Income Pricing and Analytic knowledge
- Must have strong multithreaded programming experience
- Must have knowledge of Credit Buy-Side/Sell-Side market structure
- Knowledge of FIX protocol a plus
- Knowledge of ION or Broadway API a plus
- Knowledge of KDB/Q a Strong plus
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $175,000 - $225,000.
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