Senior Software Engineer, AutoX

MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace.
Job Description
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.
The Role
At MarketAxess java is used for the core development across our trading platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be joining our Mr Robot (Automation )Trading Engineering Team, to help design and implement new features and products as it relates to leveraging technology to revolutionize the bond markets. This team is mainly responsible for handling all the automated ( AutoX, AutoXResponder , Adaptive -X ) order flow coming into Marketaxess. This is a rapidly expanding team with a focus on high-impact, forward-thinking projects.
How You’ll Help Take Us There
- Design and enhance the leading global fixed-income e-trading platform.
- Be part of a scrum team comprised of skilled technology professionals with the goal to revolutionize the credit and corporate bond markets.
- Implement and support products/initiatives from infancy to maturity.
- Work closely with system architects, product managers, and QA engineers.
- Be a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, and working with API specs and automation.
- You will be using Java Technologies - Spring Boot and RESTful microservices.
- Transform business ideas into highly utilized features and services for our customers
What We’re Looking for
- 8+ years of experience developing software components using Java with good problem-solving skills.
- 5+ years of experience with microservices using Spring/Spring Boot
- Experience building high-throughput, low-latency event-driven multithreaded applications using Core Java
- Strong knowledge of third-party integrations; FIX and API
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Passion for collaborating, tackling hard problems, and not being afraid to ask questions
- Experience developing products/platforms on AWS. Cloud certifications are a plus
- Knowledge of Kafka, Redis and React is a plus
What You Can Expect from Us
In addition to working on cutting edge technology and in our culture of innovation, collaboration, and openness, we offer:
- Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
- Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks.
- Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
- Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
- 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $10K
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
- Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
- Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our - Hudson Yards location
- Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences
- Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
For job positions in NYC, NY, and other locations where required, the estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $150,000 USD to $225,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job-related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. You may also be eligible for annual cash incentives, equity, and other benefit programs.
MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.
All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.
The Role
At MarketAxess java is used for the core development across our trading platform. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will be joining our Mr Robot (Automation )Trading Engineering Team, to help design and implement new features and products as it relates to leveraging technology to revolutionize the bond markets. This team is mainly responsible for handling all the automated ( AutoX, AutoXResponder , Adaptive -X ) order flow coming into Marketaxess. This is a rapidly expanding team with a focus on high-impact, forward-thinking projects.
How You’ll Help Take Us There
- Design and enhance the leading global fixed-income e-trading platform.
- Be part of a scrum team comprised of skilled technology professionals with the goal to revolutionize the credit and corporate bond markets.
- Implement and support products/initiatives from infancy to maturity.
- Work closely with system architects, product managers, and QA engineers.
- Be a core member of an agile team driving the latest development practices, writing code and unit tests, and working with API specs and automation.
- You will be using Java Technologies - Spring Boot and RESTful microservices.
- Transform business ideas into highly utilized features and services for our customers
What We’re Looking for
- 8+ years of experience developing software components using Java with good problem-solving skills.
- 5+ years of experience with microservices using Spring/Spring Boot
- Experience building high-throughput, low-latency event-driven multithreaded applications using Core Java
- Strong knowledge of third-party integrations; FIX and API
- Experience building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
- Passion for collaborating, tackling hard problems, and not being afraid to ask questions
- Experience developing products/platforms on AWS. Cloud certifications are a plus
- Knowledge of Kafka, Redis and React is a plus
What You Can Expect from Us
In addition to working on cutting edge technology and in our culture of innovation, collaboration, and openness, we offer:
- Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
- Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks.
- Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
- Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
- 401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $10K
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
- Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
- Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our - Hudson Yards location
- Tuition Assistance and Professional Training: Benefit from on-demand learning, boot camps, and opportunities to attend conferences
- Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
For job positions in NYC, NY, and other locations where required, the estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $150,000 USD to $225,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job-related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. You may also be eligible for annual cash incentives, equity, and other benefit programs.
MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.
All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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#LI-CG1