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Java Developer - Trading Risk Management Platform - J13301

A recruiter seeks a Java engineer for an unnamed institution’s derivatives risk platform. The role combines real-time trade and risk services with modernisation and production ownership.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Implement Java services for risk feeds and derivative workflows.
Modernise interfaces and services using containers.
Diagnose production faults and deliver tested permanent fixes.

What they ask for

Required

Core Java on Linux
Large distributed systems
SQL and shell scripting
FIX and REST interfaces
Production troubleshooting

Preferred

SPAN or VaR and derivative products
Docker, Kubernetes or cloud
Python or Perl

Education: No degree requirement stated.
Experience: 10 or more years developing software directly; work includes scheduled overnight and holiday support.
Languages and tools: Java
Linux
SQL
Shell
Markets: options, futures

How to prepare

Build a tested derivatives-risk update service.
Trace a simulated production fault across logs and data flows.
Design release and recovery checks for containerised risk services.

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SelfMadeQuant wrote this summary from the employer’s public posting, last checked 6 November 2026. SelfMadeQuant isn’t affiliated with Pinpoint Asia and doesn’t handle applications.