Java Distributed Systems Engineer - Montreal - Fintech

About Adaptive

Role overview

What you will do

• Analyze, design, discuss, and develop distributed systems based on replicated state machines.
• Write clean, efficient, maintainable, self-documenting Java code.
• Design and evolve messaging protocols and software libraries.
• Troubleshoot and debug Java applications and distributed systems.
• Apply testing, benchmarking, measurement, and profiling to improve correctness and performance.
• Participate in code reviews, pairing, and technical discussions.
• Contribute to product decisions and keep up to date with relevant engineering practices.
• Communicate technical decisions and priorities to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What you will bring

• Experience designing, building, debugging, and operating distributed systems.
• Strong experience developing server-side software in Java.
• Experience designing and evolving messaging protocols or software libraries.
• Experience using testing for software quality, including correctness and performance.
• Experience measuring, benchmarking, and profiling components or systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A collaborative approach, with interest in sharing knowledge and learning.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands by long-term value and explain priorities.
• Confidence to challenge the status quo and suggest technical or cultural improvements.

Useful additional experience

• Experience in one or more of the following is valuable but not required: messaging technologies or replicated state machines; low-latency, high-throughput, or predictable-performance systems; property-based or deterministic simulation testing.
• Useful areas also include FIX or ITCH, OMS, EMS or exchange systems, C or C++, Gradle or GitHub Actions, AWS, GCP or Azure, Kubernetes, pre-sales or customer-facing technical discussions, and public technical communication.

Working model

• Adaptive supports a highly flexible hybrid working model.

Benefits

• Benefits include 23 days of holiday, partial group insurance and public transport pass costs, pension contributions matched up to 5% of annual salary, and partial gym membership costs.
• The company describes wellbeing support, work-life balance, and an inclusive culture.

Interview process

• The interview process begins with a recruiter conversation and includes a technical stage; the provided description ends before the process details are complete.