What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Software Development Engineer position at Luma Financial Technologies?
About Luma Financial Technologies
Founded in 2018, Luma Financial Technologies (“Luma”) has pioneered a cutting-edge fintech software platform that has been adopted by broker/dealer firms, RIA offices, and private banks around the world. By using Luma, institutional and retail investors have a fully customizable, independent, buy-side technology platform that helps financial teams more efficiently learn about, research, purchase, and manage alternative investments as well as annuities. Luma gives these users the ability to oversee the full, end-to-end process lifecycle by offering a suite of solutions. These include education resources and training materials; creation and pricing of custom structured products; electronic order entry; and post-trade management. By prioritizing transparency and ease of use, Luma is a multi-issuer, multi-wholesaler, and multi-product option that advisors can utilize to best meet their clients’ specific portfolio needs. Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, Luma also has offices in New York, NY, Miami, FL, Zurich, Switzerland and Lisbon, Portugal. For more information, please visit Luma’s website.
About The Role
We are seeking skilled and adaptable Software Development Engineers to design and implement integrations with our platform. In this role, you will collaborate with engineers, product owners, and business teams to understand requirements, design scalable and maintainable solutions, and ensure security by design. Performance is critical to providing a seamless user experience, and we expect you to optimize for efficiency and speed.
The ideal candidate will ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions. A strong focus on code test coverage, CI/CD best practices, and production support is essential. Given our decentralized team structure, the ability to work effectively across multiple time zones is required.
Please Note
Founded in 2018, Luma Financial Technologies (“Luma”) has pioneered a cutting-edge fintech software platform that has been adopted by broker/dealer firms, RIA offices, and private banks around the world. By using Luma, institutional and retail investors have a fully customizable, independent, buy-side technology platform that helps financial teams more efficiently learn about, research, purchase, and manage alternative investments as well as annuities. Luma gives these users the ability to oversee the full, end-to-end process lifecycle by offering a suite of solutions. These include education resources and training materials; creation and pricing of custom structured products; electronic order entry; and post-trade management. By prioritizing transparency and ease of use, Luma is a multi-issuer, multi-wholesaler, and multi-product option that advisors can utilize to best meet their clients’ specific portfolio needs. Headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, Luma also has offices in New York, NY, Miami, FL, Zurich, Switzerland and Lisbon, Portugal. For more information, please visit Luma’s website.
About The Role
We are seeking skilled and adaptable Software Development Engineers to design and implement integrations with our platform. In this role, you will collaborate with engineers, product owners, and business teams to understand requirements, design scalable and maintainable solutions, and ensure security by design. Performance is critical to providing a seamless user experience, and we expect you to optimize for efficiency and speed.
The ideal candidate will ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions. A strong focus on code test coverage, CI/CD best practices, and production support is essential. Given our decentralized team structure, the ability to work effectively across multiple time zones is required.
Please Note
- This is a hybrid position required to work 3 days/week from Luma's Cincinnati, OH or New York City office
- Sponsorship for U.S. work authorization is not available for this opportunity.
- Design and implement scalable microservices
- Develop and maintain high-performance Java and Spring Boot applications
- Create and optimize APIs with a focus on system reliability
- Implement comprehensive testing strategies
- Develop async communication systems
- Implement robust monitoring and alerting solutions
- Work with both relational and non-relational databases
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine and deliver technical solutions
- Stay up to date with emerging technologies, architectures, and coding best practices
- Adapt to a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
- Either a Bachelors degree with 2-4 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree with 0-2 years of relevant experience
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Proven experience working in an Agile framework (Scrum/Kanban)
- Excellent communication
- Demonstrated commitment to high-quality, maintainable code
- Strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot
- Strong experience with relational and noSQL databases
- Solid understanding of microservices architecture and design patterns
- API and Async streaming
- Experience with production support and troubleshooting
- Hands-on experience with cloud computing (AWS preferred)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and production deployment best practices