What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Java / Angular Developer / Fintech / Hybrid Princeton, NJ position at Motion Recruitment?
We are partnered with a leading U.S. financial exchange that provides electronic trading and market infrastructure for the financial markets. The organization is looking for an experienced Full Stack Developer to build and enhance high-performance trading applications in a fast-paced, technology-driven environment.
This role is ideal for a senior engineer with deep Java backend experience and strong Angular skills who has worked in a trading, exchange, brokerage, or capital markets environment. You will work across distributed systems, microservices, cloud infrastructure, and real-time messaging while contributing to mission-critical trading platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain full stack applications supporting trading and exchange systems
Build scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices
Develop responsive front-end applications using Angular
Design and integrate event-driven systems using Kafka
Build and support cloud-based applications and infrastructure on AWS
Collaborate with product, engineering, and trading teams to deliver new functionality
Troubleshoot and optimize high-performance, business-critical applications
Contribute to architecture, technical design, testing, and production support
Qualifications
This role is ideal for a senior engineer with deep Java backend experience and strong Angular skills who has worked in a trading, exchange, brokerage, or capital markets environment. You will work across distributed systems, microservices, cloud infrastructure, and real-time messaging while contributing to mission-critical trading platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, and maintain full stack applications supporting trading and exchange systems
Build scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices
Develop responsive front-end applications using Angular
Design and integrate event-driven systems using Kafka
Build and support cloud-based applications and infrastructure on AWS
Collaborate with product, engineering, and trading teams to deliver new functionality
Troubleshoot and optimize high-performance, business-critical applications
Contribute to architecture, technical design, testing, and production support
Qualifications
- 11–18 years of professional software development experience
- Strong hands-on Java and Spring Boot experience
- Extensive experience building microservices and distributed systems
- Strong Kafka/event-streaming experience
- Strong AWS cloud experience
- Hands-on Angular development experience
- Experience working with high-volume, low-latency, or real-time applications
- Trading, financial markets, brokerage, exchange, or capital markets experience strongly preferred
- Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, and scalable application design
- $160,000 – $175,000 base salary Bonus
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- 401(k) match
- Additional company benefits
- Paid Time Off
Salary : $160,000 - $175,000