Design, develop, test, maintain, and improve distributed software systems that balance high-performance with stability
Develop automated tests to ensure high quality software
Provide demonstrations to individuals throughout the organization, actively seeking feedback to refine and improve our work
Review requirements for completeness and clarity, working closely with stakeholders and customers to bridge the gap between technical constraints and customer needs
Participate in after-hours support in our on-call rotation. Note that this position is overtime-exempt position
Nodal has a hybrid work culture, and we are looking for an engineer who thrives in an environment that values in-office team interactions
Willing to participate in on-call rotation in line with the industry practices. Note that this position is overtime-exempt position

Requirements

Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field and 2+ years’ experience
Strong programming skills in Java or Kotlin. Solid understanding of Object Oriented Design.
Knowledge/experience with Spring Boot, Docker, relational database, and Git
Strong problem solving skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate multiple solutions.
Ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical colleagues
Love of coding and, automation, paired with the maturity to learn new technologies to solve business problems
Confidence in one's ideas, along with openness to others' ideas
Nice to have: Experience leveraging AI coding assistants (like Claude Code or Cursor) to accelerate development cycles while taking full ownership of code quality to keep production stable.
Experience in database optimization, performance improvement, benchmark and testing.
Familiarity with Hazelcast or Redis, Jmeter, ReactJS, RabbitMQ or Kafka, CI/CD, Grafana and Prometheus.
General knowledge of derivative trading.

Benefits

Nodal Employee Benefits and Perks: https://nodalexchange.pinpointhq.com
Applicants for this role must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

JavaKotlinObject Oriented DesignSpring BootDockerrelational databaseGitdatabase optimizationperformance improvementbenchmark and testing

Soft Skills

problem solvingeffective communicationcollaborationopenness to ideasconfidence in ideas

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science