Jobs at Adaptive (weareadaptive.com)

Design, develop, test, debug, and operate Java applications and libraries for high-performance capital markets technology. Build distributed systems, messaging protocols, and software libraries; benchmark and profile components; participate in code reviews and pair programming; and collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders in an Agile environment.

Develop server-side Java applications for complex front-office financial systems in fintech. Build and enhance e-trading, OMS, EMS, exchange, and brokerage solutions using cloud-based and event-driven architectures. Collaborate in Agile teams, solve challenging technical problems, contribute to engineering standards, share knowledge, and participate in pair programming and client-focused delivery.

Develop and enhance Java-based financial crime surveillance and card-fraud systems, including resolution orchestration, external fraud-partner integrations, decision loading, and resilient event processing. The role requires strong server-side Java expertise, financial front-office and trading systems experience, cloud and event-driven architecture knowledge, Agile experience, French fluency, and collaboration on complex fintech solutions.

Lead complex fintech software delivery projects for clients, coordinating distributed engineering, QA, BA, SRE, product, consulting, and client teams. Own integrated plans, backlogs, dependencies, risks, releases, governance, budgets, resourcing, and stakeholder communications. Drive Agile delivery, testing, operational readiness, continuous improvement, team development, client commitments, and commercial forecasting.

Design, build, and optimize high-performance, low-latency Java services and protocols for exchange and matching-engine systems. The role includes modeling orders and accounts, developing automated testing and benchmarking strategies, profiling performance, diagnosing production issues, collaborating with clients and internal engineering teams, and supporting deployments. After six months, the engineer will independently own technical workstreams through production readiness while delivering observable, maintainable systems and communicating technical trade-offs effectively.

Design, develop, debug, and operate Java-based distributed systems using replicated state machines. Evolve messaging protocols and software libraries, improve correctness and performance through testing, benchmarking, measurement, and profiling, and contribute to architecture and product decisions. The role also involves code reviews, technical collaboration, stakeholder communication, and knowledge sharing. Experience with low-latency systems, financial protocols, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, or build automation is beneficial.

Design, develop, debug, and operate Java-based distributed systems using replicated state machines. Responsibilities include evolving messaging protocols and libraries, testing and benchmarking for correctness and performance, profiling systems, participating in code reviews, influencing product and architecture decisions, and communicating technical priorities.

Business Analyst supporting a financial crime surveillance and digital onboarding project. The role gathers and prioritizes requirements, manages the delivery backlog, defines acceptance criteria and tests, represents stakeholders, supports Agile planning and estimation, captures non-functional requirements, and follows implementation and testing through completion. Requires collaboration with distributed teams and familiarity with client onboarding, KYC, QA/UAT, UX design, and software delivery concepts.

Develop and enhance automated testing strategies across unit, component, integration, system, and end-to-end levels. Design test plans, investigate defects, perform exploratory and performance testing, and improve CI/CD pipeline reliability. Collaborate with QA, development, DevOps, and business teams to expand coverage, improve quality practices, and validate distributed systems. Build containerized test environments, use observability and chaos testing, and promote a culture of shared quality ownership.

Designs and improves automated testing strategies across unit, integration, system, and end-to-end levels. Develops Java-based tests, investigates defects, creates test plans, and performs exploratory, performance, chaos, and load testing. Integrates testing and static analysis into CI/CD pipelines, maintains containerized test environments, monitors quality metrics, and partners with development, DevOps, QA, and business teams to improve software quality and coverage.

Design, build, and optimize high-performance, low-latency Java services and protocols for exchange, matching-engine, and trading infrastructure. Develop order, session, instrument, and account models; create automated testing and benchmarking strategies; diagnose production issues; and support deployments. Collaborate with clients, SREs, QA, and leadership to deliver production-ready, observable systems and communicate technical trade-offs clearly.

Serve as a technical bridge between product and engineering to define and document functional and non-functional requirements, shape backlog and deliverable stories, contribute to architecture discussions, and ensure solutions meet performance, scalability and QA expectations in an Agile/Kanban environment.

Lead technical business analysis for complex front-office fintech platforms: shape and document functional and non-functional requirements, drive backlog and acceptance criteria, collaborate with engineering/QA/architecture, simplify complex designs into deliverable stories, and support delivery, testing and operational readiness in Agile/Kanban environments.

As a Solution Engineer, you will build trusted client relationships, ensure technical excellence in solutions, advocate for standards and best practices, and mentor others in a capital markets environment.

The Solution Engineer at Adaptive will design and deliver advanced technology solutions for capital markets while mentoring and leading a technical team.