Backend Engineer

Whippany, New Jersey Permanent USD150,000 - USD175,000 per year View Job Description
The Backend Engineer will focus on designing, developing, and maintaining strong server-side solutions to support the company's financial services operations. This role involves collaborating closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and high performance of backend systems.
  • Permanent opportunity with a well-reputed firm.
  • Join a new and evolving team in the organization.

About Our Client

A company in the financial services industry located in New York City.

Job Description

  • Develop and maintain scalable backend systems to support financial services applications.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration with front-end systems.
  • Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following best practices.
  • Optimize server-side performance to ensure high availability and reliability.
  • Implement data security measures and ensure compliance with industry standards.
  • Debug and resolve technical issues to maintain system integrity and performance.
  • Participate in code reviews and contribute to the continuous improvement of development processes.
  • Stay updated with emerging technologies and industry trends to enhance system capabilities.



MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

  • Strong backend engineering experience with Java 21+, Spring Boot, microservices, REST APIs, and object-oriented design.
  • Proven ability to build scalable, resilient enterprise applications, leveraging event-driven architectures and Kafka.
  • Experience developing and integrating backend services using API integrations, caching strategies, data access layers, and well-defined service boundaries.
  • Solid software engineering fundamentals, including JUnit, Maven, GitLab, CI/CD, automated testing, code quality, monitoring, and observability.
  • Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, containerized environments, deployment automation, and production support within large-scale enterprise environments.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to partner effectively across product, architecture, UI, DevOps, and distributed engineering teams.

What's on Offer

  • Competitive salary ranging from $150,000 to $175,000 per year.
  • Comprehensive benefits package.
  • 401(k) match program.



Interested? Apply today.

Contact
Hannah Nagle
Quote job ref
JN-072026-7069390

Job summary

Sector
Information Technology
Sub Sector
IT Development
Industry
Financial Services
Where
Whippany
Contract Type
Permanent
Consultant name
Hannah Nagle
Job Reference
JN-072026-7069390
 

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