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# Java Engineer - Low Latency Trading Systems

- **Company:** Société Générale
- **Location:** Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Trading, Continuous Integration, Memory Management, Junit, Mockito, Large Language Models, Git, Low Latency, Jenkins
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://socgen.taleo.net/careersection/sgcareers/jobapply.ftl?job=26000G31&src=CWS-1&lang=en

## About the Role

Experience & technical skills

 * Master's degree in computer science or equivalent
 * Strong experience in Core Java (10+ years) in performance-critical environments
 * Deep expertise in:
 * Concurrency, multi-threading, synchronization, executors
 * Memory management, collections, streams, generics
 * Proven experience in low latency / high throughput systems
 * Experience with performance tuning & profiling tools (JMH, JProfiler, VisualVM, etc.)
 * Solid knowledge of:
 * Distributed systems, messaging (JMS), APIs (REST/gRPC)
 * Unix/Linux environments and SQL
 * Experience with testing frameworks (JUnit, Mockito)
 * Knowledge of derivatives/trading systems is a strong plus
 * Agile mindset and familiarity with modern CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins)
 * Fluent English required
 * Interest or experience in AI-augmented development (Copilot, LLMs, automation tooling) is a strong advantage

Personal abilities & competencies

 * Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset in complex, performance-driven environments
 * Ability to work autonomously and take ownership of critical components
 * Excellent collaboration and communication skills in an international setup
 * Pragmatic, results-driven, and passionate about engineering excellence

## Description

You will contribute to a high-throughput, low-latency trading platform, with direct impact on business performance:

 * Design and develop high-performance Java components for real-time trading systems
 * Deliver new features while maintaining strict latency, throughput and resiliency constraints
 * Analyse and optimise system performance (CPU, memory, threading, GC)
 * Collaborate closely with traders, business analysts and support teams
 * Participate in production support (L3) and ensure system reliability
 * Contribute to architecture evolution and scalability improvements
 * Support onboarding of new products and business expansions
 * Continuously improve development practices, tooling and automation
 * Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and code quality


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