Senior Software Engineer — (Java, Python & Trading Platforms)

Contractor · Remote in Mexico (only)· Full-time · US Central Time zone overlap

Contract: Through the end of the year, with a strong possibility of extension

About the Role

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join a Trading Platform team supporting a large financial services organization in the commodities and integral markets space.

You will work on a platform used by traders across the oil, gas, and energy trading business. The role combines hands-on software development with close collaboration with front-office teams to understand trading workflows and turn business requirements into production-ready solutions.

A key initiative will be the migration of a legacy profit-and-loss (P&L;) system into the core trading platform, followed by the decommissioning of the legacy system. You will also contribute to ongoing feature development, troubleshooting, code reviews, and production support.

This is a hands-on engineering role where strong Java development experience is the top priority.

Responsibilities




- Design and develop new features for a production trading platform.
- Work directly with traders and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
- Contribute to the migration of a legacy P&L; system into the trading platform.
- Write and maintain production-quality Java code.
- Participate in code reviews and help maintain engineering standards.
- Investigate and resolve bugs and production issues.
- Collaborate with other engineers across the trading platform team.
- Use AI development tools such as Claude to support development, troubleshooting, code review, and problem solving.

Qualifications
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong, hands-on Java expertise — this is the primary technical requirement.
- Working experience with Python and SQL databases.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerized application

📌 Senior Software Engineer — (México)
🏢 Golabs Tech
📍 México