Interactive Brokers

Software Engineer II

Interactive Brokers$100K — $130K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years as a Full Stack Developer with strong Java experience
  • Hands-on knowledge of Vert.x or similar frameworks
  • Proficient in Vue.js, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
  • Strong Oracle SQL skills for query optimization
  • Understanding of RESTful API design and integration
  • Experience in high-stakes financial services environment
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop server-side applications with Java and Vert.x
  • Build and enhance front-end interfaces using Vue.js and HTML
  • Optimize Oracle SQL queries and support risk reporting systems
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle
  • Monitor system performance and resolve production issues
  • Contribute to code reviews and technical documentation
  • Take ownership of modules ensuring timely delivery

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company match
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Daily lunch allowance and stocked kitchen
  • Team-building corporate events and volunteer activities
  • Education reimbursement and professional development opportunities
Full Job Description
This is a hybrid role (3 days in the office/2 days remote).

About your team:

Interactive Brokers is seeking an experienced Full Stack Java Developer to join a small, high-impact team responsible for the development and maintenance of CoChMA (Client-risk Operations and Control Hub for Monitoring Applications), our integrated client services risk management platform, along with various other internal risk and margin systems. These tools are mission-critical, actively utilized by the Client Risk Management (CR) team to monitor and mitigate client-facing risk exposure across IBKR's global operations.

What will be your responsibilities within IBKR:
  • Design, develop, and maintain server-side application components usingJava and the Vert.x framework.
  • Build and enhance front-end interfaces using Vue.js, HTML, and CSS
  • Write and optimize complex Oracle SQL queries, stored procedures, and data models to support margin rate governance system, risk and margin reporting.
  • Participate in the full software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
  • Monitor system health and performance, proactively identifying and resolving issues in production environments.
  • Contribute to code reviews, technical documentation, and team knowledge sharing.
  • Work independently and take full ownership of assigned modules and features, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery.
  • Continuously improve existing systems through refactoring, performance tuning, and adoption of best practices.
  • Have a desire to learn about and understand financial instruments and concepts.

Skills Required:
  • Proven experience as a Full Stack Developer with a strong emphasis on Java back-end development
  • Hands-on experience with Vert.x or similar reactive/event-driven Java frameworks
  • Proficiency in front-end technologies: Vue.js, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3
  • Strong working knowledge of Oracle SQL, including query optimization and schema design
  • Solid understanding of RESTful API design and integration
  • Experience developing and maintaining applications in a financial services or similarly high-stakes environment
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mindset
  • Ability to work effectively within a small, collaborative team while managing individual responsibilities with a high degree of autonomy

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with Perl and/or Python for scripting, automation, or data processing tasks
  • Familiarity with risk management concepts, margin systems, or financial regulatory frameworks
  • Exposure to low-latency or high-availability system design
  • Experience working in an Agile or iterative development environment

To be successful in this position, you should be:
  • Detail-oriented self-starter who is comfortable working both independently and collaborating with your team.
  • Passionate about writing clean, well-tested, and maintainable code.
  • You should have a high level of comfort in an environment of continuous integration and deployment.
  • Optimizing, improving, and supporting existing algorithms and systems to reach the goal of highly automated robust systems with full test coverage requiring minimal operational oversight.
  • Creating independent automated risk controls and checks to ensure that systems are performing as expected and catching potential errors as soon as possible.
  • Developing message-oriented systems, batch processing applications, and web application-based management consoles.
  • Continuous learner and will use and/or learn the right language and technology to solve a problem.

Company Benefits & Perks
  • Competitive salary, annual performance-based bonus and stock grant
  • Retirement plan 401(k) with a competitive company match
  • Excellent health and wellness benefits, including medical, dental, and vision benefits, and a company-paid medical healthcare premium
  • Wellness screenings and assessments, health coaches and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Daily company lunch allowance provided, and a fully stocked kitchen with healthy options for breakfast and snack
  • Corporate events, including team outings, dinners, volunteer activities and company sports teams
  • Education reimbursement and learning opportunities

About Interactive Brokers

Interactive Brokers is a leading online brokerage firm. They offer a wide range of services to clients, including trading in stocks, options, futures, currencies, and bonds. Interactive Brokers is known for their low fees and advanced trading platform. They have a team of experienced professionals who are committed to providing the best service to their clients. Interactive Brokers is a publicly traded company and is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
Learn more about Interactive Brokers
Size
2,683 employees
Market Cap
$30 billion
Industry
Net Income
$195 million
5 Year Trend
+14.8%
Revenue
$2.4 billion
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