About the Company
At Adaptive, we are a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants. We value differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage. Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs and capital market service providers. With a global reach with offices in London, New York, Barcelona and Montreal, we have a proven track record delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.
Aeron - our flagship high-performance messaging infrastructure.
Hydra - our developer framework for accelerating the development and delivery of trading systems.
A problem solver with strong analytical skills.
Happy to work in a test-driven and Agile development fashion.
Experience in Java server-side software development.
Expertise in Java technologies, including related Java and other technologies.
Solid experience programming using Core Java. Minimum Java 17.
General knowledge of data injection/inversion of control.
General familiarity with data structures such as sets, hashes, caches etc.
A good understanding of software development methodologies and best practices, including experience with Agile methodologies.
Working with DevOps to deploy applications.
Experience with software maintenance, bug fixing, and enhancements.
Experience with Agile development methodologies (Scrum, Kanban).
Design and develop Java applications and libraries.
Troubleshoot and debug Java applications to ensure smooth performance.




Conduct unit testing to ensure code quality and application stability.
Participate in code reviews to ensure code quality, maintainability, and reusability.
Keep up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in Java development.
Participate in Agile development methodology and adhere to software development best practices.
Pair with other team members to ensure high-quality outcomes.
Exposure to low latency/high performance systems.
Exposure to additional languages (C, C++, Go, Rust, C#).
Experience developing Front Office financial systems.
Experience with build tools and automation Gradle, GitHub Actions etc.
Experience with cloud computing platforms, such as AWS or Azure, is a plus.
Our fantastic team takes pride in crafting complex technical solutions but also loves sharing their knowledge and helping you grow professionally (we have extraordinary minds at Adaptive) You can learn from anyone here, which is the beauty of it.
Great consideration for work/life balance (highly-versátil, hybrid working model, well-being benefits…). We work hard to provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture and to positively impact our staff and local communities through different well-being, diversity and inclusion programmes.
Private Health Insurance
~ Language classes (English and Spanish)

A chat with one of our recruiters.
# A Zoom chat with one of our Java colleagues where they will ask you detailed questions about Java knowledge and your experience.
# A face-to-face interview (either in our office or via Zoom). You will also have a chat with our local director.

Diversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace, and Adaptive is better when it’s more representative of the world around us.

📌 Senior Software Engineer (Java), hibrido (Barcelona)
🏢 Adaptive
📍 Barcelona