Associate Software Engineer at Forbes Technical Consulting Associate Software Engineer at Forbes Technical Consulting in Des Plaines, Illinois Posted in 41 minutes ago.

Type:

full-time

Associate Software Engineer Location:

downtown Chicago; 3 days in office

•please note that this is a Full Time / Permanent position and we are unable to provide sponsorship or set up C2C. This role supports the development of cloud-based, scalable architecture powering instrument management, settlements, and clearing systems. The engineer will work alongside senior team members, gradually taking ownership of specific components and features while growing their technical skills. Responsibilities Assist with the technical design and implementation of core infrastructure components under senior guidance Take ownership of and maintain features within a microservices architecture, writing clean, functional code that follows established patterns Contribute to distributed systems work, building hands-on experience with Kafka, Postgres, and in-memory data structures Work with team members to translate requirements into technical tasks while learning the product and engineering workflows Participate in on-call rotation and incident response, learning to monitor system health and interpret logs and dashboards with senior support Requirements Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field 2 years or less of professional experience (internships will be considered) Java proficiency, with willingness to learn concurrency, memory management, and JVM behavior Familiarity with microservices, event streaming, and relational databases Genuine interest in distributed systems and building scalable, high-throughput infrastructure