(MID LEVEL) Software Engineer Specialist

As a Software Engineer Specialist reporting to Senior Director of Software Engineering, you'll play a critical role in setting technical direction, owning architecture decisions, and enabling a new R&D team to take responsible AI solutions from concept to production in global financial markets. You'll thrive in this position if you're a hands-on engineer who leads through delivery, mentors with generosity, and brings rigorous thinking to problems that don't always have a defined answer from the start. Key Responsibilities Contribute to deliveries for cloud-native solutions built on Java and React, setting the technical bar participating in architecture decisions end-to-end. Implement integrations using REST and MCP protocols, ensuring services are reliable, observable, and production-ready. Contribute to cross-functional initiatives spanning testing, deployment, observability, operability, and security, requirement analysis and solution design. Promote the adoption of AI-assisted tooling across products and the software development lifecycle, and take on Agile process roles (e.g., Scrum Master or Product Owner) as needed to support team delivery. Required Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience. Several years of experience in full-stack software engineering, with Java expertise applying OOP and SOLID principles within frameworks such as Spring. Experience building component-based web applications; React and TypeScript experience is strongly valued. Solid SQL skills including CRUD operations, schema design, and working with database-backed services, alongside strong data structures and algorithms knowledge. Proficiency with Git workflows, Linux command-line usage, and an understanding of containerization using Docker or Podman. Practical experience using AI-assisted tools in a real development workflow. Preferred Qualifications Exposure to LLM or agent development, including function calling, retrieval-augmented generation, prompt engineering, or agent-tool protocols. Basic familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tooling (e.g., Terraform or OpenTofu), Python or another scripting language, or Kubernetes. Come as You Are Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives, experiences, and identities are valued and celebrated. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation throughout the hiring process. Benefits & Rewards We offer a competitive, well-rounded rewards package that supports you and your family - inside and outside work. The annual gross base pay for this role is €39,000 - €68,000. At Nasdaq, we use a structured job and career framework to make sure growth opportunities are clear and fair. The pay range you see reflects the full salary band for this job level, including room for progression over time. The actual offer will depend on factors like your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will fall within a portion of the posted range that’s appropriate for this role. In addition to base pay, we offer short-term incentives (bonus or commission) and long-term incentives (equity), where applicable, as well as the following benefits: Competitive base salary Annual bonus Annual equity grant Employee Stock Purchase Plan offering discounted company shares Voluntary III Pillar Pension Plan with Company contributions 20 vacation days + additional vacation days based on tenure 6 additional flex days per year Work from (almost) anywhere – up to 20 days/year Paid time off for volunteer work - up to 2 days/year Flexible Health Insurance program Group Life Assurance and 24/7 Accident Insurance Comprehensive sports, fitness and welness activities 24/7 mental health support for you and your family Global mentoring program Unlimited access to e-learning platforms Hybrid work setup Modern and comfortable office work environment with fresh fruit, snacks, and weekly fika breaks