Server-Side Engineer - Pre-Trade Risk Technology (Java)

Server-Side Engineer - Pre-Trade Risk Technology (Java)

We are looking for a Server-Side Engineer to join the Pre-Trade Risk Technology team. The team manages a latency sensitive, distributed system that has a unique challenge of being able to monitor high throughput trade flow, aggregate risk metrics across hundreds of venues and block trades in real-time to prevent control violations. The system runs in every region, and has multi-asset class support.

 

You will join a team which is expanding the controls to support multiple new markets. This role will involve implementation of global controls, but also focus on satisfying unique requirements in Asian markets and maintaining relationships with stakeholders in the Asia region.

 

Principal Responsibilities 

• Interact with business users to design and implement controls to protect the firm and satisfy regulatory requirements
• Design high-throughput / low-latency software to catch and prevent trading errors of millions of orders daily
• Take ownership of your code: from implementation and test automation to deployment and operational support (3rd level only) 

 

Qualifications/Skills 

• 6+ years strong Java server-side development experience on Unix/Linux 
• Experience interacting with business stakeholders
• Experience navigating complex interpersonal situations to achieve goals
• Experience designing and implementing front-office trading systems
• Experience designing and coding low latency/high throughput systems
• General market knowledge of equities, fixed income and/or other asset classes
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Experience with Jira, git, Jenkins, gradle preferred
• Experience with KDB is preferred
• Experience with messaging technologies (especially Solace) is desired