Software Engineer – Equity Derivatives Pricing & Risk

Overview

You will design and evolve risk and pricing systems for Equity Derivatives within Millennium’s Equities Technology team. You will build scalable Java-based microservices with Spring Boot to support equity volatility trading and lifecycle management. You will provide Level 3 production support and proactively optimize performance in a fast-paced, high-pressure trading environment. This role contributes to disciplined risk management and advanced analytics that empower investment decisions and growth.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and implement robust risk systems supporting Equity Volatility trading strategies
• Build and maintain scalable, high-performance server-side applications using Java and Spring Boot
• Integrate exotic pricing models for product pricing and lifecycle management
• Provide Level 3 production support including troubleshooting and performance tuning
• Identify bottlenecks and implement improvements for platform reliability and performance
• Conduct code reviews and implement automated testing to ensure quality
• Write clean, maintainable, testable code following software engineering best practices

Key requirements

• Strong Java development experience for scalable, high-performance systems
• Strong knowledge of Spring Boot and microservices development
• Experience using Python for scripting and automation
• Experience with distributed caching technologies, such as Ignite
• Familiarity with containerization (Podman) and Kubernetes and cloud platforms (AWS)
• Solid understanding of Git, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks
• Previous experience supporting Equity Derivatives in sell-side or buy-side environments
• Understanding of structured products, pricing, lifecycle, and risk characteristics

• problem-solving
• ability to work under pressure
• collaboration and teamwork
• Java
• Spring Boot
• Python

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