Front Office Senior Software Engineer (Fixed Income Risk System)

Overview

In this Senior Java Developer role, you contribute to risk technology used by traders and the Structured Rates desk-facing squad. You’ll design and build functionality for risk management systems, partnering with product leads to drive continuous improvement. You’ll ensure quality through testing and CI/CD, support production releases, and collaborate with global teams to deliver scalable, reliable solutions. This is an opportunity to work with cutting-edge tech in a leading investment bank.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product leads to identify opportunities to enhance platforms and solutions
• Design and build functionality for risk management systems across the full SDLC
• Gather and evaluate business and technical requirements to drive improvements
• Ensure high-quality delivery with unit testing, regression testing, and CI/CD practices
• Support production releases and post-deployment support in a fast-paced environment
• Work with cutting-edge technologies and risk management systems
• Develop distributed systems leveraging caches and grid-computing technologies
• Collaborate with global Interest Rates Derivative technology, middleware and infrastructure teams

Key requirements

• 6+ years of relevant experience
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, data structures, design patterns, and scalable development
• Proficiency in Java (APIs, collections, multithreading)
• Experience building scalable distributed systems with distributed caches/grid computing
• Familiarity with unit testing, mocking frameworks, and CI pipelines
• Exposure to Scala is advantageous
• Knowledge of frameworks/platforms such as Symphony, Akka, Coherence, Infinispan, Cassandra, or Hazelcast
• Knowledge of risk systems development including valuation and risk calculations is highly valued
• Experience with model libraries or pricing engines is a plus
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a global environment

• communication
• collaboration
• teamwork
• Java proficiency with standard APIs and multithreading
• Distributed systems and grid computing
• Unit testing and mocking frameworks

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