Senior Lead Software Engineer – FICC Electronic Trading Application Developer

Overview

In this role you build and evolve a flagship electronic trading platform for global markets, spanning pricing, execution, and risk management. You will work with a geographically distributed team to translate requirements into robust software and improve system reliability and performance. You’ll influence non-functional requirements and SDLC practices while collaborating with product, project management, and analysis partners. This is an opportunity to shape high-scale, low-latency trading technology in a leading financial services firm.

Responsibilities

• Understand requirements, diagnose problems, and propose end-to-end solutions
• Design, develop, and test software following SDLC practices
• Partner with project managers, business analysts, and management as a technical SME
• Define and implement non-functional requirements (performance, reliability)
• Identify and drive improvements to systems and development processes

Key requirements

• Proficiency in Core Java or C++
• Working knowledge of Spring and SQL
• Experience developing on Unix or Linux
• Knowledge of unit testing practices and test automation
• Understanding of multi-threading, threading models, and messaging concepts
• Understanding of low-latency, event-driven system concepts
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively with globally distributed teams and stakeholders

• Collaborative mindset
• Effective cross-functional communication
• Delivery-focused with strong problem-solving attitude
• Java or C++ development
• Spring framework
• SQL

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