Senior Java Developer - Fixed Income ETrading

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design & development of firm’s proprietary, high performance FI E-Trading platform encompassing fixed income all products (Credits/Rates)


• Understand RUN, Axes, RFQs workflow for Dealer to Client markets such as MarketAxess, TradeWeb, Bloomberg.


• Work alongside traders and quantitative analysts to specify and build out real-time trading applications that electronically execute orders across multiple ECNs. 


• Supporting and enhancing existing infrastructure and application across a variety of technologies (ION, Java, KDB/Q)


• Drive implementation and design with emphasis on high availability, scalability and reusability


• Working with other Fixed Income front office teams lead to promote framework reusability across all business


• Champion best practice software development life cycle with emphasis in test driven coding methodology


• Balance time to market (client delivery) with proper governance, compliance and audit mandates


• Mentor junior developer

Education

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or related

Required Background:

• 5+ years of financial service experience


• Able to communicate effectively with the desk.


• Strong design, coding, testing and debugging skills


• Strong experience in front office trading system with emphasis on E-Trading


• Programming Languages – Java (10+ years), Python a plus.


• Must have general Fixed Income Pricing and Analytic knowledge


• Must have strong multithreaded programming experience


• Must have knowledge of Credit Buy-Side/Sell-Side market structure


• Knowledge of FIX protocol a plus


• Knowledge of ION or Broadway API a plus


• Knowledge of KDB/Q a Strong plus

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $175,000 - $225,000.