Software Developer

Job Description

Level 2

Institutional Securities Technology (IST) develops and oversees the overall technology strategy and bespoke technology solutions to drive and enable the institutional businesses and enterprise-wide functions. Our clients include Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research and Global Capital Markets.

Roles and Responsibilities:
The ISG Federal Risk Technology team is looking to further expand its footprint. This is a unique opportunity for highly motivated candidates to contribute to the team locally, while working within a broader global team. The team is very closely-knit, and we pride ourselves on our culture! The team is part of a new and exciting super department which aims to unify the business platforms across Fixed Income and Equities a first of its kind.

This is a unique opportunity to participate in a large-scale technical initiative with strong backing from the business. Projects usually span developers in multiple regions, including Asia and Europe, so excellent communication and time-management skills would serve a successful candidate well! A new joiner does not need to have finance knowledge but is expected to be curious and interested in learning about the businesses that the Company operates in.

Depending on the candidate’s strength and desires, they could learn about financial models in even greater detail. The team develops front-office technology, so there is ample opportunity to learn by interacting with business users, desk strategists, market risk managers and other stakeholders within the Firm. The Company is well-known for its strong technology core and many resources are available internally to learn proprietary and non-proprietary technologies. We expect the ideal candidate to have a desire to grow into a strong Scala developer.

A successful candidate could have various backgrounds: strong Java, C++, C#, Python or Scala development and, above all, an interest in working with functional languages. Experience in either IntelliJ or Eclipse IDE, Git, and the desire to learn our proprietary environment is important.

We are looking for candidates who are excited about cutting-edge technologies as all the team’s work is done on the newly developed async-based calculation graph platform and backed by a bitemporal data store. Strong computer science fundamentals as well as an understanding of Unix or Linux would be helpful to a new joiner. Even more important is a desire to learn, an ability to work well with others and being excited to grow as a developer and build a career with us.

QUALIFICATIONS:
Required Skills:
– Solid experience using at least one Object-oriented programming language: Java, C++, C#, Python
– Strong interest in learning Scala
– Strong interest in learning about finance
– Strong written and verbal communication skills
– A team-player attitude
– Passion for cutting edge technologies

Nice-to-have Skills:
– Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related field is strongly preferred
– IntelliJ or Eclipse IDE experience
– Git experience
– Computer science fundamentals (client/server, multi-threading, memory management)
– Experience in functional languages
– Unix/Linux

About us:
We are a global financial services firm and a market leader in investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. At the Company, we are shaping the future of our global business and contributing to our local community. Our team works across numerous areas. We are an equal opportunities employer. We work to provide a supportive and inclusive environment where all individuals can maximize their full potential.