JOB DESCRIPTION

Outstanding opportunity to work for an international investment bank in Manhattan. True Java multithreading experience is needed with strong Java collections foundation.

Main Function

We're seeking a talented & motivated Risk Developer to work in a dynamic front office technology team developing various facets of risk management for the equity derivatives trading desk. This is a demanding role, in a fast paced environment. A successful candidate should have strong analytical and problem solving skills. The candidate will join a team responsible for developing enterprise-level risk platforms for equity derivatives. The role will involve multiple large-scale compute infrastructures. The role offers a chance to work on a flagship project for Equity Derivatives IT and interact with traders and quants directly.

Main Duties

- Analysis, design, and implementation of complex Java-based server processes

- A focus on high availability, performance, and reliability

- Integrate soft reference data such as yield curves, dividend schedules, and volatility surfaces from internal reference data systems.

- Integrate with market data and execution platforms

- Write scripts using bash/python/perl and sql queries

- Test, document and manage the release of features into production environment

- Second-level support of the application

Basic Qualifications

* 5 years + Java experience on low latency, high volume, high performance distributed systems.

* Bachelors Degree

Preferred Qualifications:

• The candidate should be conversant with object oriented design techniques and have strong analytical and problem solving skills.

• Candidate should have worked on projects requiring agile and test driven development process.

• The candidate should be comfortable on unix/linux systems and be able to write scripts and SQL queries with ease.

• The person should be a team player and should be able to collaboratively work with other team members. Good written and verbal communications are necessary for this role. Knowledge about equity options and other derivative products is a plus.

 

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