Senior Developer
New York, NY, United States
Global Financial Firm located in NEW YORK, NY has an immediate contract opportunity for an experienced Senior Developer.
"This role is currently on a Hybrid Schedule.
You will need to have reliable internet, computer and android or iphone for remote access into the client systems during remote work.
We will be expected in the office weekly 3 days depending on the team requirement.
****Video/ f2f interviews are required prior to all offers.
Pay rate range: $ 73.00 - $ 86.00 Negotiable based upon years of experience
This senior developer role is within a global application development team responsible for Real Time Pricing and Risk applications for Rates trading business. The role will focus on design and implementation of critical new features as well as architectural and performance improvements. This role requires strong design and programming skills in Java, experience with KDB, knowledge of various streaming frameworks as well as familiarity with challenges that arise when implementing real time performant systems.
The role also requires strong familiarity with Rates trading business as well as quantitative foundation of pricing and risk calculations.
Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with the team to understand functional and operational requirements
• Lead designs and implementation of robust and testable code in support of the requirements
• Develop certain non-functional features in the system to improve reliability, scalability and performance
• Contribute to the design and implementation of automated test suites
• Participate in code reviews helping other team members improve their code
Key Relationships:
• Real Time Pricing and Risk Team in Warsaw, London, New York
• Other development teams also located in the same regions and India
• Quantitative Analytics team
• Application support organization
Knowledge/Experience:
• 7+ years of relevant experience in Application Development - Core Java
• 2+ years of KDB experience are highly preferred
• Experience with system analysis and in programming of software applications, especially as it pertains to performance and testability of components
• Familiarity with interest rates products and associated pricing and risk calculations
• Ability to be proactive, adjust priorities quickly
• Experience working on a mature development in a large collaborative environment as well as coming up with ideas that challenge current practices
• Demonstrated leadership skills
Technology Skills:
• Experience with Java ecosystem
• Expert in Java development
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and best DevOps practices
• Exposure to profiling, debugging and monitoring tools
• Familiarity with Apache Flink, KDB and Kafk plus
• Ambition to learn aspects of systems supporting real time interest rate risk calculations