Java System Rewritten in Scala(Learn Scala) Greenfield Project- Midtown

The primary goal our clients Technology team is providing various trading desks with automated risk management systems and services.

Overall Purpose of role

• Designing, implementing, testing and deploying automated risk management systems
• Supporting and accommodating various trading desk requirements in regards to automated risk management
• Providing technical lead and advice to a team of fellow software developers

Key Accountabilities

• A developer in this role will be responsible for delivering software products that provide automated risk management services to various trading desks
• Among other things, this role is responsible for watching and supporting a live production trading system
• The developer will follow all applicable processes and procedures while working on the automated risk management systems
• This role is permanent
• As a part of the CRB technology team, this role has major impact on various trading desks and flows across divisions and regions
• A developer in this role is expected to participate in decision making and problem solving on a day-to-day basis

Person Specification

–         An ideal candidate will be fluent in Java and Scala; he or she will have an experience of developing complex software systems and working as a part of a development team

–         Good communication skills and the ability to articulate technical concepts with clarity

–         Familiarity with a corporate environment and comfortable working within regulatory controls

–         Able to influence and drive change and improvement in the way the team develop software

Basic Qualifications

• 3 to 7 years of experience

Preferred Qualifications/Skills

• Kdb+ experience is a big plus; Q language familiarity is desirable
• Experience in setting up kdb+ ticker plant components
• Proven track record of designing complex Java/Scala applications and implementing end-to-end solutions
• Good understanding of OOP principles and constructs: polymorphism, interfaces and abstract classes, overloading and overriding
• Basic data structures and algorithms
• Experience working with basic Java collections: List, Set, Map