Assistant Vice President/ Vice President, Core Java Senior Software Engineer, Global Markets Technology at ghr – Singapore | Jobyssey

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits.

We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

The Electronic Trading Technology (ETT) team supports the Electronic Trading business in the Global Markets and Investment Banking Group. The team provides innovative solutions for Low Touch Trading, which includes Client Connectivity, Low Latency Market Access, Execution Strategies, Algorithmic Trading, Workflow, Analytics and Internal Crossing.

This position is for a Senior Java developer role in electronic trading, focusing on Low latency Market access. You will be working closely with current technology and product team to provide application enhancements as requested by the business. You must also inculcate an automation mindset to further improve the product testing where relevant.

Responsibilities:

Core Development

Develop, enhance, and maintain a low‑latency, high‑throughput Java based Market access platform running in latency‑sensitive production environments.
Deep‑dive into a large legacy codebase with minimal supervision—understanding data flows, threading models, network patterns, and message‑bus interactions.
Participate in architecture simplification efforts by migrating existing components to common foundational services.

Technical Modernization

Lead the modernization of CI/CD pipelines, focusing on automated deployment, regression testing, and development workflow improvements.
Introduce best practices around unit testing, integration testing, performance testing, and observability for a mission‑critical system.

Required Skills:

Technical Skills

5–10+ years of professional Java development in latency‑sensitive or real‑time systems.
Strong understanding of multithreading, concurrency, networking, and memory management.
Experience working with or supporting legacy distributed systems, ideally involving:

TIBCO EMS, AMPS or similar pub/sub messaging platforms

Familiarity with Linux, low‑latency tuning, profiling tools, and debugging in distributed systems.

Soft Skills & Working Style

Highly self‑motivated with the ability to explore and understand complex code paths independently.
Strong decision‑making skills—able to assess trade-offs and propose well-reasoned technical solutions.
Comfortable working in a fast‑paced environment where requirements and market conditions evolve quickly.
Excellent communication skills and experience working with global, cross-functional teams.

Desired Skills:

Exposure to equity electronic trading platforms.
Prior experience with market connectivity, electronic trading, or high-performance systems is highly valued.
Hands‑on experience applying AI/ML techniques or AI‑assisted development tools (e.g., for code analysis, testing automation, performance tuning, or operational tooling) in a production or enterprise environment.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated testing frameworks.

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