Project description
Join the Equity Accelerator programme, a strategic multi-year transformation initiative focused on modernizing Prime Finance Equities platforms. The role involves developing and enhancing institutional-grade trading and post-trade systems using cloud-native, event-driven architectures while delivering advanced client-facing features. Engineers will work within a complex production environment, combining deep technical expertise with strong capital markets knowledge.
Responsibilities
- - Design, develop, and support full-stack solutions across frontend and backend components.
- Build and enhance event-driven trading and post-trade applications.
- Contribute to architecture and technical design decisions.
- Develop responsive and real-time user interfaces for equities platforms.
- Implement and maintain APIs, messaging integrations, and backend services.
- Ensure high code quality through Test-Driven Development (TDD).
- Participate in CI/CD practices, trunk-based development, and frequent production releases.
- Troubleshoot production issues and maintain data integrity in complex market environments.
- Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, product teams, and engineering peers.
- Apply capital markets domain expertise to business and technical problem-solving.
- Mentor team members and contribute to engineering best practices.
SKILLS
Must have
- - 7+ years of Java development experience.
- 2+ years of frontend development experience with React and/or Angular.
- Hands-on experience in capital markets, including trade lifecycle and position management.
- Any Kotlin experience is preferable or willingness to learn Kotlin.
- Strong JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS skills.
- Proven experience designing and developing event-driven distributed systems.
- Hands-on experience with messaging patterns, event processing, resiliency, and failure handling.
- Strong Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices and end-to-end ownership of software quality.
- Experience working in Agile environments with CI/CD, trunk-based development, and frequent production releases.
- Experience building real-time applications using WebSockets or streaming technologies.
- Ability to contribute to architectural discussions and operate independently in complex production environments.
Nice to have
- Kafka, Solace, or TIBCO EMS.
- SQL Server, MongoDB, and S3/Object Storage.
- Kubernetes and OpenShift.
- OpenTelemetry, ELK Stack, Grafana.
- HashiCorp Vault and CyberArk.
- Prime Brokerage, Synthetic Swaps, or Cash Equities domain experience.
- Regulatory reporting exposure (EMIR, MiFID, 871(m)).
- Experience integrating with risk, valuation, and reporting platforms.
- GitHub Copilot, Devin, or other AI-assisted development tools.
- Exposure to frontend technologies (React, Angular) for cross-functional collaboration.