Fixed Income Electronic Trading - Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities

The position is for a C#/.NET developer to join the Fixed Income electronic trading team. This team develops and maintains software solutions in an Agile environment, supporting price contribution, RFQ management, Order Management Systems (OMS), and straight-through processing of electronic trades. Our applications interface with multiple external electronic trading platforms and exchanges, including Bloomberg, Tradeweb, BrokerTec, among others.

The role focuses on the development of our strategic trading tool, enabling dealer-to-client and inter-dealer trading across the Fixed Income market. Responsibilities encompass both client-side and server-side development. The candidate will be actively involved throughout the full software development lifecycle, including specification definition, coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and ongoing support.

The successful candidate is expected to adhere to Agile methodologies, continuous delivery practices, and change management processes to ensure high-quality and timely software delivery.

Primary tasks include, but are not limited to:

• Building and developing trading platforms for Fixed Income Flow desks, including US Linear Rates, Fixed Income, Latam, and FX.
• Collaborating with trading and sales teams to understand user needs and translate them into clear system specifications.
• Working alongside senior developers to propose designs and implement projects accordingly.
• Estimating effort and ensuring timely delivery of development tasks.
• Adhering to Agile methodologies and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) practices.
• Writing well-tested, maintainable code to ensure software quality.
• Following release and change management processes rigorously.
• Taking responsibility for 2nd and 3rd level support of the applications.
• Managing the rollout of software releases.
• Providing clear and consistent status reports to clients and management.
• Collaborating effectively with other teams, including networking, systems, and other development groups.
• Applying IT best practices to continuously improve development quality.
• Participating as a motivated, proactive, and highly contributing member of the global team.
• Managing multiple work streams concurrently with strong organizational skills.
  
  

Required

Profile required

LANGUAGE:

Ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing, is a requirement as the person in this position will need to collaborate regularly with colleagues and partners in the United States.

Due to US Federal Securities law that may apply to this position, candidates who will apply for this position may be required to submit to an enhanced background screening, including the collection of their fingerprints by a third-party vendor selected by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA").

Profile:

You are graduated with a Bachelor/master’s degree in computer science or related subject.

Degree in Finance is a plus.

Competencies:

• Fluent in English
• Good written & verbal communication skills
• Analytical skills
• Rigorous
• Dynamic, detail oriented, fast learning capacity and able to work in a high-pressure environment.
  
  

Technical skills:

• Thorough knowledge of object-oriented programming principles.
• Strong proficiency in .NET and C# development.
• Solid understanding of programming design patterns, including MVVM.
• Experience with source control tools, preferably Git.
• Good understanding of Agile development methodologies.
• Proficiency in Dependency Injection and Entity Framework.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as TeamCity and Jenkins.
• Knowledge of Fixed Income Products such as Bonds and IRS is a plus.
• Knowledge of Electronic trading (dealer-to-client and inter-dealer) is a plus.
• Multithreaded application development knowledge is a plus.
• Understanding of messaging technologies is a plus.
  
  

Business insight

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