Fixed Income Senior Engineer

United by a sense of purpose towards our customers – to be a trusted partner for the long-term – and our universal banking platform in EMEA, SMBC Group has an international growth agenda and award-winning products, meaning we provide exciting opportunities to work on a diverse range of projects and initiatives. We deliver a full suite of corporate finance products and solutions to our customers as well as investment banking and advisory services, and a range of innovative solutions in global capital markets. Read on to find out how you could enhance your skills and gain valuable experience, by joining us to support our clients transition to a sustainable future.

The Front office (Fixed Income) software development team requires an agile and versatile specialist and team player with extensive expertise in .Net/C# software. The role requires an experienced individual who is comfortable to work in close partnership with a variety of front office stakeholders, globally. The team member is expected to be very well versed in, and keep up to date with, a multitude of new technologies. The role requires a thorough understanding of development and architecture best practice coupled with a good working knowledge of IT General Controls.

Work closely with the FI Product Owner and Head of FI IT Development and liaise with Fixed Income business to make sure the Technology stack is fully optimised to meet their current requirements, growth demand and regulatory obligations. Promote and deliver high quality, fast, adaptable and flexible software solutions in order to meet and anticipate the demand while reducing the total cost of ownership. Collaborate with fellow team members ensuring everyone has an opportunity to perform at the top of their skills and abilities and make certain the environment is positive, productive and motivating.

This role is a key delivery team member for the Front Office / Fixed Income Business in EMEA. Working with the Product Owner and the development team, it is responsible for delivering sound, well designed and technically advanced solutions to our business users. The role requires design and development of new software, integration with vendor systems, participating in on-call rota support and following and expanding the established SDLC processes. It involves participating in projects such as ION Anvil utilisation and leveraging Neptune and Mosaic Smart Data. The role is responsible for participating in delivering IT Strategy, assisting in revenue generating and regulatory initiatives and ensuring that SMBC IT systems provide competitive advantage. It actively endorses and promotes Diversity and Inclusion opportunities across the board.

Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for effective and efficient running of the Fixed Income systems, integrated into the wider SMBC environment in order to meet the needs of SMBC trading desks.
• Delivering fast-paced agile high quality software changes and solutions, running Scrums and Sprints and creating and deploying Releases.
• Providing guidance and advice on .Net, .Net Core, C#, Java, Python, and other development tools and languages, their usage and upgrades, and leveraging them to maximise the business benefit.
• Frequent .Net/C# tasks such as delivering new projects, improving and optimising the current setup, providing future-proofing guidance on all relevant data points.
• Promoting enterprise data management and governance design approach delivered through Agile SDLC.
• Prepare the current tech stack for future hybrid collaboration with cloud technologies such as Azure.
• Delivering regulatory and internal reporting in a resilient and timely manner incorporating the latest and most suitable industry and technology solutions.
• Daily collaboration with traders and Desk heads to make sure their strategic objectives are being met through technology changes.
• Advanced business knowledge and experience in Fixed income and proven ability to work closely with Fixed Income traders to help deliver their strategic objectives.

Skills:

• Core Development Languages covering .Net, .Net Core, C#, Java and Python.
• Experience of Front Office trading systems (including low-touch e-trading platforms) is required.
• Strong numerical and financial skills with the ability to interpret financial information and able to design and use of financial models.
• Experience and understanding of a Fixed Income Banking Environment, Product range and associated opportunities and risks.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated experience managing, end to end, design, definition and delivery of technical solutions in-line with strategic goals.
• Ability to handle communications at all levels from across the whole business, including Front Office.
• Hands-on experience with automated testing environments and CI/CD.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or similar.