Senior Java Engineer - Global Equities Cash Technology

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The Equities Cash Technology Trading Technology (ECT) team supports the Electronic Trading and High Touch Trading business in the Global Markets and Investment Banking Group, delivering low latency trading solutions including FIX connectivity, low latency market connectivity, smart order routing, algorithmic trading and internal crossing. The EMEA Equities Cash Technology team collaborates with experienced developers, business analysts and QA experts to support an existing electronic trading product set while rolling out a next generation platform to handle higher volumes of market data and customer flow efficiently.

This job is responsible for functionally leading a team that works on several algorithmic engines supporting benchmark algos, smart order routing and internal crossing for the EMEA and global electronic business. The team focuses on strategy container enhancements and regulatory requirements, and on several framework related items. The underlying platform is a Java framework with next generation low latency and high throughput at the heart of the application.

The Main Responsibilities Of This Role Include:

• Delivery of key functional changes to the ETT strategy engines
• Delivery of core framework-level changes
• Interaction with the quantitative trading group / quantitative traders to capture core requirements
• Involvement with all aspects of the development lifecycle (gathering requirements, developing code, writing unit tests, reviewing patches, performing 2nd level support)

The Following Skills Are Required:

• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrated experience in developing modern systems using modern software development practices and an automation-first mindset across the software development lifecycle, particularly around shift-left testing
• In-depth understanding of core Java APIs (collections, concurrency, NIO)
• Experience with multithreaded systems, working knowledge of the Java garbage collector, and familiarity with low latency I/O
• Demonstrable experience of front office system design and architecture (algo trading plant and topology)
• Business knowledge - understanding of equities and/or derivatives markets
• Understanding of benchmark algo and/or smart routing strategies (VWAP, TWAP, Arrival Price, etc.)
• Understanding of and experience with design patterns (Observer, Factory, Singleton)
• Development practices - test-focused development, familiarity with UML and OO design; experience with Eclipse or IntelliJ, Git, continuous integration/build servers and Maven/Gradle
• Ability to mentor and work with more junior members
• Ability to work in a multi-faceted role (development with some testing, support, and analysis)

The Ideal Candidate Will Also Have:

• Business knowledge - understanding of Futures, FX and/or Fixed Income
• Experience working with agile methodologies
• Knowledge of FIX (heartbeat, login, sequence numbers, message types, etc.)

Benefits Of Working At Bank Of America:

• Private healthcare for you and your family, with an annual health screen; option to purchase a screen for a partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection
• 20 days of back-up childcare and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• Flexibility to change core benefits and select from a range of flexible benefits, including wellbeing, travel insurance, and critical illness
• Emotional wellbeing support: helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services
• Employee Assistance Program for confidential support
• Charitable giving via payroll with Bank of America matching contributions
• Arts & Culture corporate membership program with discounts to cultural institutions
• Volunteer opportunities to give back to the community

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