Equity Derivatives Developer - Associate

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership.

The Equities businesses including derivatives, electronic, programs, and cash at Nomura globally use a single platform for intraday and end of day risk management known as Euclid. This platform manages the lifecycle and risk of OTC equity derivative transactions as well as risk for the firm’s positions. To further enhance our equity platform to cope with business development needs, we are looking for a technically sound mid to senior level developer to join our global equity derivatives development team. The candidate should have development experience, be highly enthusiastic and self-motivated, can handle and solve complex problems independently, and understand the concept of agile, scrum, TDD, SOA & various design patterns. This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious experienced developer who is eager to work closely with FO business users, stakeholders, quants and other global project teams throughout the organisation. The candidate will be part of the global equity derivatives team and report to the regional development manager.

Role responsibilities:

• Participate in regional/global development and project meetings.
• Work with BA/PM or end users to gather and review user requirements, provide suggestions on design and enhancements.
• Follow global development/change management standards to deliver quality enhancements/solutions in a timely manner.
• Participate in development, code reviews & post-mortem activities.
• Participate in Rota for release management & provide 2nd / 3rd level support.
• Be a good team player to ensure a cohesive culture to effectively solve local/global business problems while building a strategic platform for Global Equities.
• Be a key partner of the Equities production services team to help ensure maximum uptime of systems and minimise impact to businesses when issues occur.

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• Core: Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering. Previous hands-on development experience. Strong experience working with object-oriented technology in C# or Java. Ideally strong in C# or Java but familiarity with the other is desirable. Ability to work with global teams in a matrix reporting environment with strong interpersonal skills. Ability to cope with rapid front-office business needs and to deal with changing priorities. Ability to communicate and act professionally with IT staff and business clients while under strict deadlines. Strong verbal and written communication skills at multiple levels with strong status reporting skills. Strong analytical skills. Fluent written and spoken English.
• Business: Global investment banks experience would be a plus.
• Technical: Excellent programming skills in C# or Java. Experience with both C# and Java would be a plus. Understanding of relational database technologies, SQL / Stored Proc, with in-memory caching technology like Redis. Understanding of infrastructure requirements for local/global delivery platforms. Understanding of messaging infrastructures. Understanding of compute farms, distributed caching and computing would be a plus.

Nomura competencies:

• Trusted Partner: Understand clients’ needs and issues, and respond with high-quality proposals. Acquire capabilities to perform one’s responsibilities and contribute to being a Trusted Partner.
• Entrepreneurial leadership: Produce new ideas that might challenge the status quo or oneself.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: Seek advice from senior colleagues and utilize it for improved results. Collaborate with members from relevant departments.
• Influence: Contribute to the success of the organization both quantitatively and qualitatively, and act with awareness of the impact on others. Serve as a role model and provide guidance to junior employees.
• Integrity: Have a good understanding of corporate philosophy, professional ethics, compliance, risk management, and code of conduct, and make decisions and take actions accordingly.

Right to Work: The UK Government has taken steps to reduce net migration to the UK by limiting the number of overseas workers from outside the EEA coming to the UK for employment. Please note that whilst we can consider applications from overseas workers from outside the EEA (who require a Tier 2 (General) visa) we can only employ them if we can provide evidence that there are no other suitable candidates for this vacancy from inside the EEA.

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