Principal Software Engineer

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Prime Brokerage is a suite of services provided by investment banks to hedge funds and other institutional investors. These services include market access, trade execution, custody, securities lending, financing, margin trading and risk management. This allows our clients to focus on investment goals and strategy.

Prime Technology is part of Global Markets IT. We are a front-office trader facing technology team combining the functions of Prime Brokerage and Equity Financing. We are responsible for building platforms to grow, scale and support our Prime Traders and clients.

Functional Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled Associate Software Engineer to join our Prime Technology Team in Powai. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse and challenging projects, take on early responsibility, and contribute to the firm\’s success. If you have a proactive mindset and a demonstrated passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

• Own development of Java-based applications, ensuring focus on correctness, resilience and quality.
• Work across different functional and technical solutions including Synthetic Prime brokerage, Cash Prime Brokerage and Regulatory initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with the End Users as part of a team to understand their needs and create technical solutions.
• Be part of a global team with members in Mumbai, London, and New York. Contributing to collective goals and supporting your colleagues.
• Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle, from initial discussions through to design, development, testing, deployment.
• Conduct code reviews and design reviews to ensure best practices and high standards are followed.
• Document discussions / solutions / processes and track development and issues using Confluence and Jira. Share ideas/observations/improvements with the global team.
• Primary Support is covered by a separate Production Services team, however at times you may need to provide Level 3 support to resolve issues.

Required Skills and Experience

• Candidates must have a Bachelor of Technology or equivalent degree in Computer Science.
• Minimum of 3-8 years of hands-on Java development in an enterprise environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with the stakeholders and the global team.
• Proficiency with Spring Boot, relational databases/SQL, test driven development.
• Proactive learning mindset and the ability to take initiative in identifying and solving problems.
• Demonstrated interest in technology and modern software design/architecture.

Preferred Skills

Functional:

• Experience or Certification on Capital Market and specifically Prime Brokerage will be highly preferred.

Technical:

• Java: Java 17+, Collections, Spring Boot 3, Java Streams API, concurrency, JPA, JMS, profiling, garbage collection
• Databases: Sybase/MS SQL Server, MongoDB, DB2
• Integration: Enterprise Integration Patterns, Apache Camel
• DevOps: Gitlab CI/CD, Ansible, Observability/Telemetry
• Unix: bash scripting, system and process monitoring
• Cloud: Experience with AWS, S3
• Web: HTML5 frameworks: React, Redux, SSE/Websockets, CSSBootstrap

Career Growth and Learning Opportunities

• Great opportunity to be at the intersection of business and technology. Gaining in-depth knowledge of both Cash Prime Brokerage and Synthetic Prime Brokerage domain.
• Exposure to the latest technologies and industry best practices.

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression \”Nomura\” refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.

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