S&T - Credit Systematic Trading Developer - Director

Who we are

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.

Role Summary

Is the next step in your career at SMBC Group EMEA? We’re looking for a Credit Systematic Trading Developer (Director) for our Global Markets Department, Credit Group to join our team.

Role for to design and build the end to end credit trading platform for corporate bonds across Investment Grade (IG), High Yield (HY), and Emerging Markets (EM). The role will work closely with the traders to develop pricing, risk, and PnL services, FIX connectivity (MarketAxess / Tradeweb / Bloomberg), RFQ automation, model pipelines, and real time analytics.

The ideal candidate is proficient in Python, Java, distributed systems, quantitative/statistical methods, CI/CD, observability, and real time UI development. Experience with credit market data (TRACE, CS01/DV01), Kafka/KDB+, and AWS/Kubernetes is a plus.

ESSENTIALS OF THE ROLE

• Experience to lead the development and delivery of credit pricing and trading platform
• Strong technical and quantitative skills
• Understanding of credit market structure and pricing methodologies

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• 7+ years of building electronic trading systems, preferably credit
• Strong Java and Python programming skills
• Quantitative and statistical skills to do time series analysis, TCA and generate trading signals

Position Description

The candidate will design and build core credit trading infrastructure, including pricing & quoting engines, real‑time market monitoring tools and analytics. They should have experience of FIX protocol to build market connectivity. Good understanding of credit market data and its usage on the trading desk to help productionise quantitative research and produce libraries, portfolio construction, back testing frameworks and model deployment. They should be comfortable with developing high throughput data components and using time series storage like KDB+

What we are looking for

• 7+ years building components for systematic or electronic trading systems (credit preferred)
• Strong programming skills:
  • Java for low‑latency services, concurrency, messaging
  • Python for research, analytics, data processing
  • FIX protocol experience
  • Front‑end engineering:
    • JavaScript / TypeScript
    • React real‑time dashboards (REST / WebSocket)
    • Modern UI state management
  • Distributed systems:
    • Kafka / Chronicle
    • PostgreSQL / KDB++
    • Caching strategies
    • Avro / Protobuf
  • DevOps:
    • Linux
    • Docker / Kubernetes
    • CI/CD (GitHub Actions / Jenkins)
    • Infrastructure‑as‑Code

Competencies

• Customer Focus
• Driving Change
• Driving Results
• Embraces Diversity
• Enterprise Leadership
• Judgement and Decision Making
• Risk Management
• Strategic and Visionary
• Trust and Integrity

What we offer

For all the expertise and experience you bring to help us make a difference, it’s only sustainable if we support you to build your career and be your best self so we offer competitive company benefits, centred around promoting positive wellbeing and work‑life balance. We also believe in fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment, where all team members perspectives and contributions are valued. Initiatives in place which promote a diverse and inclusive culture and healthy work life balance include hybrid working, Sport & Social Clubs and Diversity and Inclusion networks.

As an employee of SMBC you have access to a host of both useful and exciting benefit offerings. Some of the benefits on offer to you include:

• Hybrid and flexible working
• Competitive paid leave days
• Benefits to support your physical wellbeing, including private medical insurance and life and invalidity insurance
• Various policies to support your mental wellbeing, including a robust behavioural health network with counselling and coaching services
• Access a wide range of learning and development opportunities and career progression opportunities
• Ambitious remuneration package