Full Stack Developer

Story Behind the Need

• Business Group: Markets & Enterprise Technology - We are part of the Cross-Asset Engineering Team, who is responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining the in-house-built Front Office Blotter for ETF and derivatives desks in global wholesale banking.

• Project: Regulatory Short Order Marking.

• Reason for Request: New requirement.

 

Candidate Value Proposition

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build out the Cerberus Cross-Asset Blotter, a front-office application for the trading desk. This application tracks trades and positions in real-time and consumes and publishes data from Kafka.

• For the Regulatory Short Order Marking project, we have to expand the application’s coverage of orders and trades at a bank level to track positions. The traders will use this information to properly mark orders as short. There will also be integration into upstream algorithmic and execution trading systems.

 

Typical Day in Role

• Works closely with end-users, Business Analysts, and team members to understand business requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions. Must take an interest in understanding the business functions of the end-users.

• Involved in the full systems lifecycle and is responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, and supporting application software that is delivered on time and within budget.

• Contributes to the design of new applications and undertakes enhancements. Largely working with creating new net code, the project works with decommissioning an aged application.

• Makes recommendations toward the development of new code or reuse of existing code.

• 30% Front End / 70% Back End.

 

Candidate Requirements / Must-Have Skills:

• 10+ years: Java development, preferably in Linux systems, Spring Boot (Back-end 70%).

• 5+ years: Angular & experience in version 17+ is preferred; TypeScript is a must (Front-end 30%).

• Working experience using Maven and Git.

• Foundational knowledge of SOLID principles.

• Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

 

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• 1+ years: Kubernetes, Kafka, and Docker.

• Capital markets experience.

• Design concept solutioning experience is highly preferred.

• Databases: MS-SQL and Oracle are assets.

• Additional CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket, Jenkins, Artifactory, and Docker are an asset.

 

Soft Skills:

• The candidate must possess good analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, and be able to interact efficiently with other team members and the user community.

• The candidate should also be a quick learner, self-motivated, results-oriented, and able to work independently.

 

Degrees or Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering, or a related field is required.