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Java Developer

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Job Description

 

This is a high level front office trading java developer. Please do not send run-of-the-mill typical java developers. They need front office trading/capital markets experience.

This role will mostly be Java (back-end) based development; Need to have SQL Server and/or Oracle experience, but not much to do with DB's.  

Overview
Mizuho Capital Markets is starting up a new rates electronic trading business and we are looking for an experienced Java developer to join this effort.  This is a unique opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a greenfield development project to design and develop a low-latency, electronic trading platform for US rates.  In this role, you will work directly with trading and quantitative teams to build and deliver new trading capabilities and services leveraging modern technologies and architectures.
Responsibilities:

  • Work with business and technology partners to design and develop new architecture for our low latency electronic trading platform including both production and research elements
  • Implement initial key components of the platform and drive the implementation to the delivery of a minimum viable product
  • After initial delivery, work with our partners to continually improve the platform
  • Provide technical guidance and mentor the development team
  • Apply best-in-breed software tools and techniques to maintain and improve code and system quality, flexibility, and security
  • Participate in all phases of software delivery lifecycle from analysis through support.

Required Skills:

  • Hands on Senior Java Developer with over 10 years of enterprise development experience
  • Extensive experience with asynchronous, event-driven programming & concurrency
  • Strong track record of project design and delivery
  • Ability to work with partners across many areas in an organization
  • Experience designing and supporting low latency, high throughput trading applications is strongly desired, but we will consider exceptional Java developers without background
  • Working experience with a range of software tools including Spring, Apache Camel, REST API (including Enterprise Authentication and Authentication), JMS (Active MQ or similar), SQL, and enterprise monitoring and state management
  • Worked on  capital markets including pricing, trade execution workflow, and key vendor systems such as ION, TradeWeb or Bloomberg