Delivery Lead, Software Engineer - Global Banking & Markets - Vice President - London

BMO Harris Bank; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks an experienced engineer to enhance their trading systems. The role demands a blend of technical expertise in Java, strong team leadership, and deep market knowledge. Candidates will be integral in developing scalable solutions to meet high-frequency trading demands, utilizing cutting-edge technologies and architectures.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in developing Java systems.
• Experience with Event Sourcing technologies.
• Proven track record leading a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team in building and maintaining systems for trading.
• Use data to guide decision-making and develop tools.
• Communicate with various stakeholders about system features.

Skills

Java

Data Structures

Algorithms

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

Kafka

Akka

Spark

MongoDB

Elasticsearch

Hadoop

Kubernetes

Apache NiFi

Job description

YOUR IMPACT

As a member of the team, you will play an integral role on the trading floor. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for technology and the markets, with individuals who thrive in a fast-paced changing environment. The team takes a data-driven approach to decision making and you should be willing to participate in the full product lifecycle from requirements gathering, design, implementation, testing, support, and monitoring trading risks for systems and strategies used by our clients.

OUR IMPACT

Controls engineering is responsible for building the next-generation firm-wide control plane for our front office desks. The successful candidate will use their deep technical skills to implement a highly scalable message-driven architecture, processing approximately 3 billion messages per day and making 'safe to trade' determinations in real time. The role will also involve building web applications that allow users to register, develop, and administer controls on the platform.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a team of engineers in designing, building, and maintaining a high-performance, high-availability, high-capacity, yet nimble and adaptive platform for front-to-back trading systems such as order management, exchange connectivity, smart order routing, internalization, clearing, and securities lending.
• Use data to guide decision-making, developing or enhancing tools as necessary to collect it.
• Understand market rules, regulations, exchange service offerings, and front-to-back business functions, and build systems to facilitate them.
• Communicate with traders, sales, clients, and compliance officers about new systems, feature requests, and explanations of existing features.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE WE ARE LOOKING FOR

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science or engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on Java engineering experience with 5+ years in developing Java systems.
• Proven track record of leading a team and delivering projects with a commercial mindset.
• Prior experience with Event Sourcing technologies (Kafka, Akka, Spark) and data distribution-based architecture.
• Experience with NoSQL (MongoDB, Elasticsearch, Hadoop), in-memory (MEMSQL, Ignite), and relational (Sybase, DB2, SybaseIQ) data store solutions.
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
• Experience in data-driven performance analysis and optimizations.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with Kubernetes deployment architectures.
• Apache NiFi experience.
• Experience building trading controls within an investment bank.