Senior Software Engineer

Schonfeld; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Schonfeld is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our Treasury Technology team. You will design and build business-critical applications across securities lending, repo trading, FX hedging, and collateral management in an agile environment.

You will work with global teams, mentor juniors, and help improve our cloud-based stack with Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS, while ensuring scalable, low-latency solutions.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of Java development experience.
• Strong design and architecture skills; microservices experience preferred.
• Proven experience leading strategic technical initiatives.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Familiarity with messaging systems, Kafka preferred.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to collaborate with business users across regions and time zones.
• Demonstrated ownership and delivery of results.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support treasury applications.
• Collaborate with Treasury and Portfolio Managers to design solutions.
• Improve tech stack and deploy microservices to the cloud (AWS).
• Contribute to firmwide frameworks and build reusable components.
• Engage in Agile processes and provide Level 3 support globally.
• Mentor junior team members.

Skills

Java

Design & architecture

Microservices

Leadership

Relational databases

Kafka

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

The Role

Schonfeld is seeking an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to join our Treasury Technology team. This team is dedicated to delivering top tier systems that manage the firm’s securities lending and financing, repo trading, FX hedging, and collateral management. You will collaborate closely with our global Treasury Technology, Treasury Desk, and Portfolio Management teams. Your responsibilities will include designing and building business critical applications in an agile environment, as well as providing level 3 support.

What you’ll do

• Design and Develop Treasury Applications: Design, develop, and support applications for securities lending, fixed-income portfolio financing, repo trading, financing cost, FX hedging, and collateral management.
• Collaborate with Business Users: Work closely with Treasury and Portfolio Managers on a day to day basis to design and develop applications that solve business challenges and address market changes.
• Enhance Tech Stack: Work with and improve our modern tech stack, building microservices deployed to the cloud (AWS) using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Contribute to Firmwide Frameworks: Ensure the code base is highly supportable, future ready, and performant without latency. Build reusable components and contribute to firmwide libraries.
• Engage in Agile Processes: Participate in an Agile framework, continuously improving and expanding platform capabilities to meet dynamic business requirements and provide Level 3 support globally.
• Mentor Junior team members: Mentor junior team members in both technology and career development.

What you’ll bring

What you need:

• At least 3 years of Java development experience.
• Strong skills in design and architecture, with a preference for microservice experience.
• Proven experience leading strategic technical initiatives from inception to completion.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Familiarity with messaging systems, with a preference for Kafka.
• Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
• Ability to work closely with business users and communicate across different regions and time zones.
• Demonstrated strong ownership and a track record of delivering results.

We’d love if you had:

• A background in financial services with knowledge in one or more of the following areas: equity portfolio financing, fixed incoming trading and settlement, or collateral and margin management.
• Experience with front-end development technologies, such as React and TypeScript.
• Knowledge of cloud services, particularly AWS.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with DevOps methodologies, including CI/CD and build automation.

Who we are

Schonfeld Strategic Advisors is a multi manager platform that invests its capital with Internal and Partner portfolio managers, primarily on an exclusive or semi exclusive basis, across four trading strategies; quantitative, fundamental equity, tactical trading and discretionary macro & fixed income. We have created a unique structure to provide global portfolio managers with autonomy, flexibility and support to best enable them to maximize the value of their businesses.

Over the last 30 years, Schonfeld has successfully capitalized on inefficiencies and opportunities within themarkets. We have developed and invested heavily in proprietary technology, infrastructure and risk analytics and continue to capitalize on new opportunities. In 2021 we launched our newest strategy, discretionary macro & fixed income as part of the continual growth of Schonfeld’s investible universe. Our portfolio exposure has expanded across the Americas, Europe and Asia as well as multiple asset classes and products.

Our Culture

The firm’s ethos is embedded in our people. ‘Talent is our strategy’ is our mantra and drives how we approach all initiatives at the firm. We believe our success is because of our people, so putting our talent above all else is our top priority.

Schonfeld strives to create an environment where our people can thrive. We foster a teamwork oriented, collaborative environment where ideas at any level are encouraged and shared. The development and advancement of our talent is honed through interactions with each other, learning & educational offerings, and through opportunities to make impactful contributions.

At Schonfeld, we strive to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout all of our employees with Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the forefront of this mission. As a firm we are committed to creating a hiring process which is not only fair, but also welcoming and supportive. On a daily basis, our employees welcome diversity across identity, thought, people and views which serves as the foundation of our culture and success. You can learn more about our DEI initiatives here - Belonging @ Schonfeld.