Lead Software Engineer

Nomura Holdings, Inc.; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive wellbeing services

Support for employee wellbeing

Diverse benefits for families

Job summary

A leading financial services group is looking for a Senior Java Technologist to develop a high-performance, low-latency trading platform in Mumbai. The role involves optimizing trading infrastructure and collaborating with global teams. Strong skills in Core Java, multithreading, and networking are essential. You will also provide support for production issues and establish software delivery best practices. This position offers an opportunity to innovate in the trading sector.

Qualifications

• Excellent technical skills in Strong Core Java.
• Deep understanding of multithreading, NIO, concurrency.
• Experience with memory-mapped files or zero-copy I/O.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and optimize trading infrastructure for low-latency.
• Collaborate with product teams for requirement discovery.
• Provide L3 support and resolve production issues.

Skills

Strong Core Java

High performance messaging

Multi-threading

Networking (TCP/UDP)

Performance optimization

Gitlab CI

Trading System Development

Event Processing

Memory management

Shell Scripting

Job description

Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Banking. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com.

Nomura Services, India supports the group’s global businesses. With world-class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support, the firm plays a key role in facilitating the group’s global operations across four international regions.

At Nomura, creating an inclusive workplace is a priority. Our approach to inclusion encompasses a variety of initiatives, including sensitization campaigns, implementing conducive policies & programs, providing infrastructure support and engaging in community events.

Business Overview:

Global Execution Services (GES) Technology builds and maintains software solutions used by agency-model execution business (Instinet) of the Nomura Group. This business provides brokerage services to clients in over 60 markets around the world. Through its advanced suite of electronic trading strategies, experienced high-touch trading group, top-ranked Commission Management services, award-winning desktop trading platform, and unparalleled access to insightful analytics, content and unique liquidity, execution services business helps institutions lower overall trading costs and ultimately improve investment performance. Nomura has introduced a range of now industry-standard trading technologies and has been an innovator at the forefront of the market's evolution. For more information, please visit www.instinet.com.

What We Offer:

• We support employee wellbeing by ensuring a sense of purpose and belonging.
• We offer a comprehensive range of wellbeing services which allows employees to get access to the assistance they need at any point in their wellbeing journey.
• Our bespoke benefits support employees and their family’s holistic wellbeing and are inclusive of diverse identities and family structures.

Role & Responsibilities:

NXTConnect and Core Gateways are our flagship solutions that provides HFT/Hedge Fund Clients with low latency Direct Market Access (DMA) and connectivity to Algo Solutions.

This is an individual contributor position within Connectivity IT team. The selected person would be part of Nomura Equity Execution Services – Connectivity IT team, reporting to the IT Lead in Mumbai and would working closely with global Connectivity IT team.

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Java Technologist to join our development team building a high-performance, low-latency trading platform.

In this role, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and optimizing mission-critical trading infrastructure that processes thousands of orders per second with microsecond-level latency requirements.

You should be passionate about writing highly efficient, concurrent, and performance-critical code and have strong knowledge of Java internals, network programming, and low-latency system design.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Develop large, complex Latency Sensitive Trading Product Suite. Optimize performance for low latency, high-throughput processing.
• Build execution gateways and interfaces to multiple exchanges and dark pools. Implement fault-tolerant systems and robust recovery mechanisms. Conduct profiling, benchmarking, and tuning JVM/GC/networking performance.
• Understand the existing business functions and participate in defining new solutions that meet business objectives.
• Work with the product team, stakeholders and end-users for contribution towards requirement discovery and project prioritization.
• Design and develop high-quality software deliveries within the committed deadlines.
• Willing to work and contribute across entire SDLC – including dev, testing and support. Collaborate with various development, QA and support teams across different regions.
• L3 support – quick support resolution of production and user issues, application testing and maintenance releases. Interface with other support teams, global internal and external clients related to support, use and output of the products. As part of global team, act as key contact point for queries of both technical and functional nature.
• Contribute towards establishing software delivery best practices. Collaborate on architecture, design decisions, and code reviews.
• Willing to own deliveries and work hands-on across all aspects of software delivery including development, testing, documentation and support.

Mandatory Skill Set:

• Excellent technical skills in Strong Core Java
• High performance messaging Multi-threading, memory management
• Networking (TCP/UDP)
• Performance optimization
• Gitlab CI – Continuous Integration
• Experience of Trading System Development and/or Complex Event Processing
• Deep understanding of multithreading, NIO, concurrency, lock-free data structures, and GC tuning
• Understanding of memory management, multi-threading - concurrency and synchronization.
• Experience with memory-mapped files, off-heap storage, or zero-copy I/O
• Very detail oriented with excellent analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Highly proactive and takes initiative to identify problem areas and evolve solutions
• Shell Scripting

Desired Skill Set:

• Investment Banking domain – good understanding of capital markets
• Knowledge of Equity Trading Markets – especially Compliance related issues and challenges
• Any exposure to exchange connectivity or FIX is highly desirable.