Java Developer with Fixed Income

Kaav Inc; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaav Inc. in New York City is seeking a senior developer with strong experience in Fixed Income and municipal bonds to design and build our high-performance E-Trading platform.

You will work with traders and quants to implement real-time trading applications that connect to MarketAxess, TradeWeb and Bloomberg, using Java, Kdb, ION and Broadway API.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or related.
• 8+ years of financial service experience.
• Able to communicate effectively with the desk.
• Strong design, coding, testing and debugging skills.
• Strong experience in front office trading systems with emphasis in E-Trading.
• Must have general Fixed Income Pricing and Analytic knowledge.
• Must have strong multithreaded programming experience.
• Must have knowledge of Client Markets MarketAxess, Bloomberg, TradeWeb.
• Must have knowledge of Credit Buy-Side/Sell-Side market structure.
• Knowledge of FIX protocol a plus.
• Knowledge of ION or Broadway API a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design & development of firm’s proprietary, high performance FI E-Trading platform encompassing fixed income all products (Credits/Rates).
• Understand RUN, Axes, RFQs workflow for Dealer to Client markets such as MarketAxess, TradeWeb, Bloomberg.
• Work alongside traders and quantitative analysts to specify and build out real-time trading applications that electronically execute orders across multiple ECNs.
• Supporting and enhancing existing infrastructure and application across a variety of technologies (ION, Java, Kdb).
• Drive implementation and design with emphasis on high availability, scalability and reusability.
• Working with other Fixed Income front office teams lead to promote framework reusability across all business.
• Champion best practice software development life cycle with emphasis in test driven coding methodology.
• Balance time to market (client delivery) with proper governance, compliance and audit mandates.

Skills

Communication

Multithreaded programming

Testing & debugging

High availability design

Java

Kdb

ION

Broadway API

FIX protocol

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering or related

Tools

MarketAxess

Bloomberg

TradeWeb

Job description

Location: New York City - Hybrid-3days/week onsite

Job Description:

We are seeking a developer candidate has experience in Fixed Income and Muni bonds.

Responsibilities

• Design & development of firm’s proprietary, high performance FI E-Trading platform encompassing fixed income all products (Credits/Rates).


• Understand RUN, Axes, RFQs workflow for Dealer to Client markets such as MarketAxess, TradeWeb, Bloomberg.


• Work alongside traders and quantitative analysts to specify and build out real-time trading applications that electronically execute orders across multiple ECNs.


• Supporting and enhancing existing infrastructure and application across a variety of technologies (ION, Java, Kdb).


• Drive implementation and design with emphasis on high availability, scalability and reusability.


• Working with other Fixed Income front office teams lead to promote framework reusability across all business.


• Champion best practice software development life cycle with emphasis in test driven coding methodology.


• Balance time to market (client delivery) with proper governance, compliance and audit mandates.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or related.


• 8+ years of financial service experience.


• Able to communicate effectively with the desk.


• Strong design, coding, testing and debugging skills.


• Strong experience in front office trading system with emphasis in E-Trading.


• Must have general Fixed Income Pricing and Analytic knowledge.


• Must have strong multithreaded programming experience.


• Must have knowledge of Client Markets MarketAxess, Bloomberg, TradeWeb.


• Must have knowledge of Credit Buy-Side/Sell-Side market structure.


• Knowledge of FIX protocol a plus.


• Knowledge of ION or Broadway API a plus.