Senior Front Office Rates Python Engineer | Risk & P&L

Bank of America; City of Rochester (NY); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America seeks a Python-focused Front Office Rates Developer to deliver risk and P&L solutions for a trading desk environment. The role collaborates with Traders, Risk Managers, and tech teams to collect requirements and build end-to-end front-to-back solutions, focusing on intraday and end-of-day risk explanations.

The role requires strong software engineering experience in financial services, with expertise in front office workflows and CI/CD practices.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in software engineering, with a strong track record in Financial Services (ideally front office technology).
• Deep knowledge of Risk Systems, Trading Platforms or Pricing Engines within Rates or similar Fixed Income asset classes.
• Strong understanding of front office workflows.
• Fluency in OO or Functional languages including but not limited to Python (preferred), C#, Java, or C++.
• Track record of success working in Agile environments (e.g. SCRUM, Kanban) and continuous integration.

Responsibilities

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained
• Mentors other software engineers and coach team on CI-CD practices and automating tool stack
• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• Automates manual release activities
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)

Skills

Application Development

Automation

Influence

Solution Design

Technical Strategy Development

Architecture

Business Acumen

DevOps Practices

Result Orientation

Solution Delivery Process

Analytical Thinking

Collaboration

Data Management

Risk Management

Test Engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Degree in Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Mathematics, or relevant analytical degree

Tools

SecDB

Athena

Quartz

Job description

Bank of America seeks a Python-focused Front Office Rates Developer to deliver risk and P&L solutions for a trading desk environment. The role collaborates with Traders, Risk Managers, and tech teams to collect requirements and build end-to-end front-to-back solutions, focusing on intraday and end-of-day risk explanations.

The role requires strong software engineering experience in financial services, with expertise in front office workflows and CI/CD practices.