Software Engineer III - Equities Structured Products Technology

Hobbsnews; New York (NY); On-site; USD 103,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America in New York is building a highly automated, front-to-back STP platform to support the growth of Structured Notes and Structured Products. This mid-level developer role offers opportunities to work with technology teams and front-office stakeholders to modernise a globally fragmented platform across the full trade lifecycle.

The position involves collaborating with Sales, Trading, Structuring, Operations, and platform teams to deliver end-to-end solutions, while contributing to

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or equivalent professional experience.

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).
• Deliver key components within the pricing and booking domain for Structured Notes and Structured Products.
• Design and build backend Python services supporting the pre-trade Structured Products platform.
• Partner closely with Sales, Trading, Structuring, Operations, and platform teams to deliver aligned, end-to-end solutions.
• Contribute to automation, monitoring, exception alerting, and metrics to support business strategy-making.
• Support and enhance a globally distributed front-office platform, including production support and architectural input.

Skills

Python

Front-office equities

Systems integration

Communication

Analytical thinking

DevOps practices

Collaboration

Problem solving

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

React

Job description

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.

Job Profile Summary

Equity Linked Technology is building a highly automated, front-to-back STP platform to support the continued growth of the Structured Notes (SN) and Structured Products (SP) businesses.

This role offers a mid-level developer the opportunity to work closely with technology teams and front-office stakeholders to modernise a globally fragmented platform across the full trade lifecycle.

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 Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (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)
• Deliver key components within the pricing and booking domain for Structured Notes and Structured Products.
• Design and build backend Python services supporting the pre-trade Structured Products platform.
• Partner closely with Sales, Trading, Structuring, Operations, and platform teams to deliver aligned, end-to-end solutions.
• Contribute to automation, monitoring, exception alerting, and metrics to support business strategy-making.
• Support and enhance a globally distributed front-office platform, including production support and architectural input.

Required Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in technology development, with strong exposure to front-office Equities Derivatives systems.
• Strong Python development capability, ideally with experience working on Structured Notes / Structured Products pricing or payoff logic.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate complex platforms and integrations within a multi-system environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable partnering with front-office stakeholders and technology teams.
• An analytical, methodical approach, able to translate business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.

Desired Qualifications:

• 2+ years of relevant work experience
• Proficiency in programming language(s) required for the role
• Familiarity with Structured Notes / Structured Products workflows or payoff mechanics.
• Exposure to React or modern UI development, including working with well-defined APIs.
• Experience contributing to globally distributed front-office platforms, including data modelling or automation tooling.

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

Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor Degree or Equivalent Professional Experience

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 40

Pay Transparency details

US - NY - New York - 1100 Ave Of The Americas - Two Bryant Park (NY1540)Pay and benefits informationPay range$102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.Discretionary incentive eligibleThis role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.BenefitsThis role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.4 years experience