| Job Description: | Experienced Java developer to build features and enhancements to the Capital Markets suite of applications.
The Capital Markets Technology team is responsible for development and support of various systems used by the Equities, Fixed Income and Investment Banking Divisions to manage Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) and other equity & debt offerings. These applications support all parts of the business flow - deal origination, marketing, order entry by Sales (bookbuilding), electronic exchange of orders with other banks, allocation/pricing, trade booking, settlement & reporting. The IT team is currently based in New York, London, Tokyo & Hong Kong and all members of the team work closely with business users globally in eliciting end-user requirements all the way through to the analysis, design, implementation and rollout of new solutions. There is also interaction with Operations, Equity, Compliance, Private Wealth Management and middle-office Trade Booking teams. The team is closely aligned to the business unit it supports having considerable interaction with front-office Traders and Sales professionals, middle-office functions and back-office Operations staff. The nature of the global business lends itself to high-profile transactions and visibility within the organization.
Principal Responsibilities:
There will be opportunities to work on a variety of core systems, getting heavily involved in Java, Swing, JSP, Perl, Sybase development projects and working closely with our New York, London & Asian IT teams. There are several major development projects currently underway to replace legacy systems with Java-based platforms.
There is also excellent scope to learn about the capital markets business, front to back and work closely with our global user base. In addition to application development, the role will also entail an amount of front and back office user-facing, primarily supporting the Capital Markets Syndicate Desks & Syndicate Operations, Equity & Fixed Income Sales & Trading, Compliance and Trade Booking functions throughout the execution lifecycle of a deal. The role may also require liaising with other technical teams within the organization, e.g. DBAs, Systems Administrator, Help Desk, other core infrastructure teams as well as vendors.
Experience / Skills:
Must Have
Minimum 2 Years application development experience
Strong Java/J2EE/JSP/Swing
Strong SQL
Experienced with web technologies including JSP, JavaScript, HTTP and HTML
Perl/CGI, Unix, Sybase familiarity
OO Analysis and Design skills
Nice to Have
Asynchronous messaging and/or RV experience
Knowledge of XML and parsing
Linux experience
Weblogic / Jboss / Tomcat Application Servers
Automated Testing and Build Tools
Hibernate / other O-R tools
Tapestry / Struts / other Web Frameworks
AJAX
Relevant Skills/Qualifications:
Good analytical and troubleshooting skills
Good interpersonal, business-facing skills
Ability to perform under pressure in time-critical situations using sound judgment & professionalism
Ability to integrate into and work well within a global team
Person should exhibit a flexible attitude and dynamic approach to supporting applications/users as well as undertaking development projects.
Financial industry knowledge a plus |
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