Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Software Engineer Job Code: 9263 Country: IN City: Mumbai Skill Category: IT\Technology Description: Nomura Overview: Nomura is an Asiaheadquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant 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 Division Overview: Global Markets Technology builds and maintains software solutions used by Global Markets Front and Middle office businesses. The business is spread across EMEA, US, Japan, AEJ, and emerging Markets like India, Brazil, and China. It deals in wide range of products including FX, Rates, Credit, Securitized Products, Equities, Futures & Options, FI/EQ Derivatives, and Prime Services including financing. GMIT India team is an integral part of the global team, which is spread across US, UK, Tokyo, Singapore, HK, India and China. It works in partnership with the regions to deliver technology solutions to GM business across regions prioritized in Global Book of Work. This team serves key business functions such as Pricing, Sales & Research (PreTrade), Electronic Trading, Client & Exchange Connectivity (Trading related), Trade Capture & Workflow, Trade Life Cycle Management (PostTrade), MIS (pre and post trade analysis), Position, Risk Management and P&L (realtime, intraday and EOD), Interfaces to Corporate Settlement, Risk and Finance systems. Position Specifications: Corporate Title Associate Functional Title Lead Software Engineer Experience 7 14 years Qualification B.E. / B.Tech / M.E. / M.Tech Requisition No. A strong developer contributing to Core Trading, Risk Management and Reporting Platform for all business products in Equity Derivatives. Team member to participate in development of global feeds, improvements in endofday profiling, thirdparty and regulatory interfaces and other global projects in Equities. Role will also involve handling UAT and L3 production support Design, develop and deliver high quality, mission critical changes in a fastpaced environment Partner with fellow developers, quality engineers & product owners constituting the distributed team, with strong focus on delivering value to business Participates in regional / global development and project meetings Follow global development/change management standards to deliver quality enhancements/solutions in timely manner Participate in development, code reviews, & postmortem activities. Participate in Rota for release management & provide 2nd / 3rd level support Support in resolution of production and user issues, application testing and maintenance releases Gain understanding and contribute to various applications and systems being developed by the group Willing to learn new technologies / tools as required, to effectively deliver output Strong problem solving and analytical skills Good written and verbal communication skills Agile mind set & a strong bias for action Role & Responsibilities: Skill set: Mandatory Desired Domain Investment Banking Domain Education, Knowledge, Skills and Experience Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science or Information Technology or an MCA. Knowledge of C#,.NET and MS SQL Server is a must. The candidate should be proficient in TSQL. Strong experience within the IT Project Life Cycle is essential as well as a good working knowledge of Agile project management principles and practices Should have the ability to multitask and be a team player. Own critical components of applications and participate in handson development. Expected to work with development and support team members across different regions. Support resolution of production and user issues, application testing and maintenance releases. Partner with QA teams for unit and integration testing of the deliverables. Deliver high quality change within the deadlines. Willing to learn new technologies / tools as required, to effectively deliver output. Strong problem solving and analytical skills. Good written and verbal communication skills. Good understanding of software design principles and patterns, including user interface design Skillful in Python, TSQL and NoSQL Database. Experience in trade regulatory reporting space with understanding of Equity and/or derivatives products Knowledge of cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) Ability to independently work across the technology