Principal Software Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Principal Software Engineer Job Code: 7749 Country: IN City: Mumbai Skill Category: IT\Technology Description: Overview: Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asiabased investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in 30 countries. Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs about 26,000 staff worldwide. Nomura s unique understanding of Asia enables the company to make a difference for clients through three business divisions: domestic retail, global wholesale and asset management. Global Markets Technology provides technology solutions used by Global Markets Front and Middle Office. It supports a wide range of products covering: FX Rates Credit Securitized Products Equities Futures & Options FI/EQ Derivatives and Prime Services including financing. Applications developed, tested, maintained and supported include: PreTrade: Pricing, Sales & Research Trading: Electronic Trading, Client & Exchange Connectivity PostTrade: Trade Capture & Workflow, Trade Life Cycle Management MIS (pre and post trade analysis) Position, Risk Management and P&L (realtime, intraday and EOD) Interfaces to Corporate Settlement, Risk and Finance systems and Core Technology Components The Global Markets Technology team in India is an integral part of the global team spread across all regions. We work through a combination of full ownership and team extension models to deliver these technology solutions to the Global Markets business globally Job Description: This is a senior Individual Contributor position. The selected person would be part of Rates Electronic Trade Capture team and would report to the its India Head. The roles and responsibilities are as follows: Develop and maintain large, complex Electronic Trade Processing Applications Understand the existing business functions and participate in defining new solutions that meet their business objectives Understand the overall ecosystem and develop appropriate integration solutions Deliver high quality code within the committed deadlines Adhere to the best coding practices that reduce technical debt Expected to work with development and support team members across different regions Partner with analysts across the globe to understand the requirements and to define solutions Support resolution of production and user issues, application testing and maintenance releases Partner with external stakeholders for testing and implementation the deliverables Provide regular updates regarding status or progress made to managers and stakeholders. Gain understanding of various applications and systems being developed by the peer groups Strong problem solving and analytical skills Good written and verbal communication skills Willing to learn new technologies / tools as required, in order to effectively deliver output Key Skills: Mandatory Skills: 8+ years of work experience with a solid understanding of Java and Spring Good understanding of OOPS concepts, and design patterns Strong understanding of working with Tibco EMS / RV / IBM MQ / Solace / Apache Pulsar Understanding of memory management, multithreading concurrency and synchronization. Strong database knowledge of any one RDBMS (Sybase, Oracle, etc.) Candidate should be a quick learner. Should have demonstrated in the past quick learning capabilities. Strong listening, problem solving, analytical skills and excellent communication skills (both spoken and written English) Must be a team player with prior experience in working in a global development team Desirable Skills: Knowledge of electronic Rates trading Knowledge of Apache Camel framework Experience in any Continuous Integration and Build environment Industry exposure of Investment banking