Software Engineer

eFX Java Developer High Frequency Trading, Assistant Vice President

Who we are looking for

This is a hands-on software development role on the FX development team located in Boston, MA. 

Starting more than a decade ago, the State Street eFX platform of applications has seen considerable expansion, with steady and significant increases in trading volumes and PnL contributions for State Street.

You will join an enthusiastic global development team who develop, support and maintain a meshed based platform that trades Sunday to Friday on a follow the Sun basis. This system is very large, with thousands of client connections, automated trading strategies and componentry to operate.

We are looking for energic developers who have a full stack mentality, understand how to write high performance code, have good problem solving skills, can operate under pressure and communicate effectively across all lines of the business.

Additionally, since we develop the system, we also directly support it. This means the development team is closely aligned with the business.

Any candidate applying for this position should ideally possess business knowledge and demonstrate an understanding of FX Spot, Forward, Swap, Benchmarks and eNDF trading.

Why this role is important to us

The eFX suite of applications encompass a strategic business initiative with a multi-year expansion plan. Any candidate applying must be prepared to play a significant role in that success.

What you will be responsible for

As an FX Developer, you will

• Leverage your Java, Python programming and design skills to develop high volume, highly available transactional systems
• Build integration solutions across heterogeneous platforms
• Work closely with business users as well as Development, Quality Assurance, and Infrastructure teams
• Receive and analyze requirements and propose suitable solutions that adhere to the team's working methodology
• Communicate with senior management, developers, architects, and end users, who may be based in different locations and time zones
• Take ownership of  medium to large projects and run them from inception to completion

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Creative thinkers who are motivated by challenging problems
• Demonstrated experience building and maintaining large distributed systems
• Experience developing in Java
• Experience with relational databases (Oracle, Sql Server) and development
• Experience with build tools, for example Git, Maven, Jenkins, Artifactory, etc.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to receive and analyze requirements
• Excellent communication, organization, interpersonal planning, and analytical skills
• Knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle for Iterative, Agile, and traditional approaches
• Experience with release management
• An understanding of architectural schematics.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters in CS, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, or similar
• 8 years’ experience working as a software developer

Additional requirements

• Experience with collaboration with geographically distributed teams a plus
• Experience with low-latency trading systems a big plus
• Demonstrated experience with Messaging frameworks including AWS, DataBricks, Python, Java is required
• Stays current with data engineering technologies, best practices, and industry trends
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and Skills
 

• Formal training or certification on Data Engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience.
• Experience using technologies such as Databricks , Pyspark, and AWS
• Experience in working with AWS (Lambda, Step Function, SQS, SNS, API Gateway, secrets manager and storage services )
• Strong software engineering and object-oriented programming skills with expertise in Python and Terraform
• Familiar with development tools such as Jenkins, Jira, Git/Stash, spinnaker
• Hands on experience with open-source frameworks/libraries, such as Apache NiFi, Apache Airflow and Autosys.
• Strong understanding of REST API development using FASTAPI or equivalent frameworks.
• Familiarity with unit testing frameworks such as pytest or unittest.
• Advanced at SQL (e.g., joins and aggregations)
• Extensive experience in statistical data analysis, with the ability to select appropriate tools and identify data patterns for effective analysis, as well as experience throughout the data l