Associate, Lead Software Engineer (Hong Kong)

Job Description
Job Title:    Lead Software Engineer
Corporate Title:    Associate
Division    GroupTechnology
Location:    Hong Kong
    
Nomura Overview
Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment 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

Department Overview
Prime Brokerage is a suite of services provided by investment banks to hedge funds and other institutional investors. These services include market access, trade execution, custody, securities lending, financing, margin trading and risk management. This allows our clients to focus on investment goals and strategy.

Prime Technology is part of Global Markets IT. We are a front-office trader facing technology team combining the functions of Prime Brokerage and Equity Financing. We are responsible for building platforms to grow and scale our global Prime Business.

Functional Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Associate Software Engineer to join our Prime Technology Team in Hong Kong. You will have the opportunity to work on diverse and challenging projects, take on early responsibility, and contribute to the firm's success. If you have a proactive mindset and a demonstrated passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Role description:
Key Responsibilities
•    Own development of Java-based applications, ensuring focus on correctness, resilience and quality.
•    Work across different functional and technical solutions including trader tool enhancements, regulatory initiatives, inventory optimization, and global swap system migrations.
•    Collaborate closely with traders and operations as part of a team to understand their needs and create technical solutions.
•    Be part of a global team with members in Tokyo, Mumbai, London, and New York. Contributing to collective goals and supporting your colleagues.
•    Collaborate on projects across other technology, business, client and vendor teams.
•    Take ownership of the full software development lifecycle, from initial discussions through to design, development, testing, deployment.
•    Conduct code reviews and design reviews to ensure best practices and high standards are followed.
•    Document discussions / solutions / processes and track development and issues using Confluence and Jira. Share ideas/observations/improvements with the global team.
•    Primary Support is covered by a separate Production Services team, however at times you may need to assist Production Services and traders to resolve issues.

 

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:
•    Candidates must have a Bachelor of Science university degree, or equivalent, in Computer Science/STEM subjects.
•    Minimum of 5 years of hands-on Java development
•    Experience with at least one of the following: equity swaps, securities lending, equities order management, inventory management, balance sheet/financing/funding, trader tools/desktop, equity trade booking/lifecycle.
•    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
•    Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with traders and other stakeholders.
•    Proficiency with Spring Boot, relational databases/SQL, test driven development.
•    Proactive learning mindset and the ability to take initiative in identifying and solving problems.
•    Demonstrated interest in technology and modern software design/architecture.

Preferred Skills
Technical:
•    Java: Java 21, Collections, Spring Boot 3, Java Streams API, concurrency, profiling, garbage collection, jdbc, jms
•    Web/UI: HTML5 frameworks: React, Redux, SSE/Websockets, CSS/Tailwind/Bootstrap
•    Databases: Sybase/MS SQL Server, MongoDB
•    Streaming: Kafka/Pulsar, streaming / reactive programming, serialization protocols
•    Integration: Enterprise Integration Patterns, Apache Camel
•    Cloud: Experience with AWS, S3, Lambda
•    DevOps: Gitlab CI/CD, Ansible, Observability/Telemetry
•    Containers: Docker/Podman, Kubernetes
•    Unix: bash scripting, system and process monitoring
•    Data Science: Python, Pandas, Graphing Plotly, Machine Learning SciPi
•    Optimization: Linear Programming