Front Office Developer Equities

  • New York, NY
  • Posted 15 hours ago | Updated 15 hours ago

Overview

Hybrid
$90 - $100
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2

Skills

Agile
Amazon Web Services
Cascading Style Sheets
Ansible
Cloud Computing
Apache Kafka
Artificial Intelligence
Automated Testing
Capital Market
Charles River
Collaboration
Communication
Continuous Delivery
Continuous Integration
Database
Derivatives
DevSecOps
Docker
Elasticsearch
Equities
Equity Derivatives
Financial Information eXchange
Financial Services
Financing
Front Office
Git
HTML
Hibernate
Java
JavaScript
Jenkins
Kibana
Kubernetes
Machine Learning (ML)
Market Analysis
Messaging
Microsoft Azure
Multitasking
Murex
Order Management
PL/SQL
Pricing
Profit And Loss
Quantitative Analysis
RabbitMQ
Regulatory Compliance
Scalability
Snow Flake Schema
Splunk
Spring Framework
Trading
Workflow

Job Details

Equities Front Office Developer
Location: New York City (2 3 days/week onsite, local candidates strongly preferred)
Duration: 6 months (likely extension; potential conversion to full-time)
Client: Foreign Bank
Overview
Our client, a leading foreign bank, is seeking a Senior Equities Front Office Developer with strong Java expertise and hands-on experience supporting trading desks in the equities financing and derivatives space. The ideal candidate will partner closely with traders, quants, and risk teams to design, enhance, and maintain mission-critical trading platforms.
This is a front office role requiring both deep technical skills and the ability to collaborate directly with business stakeholders in a fast-paced trading environment.
Key Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain equities trading applications using Java.
  • Partner directly with trading desks, quants, and risk teams to deliver front-office solutions.
  • Enhance and support mission-critical platforms (Order Management, Stock Loan, Market Data).
  • Implement solutions for equities, equity derivatives, and swaps workflows (including FIX protocol).
  • Apply DevSecOps best practices (CI/CD, automated testing, observability).
  • Collaborate with global teams to ensure stability, scalability, and performance of systems.
  • Contribute to platform modernization (cloud, AI/ML, containerization).
Required Skills
  • 5+ years of Java development (preferably in capital markets / financial services).
  • Strong understanding of equities trading, derivatives, and financing workflows.
  • Hands-on experience with trading platforms and front-office applications.
  • Experience with FIX protocol.
  • Familiarity with Spring/Hibernate frameworks, messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake).
  • Strong grasp of DevSecOps tools & methodologies (e.g., Jenkins, Ansible, SonarQube, Invicti, Tenable, PuppetLabs).
  • Experience with automated testing frameworks.
  • Knowledge of both backend (Java) and frontend (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) development.
  • Proficiency with Git and Agile development practices.
  • Excellent multitasking, organizational, and communication skills.
Good to Have
  • Experience with Nuvo Prime and/or SwapOne platforms.
  • Experience with Murex or other leading trading systems (Quod, FlexTrade, Charles River).
  • Exposure to AI/ML platforms (e.g., DL4J).
  • Familiarity with Elastic Search, Kibana, Splunk.
  • Knowledge of quantitative analysis, pricing models, and P&L calculations.
  • Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Understanding of risk, compliance, and regulatory frameworks in equities trading.
Additional Information
  • Work Arrangement: 2 3 days onsite in NYC; final interview will be onsite (after 2 3 video rounds, including coding test).
  • Level: Senior candidates only.
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