Job Description We are seeking a
Senior Software Engineer with strong experience in
swaps technology and corporate actions processing to design, develop, and support critical trading and post-trade systems within a financial services environment.
This role will focus on building scalable, high-performance applications across the swaps trade lifecycle and corporate actions workflows, including trade capture, booking, validation, lifecycle events, settlements, reconciliations, dividends, coupons, stock splits, mergers, conversions, and other event-driven processing. The engineer will work closely with trading, operations, risk, finance, and technology teams to deliver reliable solutions for derivatives and post-trade platforms.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain applications supporting swaps trade lifecycle and corporate actions processing.
- Build high-quality software using Java and/or C++.
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
- Support and enhance systems for OTC derivatives, swaps products, and event-driven post-trade workflows.
- Troubleshoot production issues and implement long-term improvements.
- Contribute to architecture, code reviews, testing, and engineering best practices.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field.
- Senior-level software engineering experience in financial services.
- Strong hands-on development experience with Java and/or C++.
- Experience with swaps, OTC derivatives, trade lifecycle systems, or corporate actions platforms.
- Understanding of corporate actions events such as dividends, coupons, stock splits, mergers, conversions, spin-offs, or reorganizations.
- Strong knowledge of SQL, distributed systems, and object-oriented design.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Preferred Experience
- Knowledge of swaps lifecycle events, settlements, reconciliations, confirmations, collateral, margin, or regulatory reporting.
- Experience with corporate actions data, entitlement calculations, event processing, or downstream booking workflows.
- Experience with Kafka, MQ, REST APIs, microservices, or event-driven architecture.
- Familiarity with Dodd-Frank, EMIR, MiFID II, CFTC reporting, or other regulatory requirements.
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $175,000 - $200,000
About Us Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.
At Jefferies, we are committed to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.
Jefferies is committed to creating and sustaining a workforce that welcomes individuals from all backgrounds to apply. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, pregnancy, age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, marital status, domestic partner status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.
The salary offered will take into consideration an individual's experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, Jefferies Financial Group is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time employees or part-time employees, who are scheduled to work at least 30 hours or more per week, including an annual discretionary incentive and retention bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Jefferies also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (e.g., vacation), unplanned time off (e.g., sick leave), and paid holidays, and for full-time employees, paid parental leave.
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