Electronic Trading Java Developer job at NatWest Group in Stamford, CT

Electronic Trading Java DeveloperLocation Stamford, United StatesJob type PermanentContract typeFull Time#R-00268574Our people work differently depending on their jobs and needs. From hybrid working to flexible hours, we have plenty of options that help our people to thrive. This role is based in the United States and as such all normal working days must be carried out in the United States. Job descriptionNatWest Markets Securities Inc. (NWMSI) seeks an Electronic Trading Java Developer for its Stamford, CT location.Duties:Responsible for the design, implementation and second level support of large-scale, multi-tiered electronic trading systems. Support the Fixed Income Trading IT team, working primarily with an in-house electronic trading application stack. Responsible for applications/functions that range from responding to electronic customer request-for-quote (RFQ) via Tradeweb and Bloomberg, real-time price contribution, and the automated hedging of customer trades, related execution algorithms and order management system.Support the U.S. Rates business as part of a worldwide IT team, and work with business managers, traders and global Dev/Support teams. Responsible for Java coding, debugging, testing and releasing the code in a production environment. Regular meetings with business stakeholders to understand the requirements and to conduct feasibility analyses for the relevant software applications. Specialized Java Development duties focusing on numerous components of the electronic trading application environment, which is primarily written in Java and built in-house.Responsible for adapting and improving the software stack to meet the needs of the U.S. Rates and Credit business’s move towards lower latency electronic execution. Use knowledge of vanilla Java programming, multithreading, object-oriented programming, distributed computing and message-based architectures to maintain a wide range of computer applications and functions that themselves run automated processes, such as: responding to electronic customer request-for-quote via Tradeweb and Bloomberg, real-time price contribution, automatic hedging of customer trades, related execution algorithms and the order management system.Facilitate NatWest’s move toward lower latency and automating existing manual processes within the highly liquid US Treasury Bond and USD Interest Rate Swaps markets. Perform software release and change management, and implement post-review changes. Execute complete project lifecycles using Agile methodologies (Scrum). Provide second level support to the trading desk when issues or questions arise. Requirements:Must have at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Applications, Applied Computer Science, Computer Information Systems or a related field followed by 5 years of progressive experience in the position offered, or as a Software Engineer, Tech Lead or a related role.Full term of required experience must include: Utilizing Java programming language to build software solutions;Using Agile methodologies and the software development process;Driving software development lifecycles;Utilizing Java 8 features including Lambda Expression, Functional Interface and Streams;Performing Java coding, debugging, testing and releasing code in a production environment;Developing Java multithreading, Spring Boot and Microservice architectures;Using SVN or Git version control tools;Designing and developing real time, high throughput and low latency distributed systems;and Utilizing DBMS, Distributed Computing, Junit, Maven and Cucumber for application development and testing application functionality.Three (3) years of required experience must include: Developing and implementing RPA bots using UiPath for automating manual tasks and conducting automated monitoring and alerting of software processes;and building high-performance, low-latency applications utilizing the Aeron messaging platform. Remote work permitted up to 3 days per week. Salary is $192,275/yr.; 40 hrs./wk. Direct applicants only. Apply tot his job