Associate, Credit eTrading Software Developer (Java)

Job Description

Jefferies, a global investment banking firm focused on serving clients for over 50 years, is a leader in providing insight, expertise, and execution to investors, companies, and governments. The firm provides a full range of services, including investment banking, sales, trading, research, and strategy across equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, futures, commodities, and select asset and wealth management strategies. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE: LUK), a diversified holding company.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design and development of firm's proprietary, high performance Fixed Income (FI) e-trading platform with an emphasis on Credit products (US Corporates, Credit Derivatives, Central/South American Emerging Markets)
• Supporting and enhancing existing infrastructure and applications across a variety of technologies (ION, Java, Kdb)
• Supporting various dealer-to-client trading workflows (indicative & firm quoting, RUNZ, axes, RFQ & order management, STP)
• Working alongside traders and quantitative analyst to gather requirements and build out real-time trading applications that electronically execute orders across multiple ECNs
• Driving implementation and design with emphasis on high availability and scalability
• Working with other FI e-trading team lead to promote framework reusability across all products
• Championing SDLC best practices with emphasis in test driven coding methodology
• Balancing time to market (client delivery) with proper governance, compliance, and audit mandates

Education

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering or related

Required Background:

• 3+ years of finance industry experience (front office e-trading experience recommended)
• Knowledge of Java 8-21, Linux, SQLServer/PostgreSQL/JDBC
• Strong multithreaded programming experience
• Strong design, coding, testing and debugging skills
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with the trading and sales desk

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $125,000 - $150,000.

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.