Apps Dev Senior Engineer

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Architect, build and optimize high-throughput market data engines, curve builders, pricing integration layers and real-time distribution services.
• Design modular APIs and event-driven architectures using Java, Python or .NET/C#.
• Deliver tick, end-of-day and historical feeds to pricing libraries and trading applications.
• Partner with Front Office traders and quantitative analysts to turn trading and pricing needs into production software and integrate models, risk calculators and analytics.
• Advance generative and agentic AI workflows in development; prototype anomaly detection, market data validation and developer tools.
• Drive TDD, CI/CD, containerization, observability and performance tuning; own delivery through production support.

Required skills and qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in at least one backend language: Java, Python or .NET/C#.
• Strong experience with enterprise messaging or streaming frameworks, such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Solace, ZeroMQ or gRPC.
• Proficiency in relational databases and time-series or caching technologies.
• Practical experience with Git, CI/CD automation, Docker, Kubernetes or OpenShift, and Linux.
• Familiarity with LLMs, generative AI tools and agentic frameworks applied to engineering productivity or domain solutions.
• Track record in a Tier-1 investment bank, hedge fund or major financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of Commodities or adjacent FX, Rates or Equities products, and understanding of real-time market data, tick data, exchange connectivity, curves, volatilities and reference data.
• Self-driven ownership of complex engineering problems and strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

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