Senior Java Developer
Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
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Job Summary
SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services including banking leasing securities credit cards and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFGs shares trade on the Tokyo Nagoya and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.
In the Americas SMBC Group has a presence in the US Canada Mexico Brazil Chile Colombia and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate institutional and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organizations extensive global network. The Groups operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC) SMBC Nikko Securities America Inc. SMBC Capital Markets Inc. SMBC MANUBANK JRI America Inc. SMBC Leasing and Finance Inc. Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A. and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co. Ltd.
The anticipated salary range for this role is between $158000.00and $205000.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications experiences and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive addition to cash compensation SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.
We are seeking a highly motivated Vice President Java Developer to join our Front Office Fixed Income Technology team in New York. The successful candidate will partner directly with traders sales quants risk managers and business stakeholders to design develop and support mission-critical trading pricing risk and trade lifecycle management applications.
This is a hands-on development role requiring strong technical expertise solid Fixed Income business knowledge and the ability to deliver high-performance scalable solutions in a fast-paced front-office environment. The candidate will play a key role in modernizing the technology stack driving engineering best practices and leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot to enhance productivity and software quality.
Software Development
Design develop and maintain front-office applications using Java 17 as the primary development language.
Build high-performance low-latency and scalable services supporting trading pricing risk management position management and trade lifecycle workflows.
Develop microservices and event-driven solutions using modern architecture patterns.
Design and implement robust APIs and integrations with internal and external systems.
Participate in architecture design development testing deployment and production support activities.
Front Office Partnership
Work directly with traders sales teams quants risk managers operations users and business stakeholders to deliver technology solutions.
Analyze business requirements and translate them into scalable technical designs.
Partner closely with the business to automate workflows and improve operational efficiency.
Engineering Excellence
Drive software engineering best practices including:
o Clean code principles
o Test-driven development (TDD)
o Automated testing
o Secure coding practices
o Code reviews
o Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
Promote observability resiliency and operational excellence across applications.
Utilize GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted development tools to improve software delivery code quality documentation test coverage and developer productivity.
Production Support
Provide Level 3 support for business-critical production systems.
Troubleshoot complex production issues and perform root cause analysis.
Participate in release planning deployment activities and production readiness reviews.
Collaboration
Collaborate with global technology teams across New York London and Asia.
Work closely with DevOps infrastructure architecture QA and business teams.
Mentor junior developers and contribute to technical leadership across the organization.
Technical Skills
Extensive hands-on software development experience using Java preferably Java 17 or later.
Strong experience with:
o Spring Boot
o RESTful APIs
o Microservices architecture
o Multithreading and concurrency
o Event-driven architectures
o Messaging technologies such as Kafka MQ or JMS
o Relational databases and SQL
Strong understanding of:
o Data structures and algorithms
o Object-oriented design and design patterns
o Distributed systems
o Performance tuning and optimization
o Scalable application architectures
AI-Assisted Development
Demonstrated experience using GitHub Copilot and AI-assisted software development tools.
Ability to effectively leverage GitHub Copilot for:
o Software development and code generation
o Unit and integration test creation
o Refactoring and code modernization
o Documentation generation
o Code reviews and productivity improvements
Strong understanding of validating AI-generated code and applying engineering best practices.
Financial Markets Knowledge
Experience working within Front Office technology organizations in investment banking.
Strong understanding of Fixed Income products
Experience building or supporting trading pricing risk management position management or trade lifecycle management systems.
Engineering Practices
Strong experience implementing:
o Test-Driven Development (TDD)
o Automated testing frameworks
o CI/CD pipelines
o Agile/Scrum methodologies
o Production support and incident management processes
Proven track record delivering enterprise applications from inception through production deployment.
Soft Skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent verbal and written communication abilities.
Self-motivated and proactive with a strong sense of ownership.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced front-office environment.
Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure AWS or Google Cloud.
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Knowledge of Fixed Income risk analytics including DV01 PV01 CS01 VaR and stress testing.
Experience integrating with trading and market platforms such as Bloomberg TOMS Bloomberg ALLQ Tradeweb MarketAxess BrokerTec or Tradeweb.
Experience developing real-time risk position or trade management systems.
Experience leading technical design discussions and mentoring development teams.
SMBCs employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home as well as from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles including for example certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.
SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal state and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process please let us know at
Required Experience:
Senior IC
