SENIOR JAVA DEVELOPER – FLOW RISK - AVP

As a Barclays Senior Java Developer you will work in a dynamic front office technology team developing various facets of risk management for the equity derivatives trading desk. The candidate will join a team responsible for managing and developing enterprise-level Java based risk platform for equity derivatives.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

WHAT WILL YOU  BE DOING?

• Work on a highly visible real-time front office Flow Derivatives platform for a large revenue generating trading desk

• Analyze, design, test and implement risk components in a highly distributed, low latency platform

• Contribute in the development of low latency messaging components

• Development of Risk and PnL components dealing directly with quant libraries

• Work on revenue generating business projects for the Flow Derivatives Desk

• Optimize processes to achieve hardware efficiencies

• Face time with traders, Quants and other business users both for understanding new feature requests and providing support

• Second-level support of the application

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR:

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other analytical field

• At least 5+ years proven experience with Java, with a focus on low latency programming, mult-threading, collections, concurrency & optimization 

• Strong experience with Linux / Unix and Distributed file system 

• Proficient in Agile Development

SKILLS THAT WILL HELP YOU IN THE ROLE:

• Experience with equity or fixed income derivative products and associated pricing, risk and PnL concepts

• Ability to work with global team of developer and communicate / collaborate effectively

• Experience C# , Scala or Python would be a big plus

WHERE WILL YOU BE  WORKING?

You will be working at our Americas Headquarters at 745 Seventh Avenue. This 37-story office tower is located in Times Square in the heart of Manhattan and features a cafeteria, fitness center and state-of-the-art LED signage on the facade of the building.

Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 50 countries and employing around 83,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.