Senior Market Risk Application Developer (Java/Groovy - Capital Markets)

Job Description

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on development experience, deep understanding of market risk and fixed-income products, and the ability to integrate with vendor systems such as Murex, Polypaths, ION, Bloomberg, etc.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, deploy, and maintain software applications supporting Capital Markets business units.
• Participate in end-to-end development: requirement gathering, design, coding, testing, deployment, and documentation.
• Develop and integrate Java/Groovy components within complex fixed-income and risk technology stacks.
• Collaborate with business and technology teams to support market risk and credit risk functions.
• Integrate with vendor systems such as ION, Bloomberg, Polypaths, Murex.
• Perform system analysis, detailed design, component testing, integration testing, and quality assurance.
• Ensure compliance with system requirements, business objectives, and security standards.
• Drive technical excellence, best practices, and continuous improvement.
• Support multiple projects simultaneously and provide advanced technical guidance where needed.
• Contribute to the design and delivery of complex software solutions for capital markets.

Required Skills & Abilities

• Strong hands-on proficiency in Java and/or Groovy, with solid experience in systems integration.
• Additional scripting experience with Python.
• Strong proficiency in SQL and experience with distributed multi-tier applications.
• Experience with development tools/frameworks such as Git, Gradle, Camel, Kafka.
• Familiarity with AWS services (EC2, S3).
• Solid understanding of SDLC methodologies (Agile & Waterfall).
• Strong knowledge of fixed-income products, trade flows, valuations, and risk management.
• Experience integrating with systems such as ION, Bloomberg, Polypaths, Murex.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and presentation skills.
• Understanding of core Computer Science fundamentals:
• Web development
• Service-oriented architecture
• Cloud computing
• Test-driven development
• Domain-driven design

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Equivalent work experience accepted.

Work Experience

• 10+ years of experience in Information Technology, Software/Application Development, or Capital Markets technology.
• Experience developing solutions for risk, pricing, or trading environments is highly preferred.