Lead Electronic Trading Software Developer (Java)

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Job Description

Job Description

Be a part of transformational change where integrity matters, success inspires and great teams collaborate and innovate. As the fifth-largest bank in the United States, we're one of the country's most respected, innovative, ethical and successful financial institutions. We're looking for people who want more than just a job - they want to make a difference! U.S. Bank is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for our Capital Markets Technology team. In this role, the Lead Software Engineer will be part of a team supporting a new electronic trading platform.

Essential Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products.
• Takes full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code.
• Consistently creates optimal design adhering to architectural best practices; considers scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected when defining technical designs.
• Makes sound design/coding decisions keeping customer experience in the forefront.
• Takes feedback from code review and apply changes to meet standards. Conducts code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures.
• Accountable for ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices.
• Exhibits relentless focus in software reliability engineering standards embedded into development standards.
• Embraces emerging technology opportunities and contributes to the best practices in support of the bank's technology transformation.
• Contributes to a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Reviews tasks critically and ensures they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery. Anticipates and communicates blockers and delays before they require escalation.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Six to eight years of relevant experience

Technology Experience Should Include

• Deep Java expertise including low latency techniques such as memory maps, ring buffers, thread pining and cache line consistency
• Deep Experience with Distributed Memory Fabric
• Deep experience with Messaging [JMS or native]
• Experience with raw TCP/IP and UDP/Multicast [prefer to see how implemented reliable Multi-cast]
• Understanding of Spring, Gradle and Docker
• Experience with Relational Databases [Postgress or Oracle preferred]
• Highly skilled in Linux scripting, troubleshooting and host tuning
• Experience with Chromium Engines, HTML5 and Angular or React Javascript libraries

Business Experience Should Include

• Corporate Bond [HY or IG] Electronic Trading market structure
• Deep understanding on Financial calculations, such as conversion of Yield to Price and basic understanding of Spread
• Deep understanding of BWIC/OWIC negotiating protocol, including nuances with LP/ECN/ATS
• Deep understanding of Offer Management including concepts of Tiering levels
• Deep understanding of Market Data including Aggregated, Consolidated and Montage books
• Understanding of Post Trade Feed flows including calculations for settlement

Preferred Experience

Technology

• Experience with C/C++, Rust or Python
• Familiarity with Java Unsafe memory access model
• Experience with Kubernetes configuration and Jenkins scripting
• Big Data experience – prefer Hadoop with PIG or Hive
• No SQL Experience, even Mongo DB is ok here
• Tick Database and Market data streaming understanding
• Complex Event Processor experience

Business

• Understanding of Risk including DV01, CR01 and generally what these numbers indicate
• Understanding of strategies used to position particular inventory sectors
• Understanding of micro-market structures and typical areas exploited by Algorithmic partners
• Understanding of any Regulatory organizations

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants .

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Benefits

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following (some may vary based on role, location or hours):

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Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

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Basic term and optional term life insurance

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Short-term and long-term disability

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Pregnancy disability and parental leave

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401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

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Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

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Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

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Adoption assistance

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Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

EEO is the Law

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse workforce. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, among other factors. Applicants can learn more about the company’s status as an equal opportunity employer by viewing the federal KNOW YOUR RIGHTS EEO poster.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program .