Assistant Vice President/ Vice President, C++ Software Engineer, Global Markets Technology

Bank of America

  • Bandra, Maharashtra
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 8 days ago
Job Description:At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!Job Description:Background: You will be part of a Global Markets Technology group responsible for supporting and enhancing an electronic trading platform for the securities and derivatives businesses. The team, while having a global presence, requires experienced, dedicated members to ensure functionality of the platform matches the specifics of the local markets and users.You will join a global team, continuously improving an electronic trading platform that is strategic for several lines of business of the firm.Members of this team are exposed to challenging tasks that allows them to get a deep understanding of the firm’s technologies, processes and trading floor users.The culture of the firm is one that fosters excellence, teamwork, learning, delivering and believing in our people. You will be an individual who loves to learn and takes initiative.Responsibilities:
  • You will be involved in supporting and improving a C++ and .NET based trading application for securities and derivatives, covering both front end and server-side development, including working on automated trading engines
  • You will be a core member of the global team and will be responsible for the entire delivery pipeline – from gathering requirements, writing tests, developing the system, and working with the tech partners and users to roll out the deliverable
  • You will be expected to develop relationships across the regional and global technology partners and user communities as part of the deliverable. Since the team develops and maintains an application for electronic trading, you will have the opportunity to learn and contribute on various other aspects of electronic trading applications used by the firm. This will also offer great networking opportunities with end-users in the financial industry
Skills:
  • 8+ years relevant experience in a similar role in Financial Services
  • Excellent programming skills using C++. Deep understanding of C++ and Operating system such as Solaris/Linux. Strong knowledge of standard library, STL, containers and algorithms
  • Hands-on experience with multithreaded systems and writing low latency code
  • Have a good knowledge of network programming and optimization
  • Development practices – Practicing Test Driven Development (TDD) and OO design. Should have experience with DevOps tools such as GIT, continuous build, deploy and quality checks
  • Excellent communication skills
  • A standout colleague - Can independently work with direction from the team lead
  • Can demonstrate ability to work in a multi-faceted role (development with some testing, support and analysis)
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Hands-on approach and willing to investigate problems
  • The ability to work across a global organization
  • Strong business and data analysis skills
  • Hands on experience with database applications using Oracle
Desired Skills:
  • Experience supporting Trading desk
  • Experience working with agile methodologies
  • Demonstrable experience of front office system design and architecture
  • Business Knowledge – Understanding of equities and/or derivatives markets
  • Knowledge of FIX (heart beating, login, sequence numbers, message types etc.)

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