Synthetics Products Group Engineer, VP (Fintech)

TL;DR

Synthetics Products Group Engineer, VP (Fintech): Designing and building high-performance, high-availability platforms for risk hedging, trade execution, and post-trade processing with an accent on enhancing and scaling infrastructure. Focus on developing cutting-edge technology stacks for contract lifecycle events and visualizing system performance.

Location: Onsite in Sydney, NSW, Australia

Company

hirify.global is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, committed to helping clients, shareholders, and communities grow.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance, high-availability platforms for risk hedging, trade execution, trade booking, and post-trade processing.
• Design and build solutions to enhance and scale infrastructure to support business growth and new products with a holistic front-to-back approach.
• Collect data and metrics from existing systems to guide decision making and business intelligence.
• Communicate with traders, sales, strategists, operations, and compliance officers to gather requirements, design workflows, deliver features, and provide user support.

Requirements

• 6+ years of professional experience in full-stack software development.
• Hands-on experience with Java and a solid understanding of object-oriented programming concepts.
• A solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and systems design.
• Bachelor or master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Quantitative Research, or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work in a team as well as independently.

Nice to have

• Working experience in the financial industry and front-office facing environment.
• Demonstrated people-management experience, including mentoring team members.
• Financial knowledge and a good understanding of Equities Synthetic or Derivative products.
• Experience with dependency injection frameworks such as Spring/Guice.
• Prior experience in Web or UI development such as Angular/React.
• Prior experience with Linux shell scripting, systems programming, real-time low latency systems, event-driven systems, and event sourcing.

Culture & Benefits

• Join a dynamic and innovative front office team that partners directly with trading, sales, quants, operations, and other engineering teams globally.
• Work in an environment that encourages open discussion and is focused on the delivery of robust, reliable software.
• Commitment to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion.
• Opportunities for professional and personal growth through training, development, firmwide networks, and wellness programs.
• Offers best-in-class benefits.