Job Title:  Principal Software Engineer

Overview:
Nomura is an Asia-headquartered financial services group with an integrated global network spanning over 30 countries. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Retail, Asset Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and Merchant Banking. Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com
 
Nomura Services India, (Powai) supports Nomura’s businesses around the world. Powai’ s world class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support have played a key role in facilitating Nomura’s global operations and are an integral part of Nomura’s global expansion plans. The Powai operation is a critical part of the platform to support the growth of Nomura’s global business.

Division Overview:

In Technology we focus on facilitating business growth by building and supporting a scalable global front to back infrastructure, whilst continuing to control operational risks and costs.

Technology team is pivotal in designing & engineering our vital information technology and risk management systems to support an ever expanding demand.

Professionals in this team work in tandem with world class technologists and gets hands on experience in working with latest computer science technologies off the shelf.

Global Markets Technology provides technology solutions used by Global Markets Front and Middle Office. It supports a wide range of products covering:

• FX
• Rates
• Credit
• Securitized Products
• Equities
• Futures & Options
• FI/EQ Derivatives and
• Prime Services including financing.

Applications developed, tested, maintained and supported include:

• Pre-Trade: Pricing, Sales & Research
• Trading: Electronic Trading, Client & Exchange Connectivity
• Post-Trade: Trade Capture & Workflow, Trade Life Cycle Management
• MIS (pre and post trade analysis)
• Position, Risk Management and P&L (real-time, intra-day and EOD)
• Interfaces to Corporate Settlement, Risk and Finance systems and
• Core Technology Components

The Global Markets Technology team in India is an integral part of the global team spread across all regions. We work through a combination of full ownership and team extension models to deliver these technology solutions to the Global Markets business globally

Job Description:

This is a senior Individual Contributor position. The selected person would be part of Rates Electronic Trade Capture team and would report to the its India Head. The roles and responsibilities are as follows:

• Develop and maintain large, complex Electronic Trade Processing Applications
• Understand the existing business functions and participate in defining new solutions that meet their business objectives
• Understand the overall ecosystem and develop appropriate integration solutions
• Deliver high quality code within the committed deadlines
• Adhere to the best coding practices that reduce technical debt
• Expected to work with development and support team members across different regions
• Partner with analysts across the globe to understand the requirements and to define solutions
• Support resolution of production and user issues, application testing and maintenance releases
• Partner with external stakeholders for testing and implementation the deliverables
• Provide regular updates regarding status or progress made to managers and stakeholders.
• Gain understanding of various applications and systems being developed by the peer groups
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Willing to learn new technologies / tools as required, in order to effectively deliver output

Key Skills:

Mandatory Skills:

• 8+ years of work experience with a solid understanding of Java and Spring
• Good understanding of OOPS concepts, and design patterns
• Strong understanding of working with Tibco EMS / RV / IBM MQ / Solace / Apache Pulsar
• Understanding of memory management, multi-threading - concurrency and synchronization.
• Strong database knowledge of any one RDBMS (Sybase, Oracle, etc.)
• Candidate should be a quick learner. Should have demonstrated in the past quick learning capabilities.
• Strong listening, problem solving, analytical skills and excellent communication skills (both spoken and written English)
• Must be a team player with prior experience in working in a global development team

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of electronic Rates trading
• Knowledge of Apache Camel framework
• Experience in any Continuous Integration and Build environment
• Industry exposure of Investment banking