Job Title:  Principal Software Engineer

Nomura Overview:

Nomura is a financial services group with an integrated global network. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its four business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking), and 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 supports the group’s global businesses. With world-class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support, the firm plays a key role in facilitating the group’s global operations across four international regions.

At Nomura, creating an inclusive workplace is a priority. Our approach to inclusion encompasses a variety of initiatives, including sensitization campaigns, implementing conducive policies & programs, providing infrastructure support and engaging in community events. Over time, we have made meaningful progress in these areas, and this commitment has been well-recognized across the industry. We are proud recipients of the prestigious Top 10 Employers award by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI), IWEI Gold Employer of Choice awards, India CSR Leadership Award 2024 for Holistic Village Development Program and the YUVA Unstoppable Changemaker Awards.

Business Unit Overview

Global Execution Services (GES) Technology builds and maintains software solutions used by agency-model execution business (Instinet) of the Nomura Group. This business provides brokerage services to clients in over 60 markets around the world. Through its advanced suite of electronic trading strategies, experienced high-touch trading group, top-ranked Commission Management services, award-winning desktop trading platform, and unparalleled access to insightful analytics, content and unique liquidity, execution services business helps institutions lower overall trading costs and ultimately improve investment performance. Nomura has introduced a range of now industry-standard trading technologies and has been an innovator at the forefront of the market's evolution. For more information, please visit www.instinet.com.

GES Technology India team is an integral part of the global team, which is spread across US, UK, HK and India. It works in partnership with the regions to deliver technology solutions for global execution business.

Role & Responsibilities:

Latency Sensitive Trading (LSET) provides quant hedge funds and high frequency trading firms with ultra-low latency Direct Market Access (DMA) services and service tools (SWS) for tracking client risk and trading flows. This is highly technically advanced and industry leading product that covers all key geographical markets.

This is an individual contributor position with high ownership within LSET IT team. The selected person would be part of Instinet Execution Services – LSET IT team. The selected person would report to Global Head for LSET / GES India Head and would work closely with global LSET IT team across London, New York, Tokyo and Mumbai.

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Java Technologist to join our LSET development team building a high-performance, low-latency High-Frequency Trading (HFT) platform. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing systems that handle real-time market data, order routing, and execution at microsecond latencies.
You should be passionate about writing highly efficient, concurrent, and performance-critical code and have strong knowledge of Java internals, network programming, and low-latency system design

Role & Responsibilities:

• Develop large, complex Latency Sensitive Trading Product Suite. Optimize performance for ultra-low latency, high-throughput processing

• Build execution gateways and interfaces to multiple exchanges and dark pools. Implement fault-tolerant systems and robust recovery mechanisms. Conduct profiling, benchmarking, and tuning JVM/GC/networking performance

• Understand the existing business functions and participate in defining new solutions that meet business objectives.

• Work with the product team, stakeholders and end-users for contribution towards requirement discovery and project prioritization.

• Design and develop high-quality software deliveries within the committed deadlines.

• Willing to work and contribute across entire SDLC – including dev, testing and support. Collaborate with various development, QA and support teams across different regions

• L3 support – quick support resolution of production and user issues, application testing and maintenance releases. Interface with other support teams, global internal and external clients related to support, use and output of the products. As part of global team, act as key contact point for queries of both technical and functional nature.

• Contribute towards establishing software delivery best practices. Collaborate on architecture, design decisions, and code reviews

• Willing to own deliveries and work hands-on across all aspects of software delivery including development, testing, documentation and support.

• Proven experience building low-latency trading systems or real-time data pipelines. Strong understanding of FIX protocols and Knowledge of messaging systems like Kafka, Aeron, Chronicle Queue (nice to have)

Position Specifications:

Mandatory Skill Set :

• Investment Banking domain – good understanding of capital markets
• Knowledge of Equity Trading Markets – especially Compliance related issues and challenges
• Any exposure to exchange connectivity / FIX / Trading Systems
  • Excellent technical skills in
    • Strong Core Java
    • High performance messaging
    • Multi-threading, memory management
    • Networking (TCP/UDP)
    • Performance optimization
    • Gitlab CI – Continuous Integration

   

  • Experience of Trading System Development and/or Complex Event Processing
  • Deep understanding of multithreading, NIO, concurrency, lock-free data structures, and GC tuning
  • Strong Knowledge of messaging systems like Kafka, Aeron, Chronicle Queue (nice to have) 
  • Understanding of memory management, multi-threading - concurrency and synchronization.
  • Experience with memory-mapped files, off-heap storage, or zero-copy I/O
  • Very detail oriented with excellent analytical skills
  • Strong communication & leadership skills
  • Highly proactive and takes initiative to identify problem areas and evolve solutions.
  • Exposure to C, C++, FPGA/Verilog would be a plus

Desired Skill Set :

• Python

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression "Nomura" refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.

*The benefits are subject to change and will be in accordance with Company’s policies as may be applicable from time to time).