Ion Developer

About the job
We provide financial advice and solutions to private, institutional and corporate clients worldwide, as well as private clients in Switzerland. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, we are present in all major financial centers worldwide. An enhanced offering from our combination with Credit Suisse will help clients achieve their financial goals, thanks to additional value, scale, services and global reach.

Your role

Are you passionate about delivering new and exciting applications to support the Fixed Income Rates and Credit trading desks? Are you motivated to deliver real business value whilst ensuring existing functionality remains intact? We're looking for someone like that to:
Develop solutions to key business challenges developing Java applications or using the ION toolset
Refactor and enhance existing components and solutions
Manage UAT and demonstration sessions with key stakeholders
Elicit key information from business stakeholders, transforming these into concise IT requirements
Collaborate with other global IT teams
Assist production operations team in rollout and production support

Your team

You'll be working in the global Fixed Income Rates and Credit markets technology team. We are a fast paced, highly motivated, delivery focused but friendly team, present in 8 cities in 6 countries covering US, Europe and Asia Pacific. Our job is to create and deliver innovative solutions for business problems whilst maintaining a complex and multifaceted platform.

You Have

Good java experience (minimum 5 years)
Good understanding of low-latency, multi-threaded code
Sound knowledge of object-oriented programming and design patterns. Exposure to functional programming is also highly desirable
Experience of working in agile teams
Solid understanding of Rates and Credit bonds and derivatives
Detailed understanding of the nuances of trading venues such as Bloomberg, TradeWeb
The following are highly desirable but not a strict prerequisite:
Previous ION knowledge, to an expert level
Previous experience of bond pricing with PXE
Experience in automated testing and continuous integration
Experience of Python, Perl and other scripting languages
Experience of Kafka
You Are

Looking for a new and exciting challenge
Self-starting attitude and the desire to take ownership of requirements front start to finish
Proactive, comfortable working in dynamic environments with fast-paced deliveries and changing requirements
An excellent communicator