Securities Lending Front Office Developer

Polar IT Services • Newyork City, NY

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Securities Lending Front Office Developer (Backfill role) Location: New York City 2-3 days/week (looking for local candidates who can come for In-person interview in Final round) Visa: USC/GC, H4 EAD Required years of experience: 10+ years Key skills: Java, Securities Lending, Lending Platform experience (like FIS (Loanet/Loanex) or Global One), BTCC, some sort of AI platform like DL4J is a plus, Murex is also a plus Really need more of a front office type of person (i.e., working with traders) Local candidates strongly preferred, interview will be f-f for final round (after 2-3 video rounds, will likely have a coding test)

Requirements

• Hands-on experience in Java in Securities Lending development space.
• In-depth knowledge of Securities Lending platforms experience (like FIS (Loanet/Loanex) or Global One)
• Experience with mission-critical trading platforms (Order/Stock Loan/Market Data Systems)
• BTCC experience
• Direct collaboration with trading desks, quants, and risk teams
• Expertise in DevSecOps methodologies and tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet Labs, Sona Type, SonarQube, Tenable, Invicti and Zero Networks
• Experience in development and maintenance of automated testing frameworks
• Solid understanding of back-end and front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Bachelor’s/master’s degree in computer science or related field
• 5+ years of Java development experience, ideally in capital markets/financial services
• Experience with frameworks (Spring, Hibernate), messaging (Kafka, RabbitMQ), and databases (Oracle, SQL Server, Snowflake)
• Proficiency with Git and Agile development
• Strong multitasking, organizational, and communication skills

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI/ML
• Experience and familiarity with Log observability tools such as Elastic Search/Kibana/Splunk stack.
• Familiarity with pricing models, quantitative analysis, and P&L calculations.
• Experience with leading industry platforms, including Quod, Flex Trade, Charles River Trader, Nuvo prime, and Murex.
• Experience with cloud (Azure, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes)
• Knowledge of regulatory/risk/compliance and audit controls in Securities Lending space is plus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level