Software Engineer - AVP

$100,000 - $150,000/Yr

MUFG (DBA) - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Jersey City, NJ

Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities

About the position

In this role you will apply your technical expertise to all aspects of the software development lifecycle, as well as partner continuously with your many technical and business stakeholders daily. Whether balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders or supporting more senior staff on complex projects, you use data and analysis and apply your software experience, judgment, and risk mindset across your responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provides L1, L2, and L3 support for all Capital Markets systems and Business users (Front Office, Operations, Middle Office, Regulatory Reporting, etc.).
• Troubleshoots issues and problems, comes up with clear action plan(s) to resolve such issues, develops, tests and implements the agreed solution into production, following the Bank's enterprise policies and procedures.
• Acts as IT lead for projects requiring not only development, but also coordination with other teams, business analysis and testing.
• Partnering with subject matter experts (SME) to translate project objectives and requirements into a detailed technical requirement document with timelines, task lists and next steps.
• Works closely with Business users to document, define and track project technical requirements, milestones and deliverables for one or many projects.
• Organizes the work assignments of key technical projects and communicates to all project participants concisely, leveraging JIRA.
• Interacting closely with project managers, internal constituents, and external vendors to deliver the work assigned to the development team.
• Liaising with the various vendors to learn their systems and look for improvements.
• Working on any Capital Markets initiative requiring the assistance of the developer.
• Always looks for Improvements and ways to better run the business and the platforms.
• Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders; quickly learn from existing documentation and with minimal guidance; execute with limited information and ambiguity.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with application design, development, deployment and after-care support.
• Experience in designing data models and structures and formulating storage strategies.
• Prefer prior experience working with front, middle or back-office teams in a financial institution.
• Experience in installing, configuring, and troubleshooting applications in Windows/Unix/Linux based environments.
• Experience with RDBMS based databases such as Oracle and SQL Server or NoSQL databases.
• Trained in CI/CD principles and DevOps workflow tools such as Azure DevOps or Jenkins.
• Hands-on experience using Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, etc.).
• Working knowledge of best practices regarding remediation of Application Security and Software Vulnerabilities.
• Excellent knowledge of object-oriented analysis and design patterns.
• Experience with major public cloud offerings and how to solution designs that are built around these technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Knowledgeable on SDLC/SCM.
• Strong programming skills in Java or C# using object-oriented principles.
• Development experience with PL/SQL databases, including stored procedures, database triggers and packages.
• Must possess organizational, problem-solving and time management skills with the ability to meet deadlines.
• Effective verbal and written communicator; able to present complex issues and solutions with appropriate levels of detail to diverse (technical and non-technical) audiences.
• Broad functional understanding of Fixed Income, Derivatives (IRS, CDS) and Foreign Exchange financial instruments and trade lifecycle.

Nice-to-haves

• Certifications in AWS Cloud Practitioner/Developer and Object-Oriented Programming languages.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Retirement plans
• Educational assistance and training programs
• Income replacement for qualified employees with disabilities
• Paid maternity and parental bonding leave
• Paid vacation, sick days, and holidays