Software Engineer II - Equities Structured Products Technology

Bank of America • New York, NY

1d • $88,800 - $144,800 • Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, this role develops and delivers complex requirements to accomplish business goals, ensuring software meets functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements. It includes coding, unit testing, and integrating solutions into the broader application or system through clear, robust, well-tested interfaces.

The successful candidate will lead technical direction and engineering delivery for the Secondary Markets space, including secondary market making, secondary trade execution, external vendor connectivity, and modernization of the current platform as part of the strategic Structured Notes buildout. The position contributes to architectural decisions and development standards while remaining hands-on. It also engages directly with trading, platform, and operations stakeholders, partnering with front-office technology and adjacent workstreams to deliver an integrated platform aligned with the Structured Notes strategic architecture. The role combines technical depth with technical leadership for the existing development team.

The position is based at Two Bryant Park in New York, NY. Bank of America describes its work approach as an in-office culture, with role-specific flexibility based on responsibilities and business needs. The role is first shift and is scheduled for 40 hours per week.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in technology roles supporting capital markets, derivatives, or structured products.
• Hands-on technical experience with modern front-office systems, such as Java, Python, C#, distributed systems, or real-time platforms.
• Understanding of equity derivatives concepts, including pricing, Greeks, lifecycle events, and secondary market dynamics.
• Experience working closely with traders, quants, or structurers in a demanding delivery environment.
• Ability to take ownership of complex systems and deliver outcomes in ambiguous problem spaces.
• Strong execution discipline, intellectual curiosity, and desire to grow professionally.
• Ability to operate effectively within a large, global organization while driving meaningful change.
• Bachelor degree or equivalent professional experience.

Nice To Haves

• Passion for building and owning front-office technology that directly enables business outcomes.
• Strong interest in Structured Notes, Equity Derivatives, and complex financial products, with a desire to deepen domain expertise.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in high-visibility roles with senior stakeholder engagement.
• Entrepreneurial mindset within an enterprise environment, including comfort driving change, challenging the status quo, and shaping strategy.
• Proven leadership capabilities, including inspiring teams, setting technical direction, and mentoring talent.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to bridge technology and business audiences.
• Motivation to grow into broader technology leadership roles over time.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Code solutions and perform unit testing to deliver requirements or stories according to acceptance criteria and compliance requirements.
• Use architectural components across data, application, and business domains to design and develop client requirements.
• Perform Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) activities.
• Contribute to story refinement and requirements definition.
• Help estimate the work required to deliver a story or requirement through the delivery lifecycle.
• Contribute to integration, regression, and performance test suites; analyze test reports, identify issues or errors, and triage underlying causes.
• Perform spikes or proofs of concept as needed to mitigate risk or implement new ideas.
• Own the technology stack supporting secondary market activity for Structured Notes within Equity Derivatives.
• Drive delivery of a multi-year technology roadmap aligned to a major business growth initiative.
• Partner with Trading and Structuring to deliver scalable, performant solutions for real-time front-office needs.
• Lead system stability, production excellence, and resiliency for mission-critical platforms.
• Identify and execute opportunities for automation, simplification, and technical modernization.
• Contribute to architectural decisions and set development standards as a hands-on technical contributor.
• Engage with trading, platform, and operations stakeholders and partner with front-office technology and adjacent workstreams.
• Provide technical leadership to the existing development team.

Benefits

• Industry-leading benefits.
• Access to paid time off.
• Resources and support for employees.
• Eligible to participate in the annual discretionary incentive plan, with awards based on individual performance and behaviors, line-of-business or group performance and contributions, and overall company success.

What This Job Offers

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