Software Engineer - Capital Markets

SMBC•New York City, NY

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group with a 400-year history, offering diverse financial services worldwide. In the Americas, SMBC Group provides commercial and investment banking services to corporate, institutional, and municipal clients, connecting them to local markets and its global network. This role is for a Software Engineer on the Capital Markets Technology team, responsible for designing, developing, and supporting mission-critical front-office trading applications. These applications handle trade capture, pricing, risk analytics, workflow automation, client onboarding, and integration with downstream trading platforms. This is a hands-on Java development role focused on delivering high-performance solutions, improving the technology platform, and collaborating with a global team in a fast-paced environment.

Requirements

Hands-on development with Java as the primary language; experience with Java 21/25
Experience of working in pricing and risk domain in investment banking
Strong fundamental computer science knowledge including concurrency, algorithms and data structures.
Proactive self-starter who can take initiative and roll up sleeves to get things done.
Scrum/agile methodology
Knowledge of CI/CD on large complex systems

Responsibilities

Hands-on development using Java 21/25 as the primary language
Design, develop, and support front-office pre-trade applications used by traders, sales, structurers, and risk managers, focusing on trade capture, pricing, risk analytics, workflow automation, client onboarding, and integration with downstream trading and booking systems.
Continuous improvement of the development and release environment, tooling, and processes.
Participate in architecture reviews, code reviews, testing, and CI/CD processes.
Work closely with the operation team and users and provide level 3 support as required.
Understand complex business models.
Deliver high-performance software and mission-critical applications in demanding, high-pressure environments.
Work with a diverse global team and user base.