Sr Developer

SMBC•New York City, NY

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group with a 400-year history, offering diverse financial services. In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in multiple countries and provides commercial and investment banking services. SMBC Nikko Securities America is undergoing a technology modernization to support its Investment Banking business. This role involves designing, developing, and supporting strategic business applications and platform services, working closely with business stakeholders and technology teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and innovative solutions. The successful candidate will leverage software engineering expertise to drive modernization through automation, cloud technologies, and best practices, while also improving system reliability, operational efficiency, and scalability.

Requirements

8+ years of professional experience in software development.
Strong hands-on development experience in Python and SQL.
Experience designing and developing scalable distributed systems and enterprise applications.
Strong understanding of software architecture, system design principles, and application reliability.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and software delivery processes.
Experience supporting production environments and mission-critical business applications.
Experience with cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple initiatives and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders.
Proven ability to work independently and drive technical solutions from concept through delivery.

Nice To Haves

Experience within Investment Banking, Financial Services, or other highly regulated environments.
Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Production Engineering, or Platform Engineering practices.
Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience with monitoring, observability, and operational tooling.
Experience with messaging technologies such as IBM MQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar platforms.
Experience designing highly available, scalable, and resilient systems.
Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring software engineers.
Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, deploy, support, and maintain strategic applications supporting the Investment Banking business.
Partner closely with bankers, business stakeholders, project managers, and technology teams to deliver scalable and reliable technology solutions.
Design and develop distributed applications, APIs, automation frameworks, and data integration solutions.
Lead engineering initiatives to improve system reliability, automation, scalability, and operational excellence across strategic Investment Banking technology platforms.
Drive application modernization through cloud technologies, CI/CD practices, and software engineering best practices.
Improve system observability, monitoring, performance, and operational support capabilities.
Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technology standards and engineering best practices.
Perform root cause analysis for production issues and implement long-term improvements to system stability and resilience.
Mentor team members and provide technical leadership across development initiatives.