Vice President, Fixed Income Development

BMO•New York, NY

19h

About The Position

Fixed Income Technology is seeking a strong, motivated technical leader to be part of Global Trading Solutions’ Rates Technology team. The individual would be responsible for owning, building and operating the electronic trading technology stack that supports Rates businesses. The role leads front office engineering teams in developing low-latency, resilient, scalable and compliant trading system in Java while enabling increasing levels of automation and electronic execution across the D2C and D2D flows.

Requirements

BA/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of professional core Java development experience building Front-Office Rates Electronic Trading Technology solutions.
Strong understanding of electronic trading workflows (RFQ, streaming, algo execution, Rates market structure (functional understanding)
Hands-on background with low-latency, real-time systems with performance optimization.
Expertise in multi-threading, event-driven systems, and performance tuning
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication skills and comfort working in high-stakes, trader facing environments
Strong collaborative and team skills
Strong JUnit testing skills

Nice To Haves

Exposure to time-series databases, market data integration, and algorithmic workflows
Built or contributed to RFQ engines, quoting platforms, or dealer execution tools
Experience with trading protocols (FIX and beyond) and integration with venues like Tradeweb, Bloomberg, MarketAxess, and others
Knowledge of U.S., EU and Canadian Fixed Income market conventions

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end electronic trading technology platform for Rates (Dealer and Trader flows including RFQ engineers, pricing services, execution workflows).
Define and evolve the technical strategy and an event-driven, micro services based target architecture for Rates Cash and Derivatives electronic trading.
Manage real-time integrations with Trading venues and protocols (e.g. RFQ and streaming connectivity).
Market data and pricing sources and Risk, position, and downstream systems
Proactively manage capacity, performance tuning, and scaling.
Translate trading and product requirements into clear technical designs and delivery plans.
Create thorough test cases to ensure software stability and reliability
Partner closely with operations and production support teams new features and existing strategy behaviors
Support production issues, including independently completing root-cause analysis and diagnosis.