Lead Specialty Software Engineer

Job summary

About this role: Wel*** is seeking a Lead Specialty Software Engineer to join FX Core Technology within Corporate & Investment Banking Technology (CCIBT). The ideal candidate will specialize in trading processing and play a key role in driving the design and evolution of the FX Core Technology platform, ensuring best‑in‑class performance, resiliency, and scalability.

Qualifications

• for supported area are met and work with other stakeholders to implement key risk initiatives
• Mentor less experienced software engineers
• Collaborate and influence all levels of professionals including managers
• Lead team to achieve objectives
• Partner with production support and platform engineering teams effectively
• Required
• 5+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
• 5+ years of experience with programming languages such as Java, Python
• 4+ years of deep understanding of data structures, algorithms and object-oriented programming
• Desired
• 5+ years of experience in designing and building low‑latency, highly stable, and scalable trading systems
• 5+ years of experience in electronic trading systems and financial markets

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will lead the development of Trade Capture, Regulatory, and Approval frameworks, enabling traders, Middle Office, and Regulatory Reporting teams through robust, reusable solutions.
• As a Lead Specialty Software Engineer, you will architect and optimize the core platform with scalable services that support strategy deployment, monitoring, and analytics.
• In this role, you will:

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