Senior Software Engineer

Job description

The Role Schonfeld is seeking an exceptional Senior Software Engineer to join our Treasury Technology team. This team is dedicated to delivering top-tier systems that manage the firm’s securities lending and financing, repo trading, FX hedging, and collateral management. You will collaborate closely with our global Treasury Technology, Treasury Desk, and Portfolio Management teams. Your responsibilities will include designing and building business-critical applications in an agile environment, as well as providing level 3 support. What you’ll do Design and Develop Treasury Applications: Design, develop, and support applications for securities lending, fixed-income portfolio financing, repo trading, financing cost, FX hedging, and collateral management. Collaborate with Business Users: Work closely with Treasury and Portfolio Managers on a day-to-day basis to design and develop applications that solve business challenges and address market changes. Enhance Tech Stack: Work with and improve our modern tech stack, building microservices deployed to the cloud (AWS) using Docker and Kubernetes. Contribute to Firmwide Frameworks: Ensure the code base is highly supportable, future-ready, and performant without latency. Build reusable components and contribute to firmwide libraries. Engage in Agile Processes: Participate in an Agile framework, continuously improving and expanding platform capabilities to meet dynamic business requirements and provide Level 3 support globally. Mentor Junior team members: Mentor junior team members in both technology and career development. What you’ll bring What you need: At least 3 years of Java development experience. Strong skills in design and architecture, with a preference for microservice experience. Proven experience leading strategic technical initiatives from inception to completion. Experience with relational databases. Familiarity with messaging systems, with a preference for Kafka. Strong written and verbal communication abilities. Ability to work closely with business users and communicate across different regions and time zones. Demonstrated strong ownership and a track record of delivering results. We’d love if you had: A background in financial services with knowledge in one or more of the following areas: equity portfolio financing, fixed incoming trading and settlement, or collateral and margin management. Experie…