Software Engineer

Job Description:

Job Title: Software Engineer

Corporate Title:  Vice President

Location:  Bromley

Company Overview:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection.  Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Location Overview:

Join our bustling Bromley office, situated in one of London’s greenest boroughs. Here you’ll find plentiful and easy commuting routes, with central London just 15 minutes away by train.

The eTrading front office technology team develops and supports the front-office applications responsible for electronically pricing, negotiating, market making, and hedging. This role will be crucial in helping establish a world-class technology function focused on delivering results to support the Global Electronic Trading Rates businesses. You will be developing and supporting the UI components within the in-house electronic trading stack, the applications for which are used primarily by various desks globally.

Role Description:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Developer to join as a FICC Rates eTrading UI lead within our FICC Macro Rates Electronic Trading Technology team to drive evolution of next generation FICC Rates eTrading UI for Global Rates eTrading business. The FICC Macro Rates Electronic Trading line of business has a serious commitment to expand its global electronic trading platform through the development of NextGEN trading stacks and strategic UI catering to the global Rates eTrading needs.

• Build high-performance, low-latency UI components.
• Functionally mentor a team of UI development team on the ground as well as in offshore location.
• Work with technology partners and business groups in the region and globally to deliver high quality products in a fast-paced environment.
• Liaise with end-users to understand their requirements.
• Work with the management and horizontal teams to advance the strategic UI roadmap.
• Develop robust systems with an eye towards performance, supportability, and maintainability.
• Advocate excellent development practices including pairing, code reviews, unit testing and regression testing.
• Collaborate with other developers, support, and front-office in the course of service delivery.

Required Skills:

• Science / Engineering Degree
• Experience with C#, .NET core (UI & server), WPF / React / Angular, JavaScript / TypeScript
• Development and technical guidance experience in complex UI application development with a background in multi-threaded implementation and low-latency messaging
• Experience with Multi-threading, low latency, high performance components & applications (including GC tuning)
• Experience with Linux, UNIX, Solaris and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with versioning tools such as GIT/Perforce/SVN.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and ability to coordinate different tasks and work with different stakeholder groups.
• Ability to organize multiple competing tasks and priorities with a rapidly changing environment.
• Experience with transport layer technology such as TCP/web socket, Refinitiv, Tibco Rendezvous
• Considerable debugging and troubleshooting skills on Linux/Windows using profiling tools.

Skills that will help:

• Experience working in Fixed Income eTrading technology domain specializing in the UI layer.
• Agile development practices with a focus on writing thorough and testable code.
• Experience with message-oriented middleware such as 29 West/Solace/AMPS/RV
• Domain knowledge within D2C and D2D eTrading workflows across cash & derivatives

Benefits of working at Bank of America:

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• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including access to school holiday clubs and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, mental health first aiders and virtual GP services.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Program for confidential support and help for everyday matters
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to access our Arts & Culture corporate membership program and receive discounted entry to some of the UK’s most iconic cultural institutions and exhibitions.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local community.

Bank of America:

Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religion or belief, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.