Lead Software Engineer

Department Overview

Global Markets Technology builds and maintains software solutions used by Global Markets Front and Middle office businesses. The business is spread across EMEA, US, Japan, AEJ, and emerging Markets like India, Brazil, and China. It deals in wide range of products including FX, Rates, Credit, Securitized Products, Equities, Futures & Options, FI/EQ Derivatives, and Prime Services including financing.

Role & Responsibilities

• This is a lead role - required to do hands-on development and also lead the team to provide technical/architectural/design/development support to more junior team members, while also liaising with technology teams globally.
• Technology Design and Architecture. Identify right technology solutions to modernize the platform.
• Development and Maintenance of the platform.
• Understand business requirements and responsible for designing solution, implementation, testing and L3 support.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders globally for requirement analysis, solution/approach, testing, status updates etc.
• Propose and implement strategic/tactical solutions for business and technical problems.
• Lead delivery of high quality change within timelines through the software development lifecycle.
• Perform unit testing. Support SIT, UAT and Regression testing.
• Understand and follow organizational, team level processes and best practices.

Mandatory Skills

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or related technical/quantitative field
• 13+ years of experience in working with Java (8 and above).
• Experience in Java frameworks (Spring, Spring boot)
• Experience with Caching solutions (Gemfire, Redis)
• Experience with Middleware solutions (Solace, Kafka, Pulsar)
• Experience of Java testing frameworks (Junit) and Mocking frameworks.
• Familiarity with development lifecycle tools (Maven, Jenkins, Git, Ansible)
• Good knowledge of object oriented programming principles
• Ability to work with both Linux and Windows servers.
• Work effectively in a global team, supporting and advising as required.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal.
• Demonstrate strong personal initiative.
• High level of attention to detail, a positive hands-on attitude, and a strong focus on producing work of the highest standard are essential.
• Good analytical skills and strong in problem solving.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of Investment Banking and Capital Markets domain
• Experience with Python, C#/.Net
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Ingress Controller
• Exposure to AWS
• Exposure to Big Data technologies (Spark, Parquet, Dremio etc.)
• Experience with ActivePivot

Nomura Leadership Behaviours:

Leadership
Behaviours

Description

Element

Exploring Insights & Vision

Comprehensively analyse the nature
of the problems we face and set our
focus toward the future vision

• Gather Intelligence
• Create a vision
• Identify an issue

Making Strategic Decisions

Analyse options and feasibility to resolve issues, in making
judgments and recommendations

• Identify countermeasures
• Assess feasibility
• Make a judgment

Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People

Promotes the vision and goals to others in such a way that inspires commitment and independent contributions

• Influence
• Inspire
• Commit

Elevating Organizational Capacity

Maximize organizational productivity through leadership development and
engagement

• Have an ownership in own development
• Support other's growth
• Encourage organizational growth

Inclusion

Respect diverse perspectives and
promote psychological safety
and the creation of a risk culture

• Foster psychological
  safety
• Encourage the active
  participation of all talent
• Foster a risk culture

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer's responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

*Applying for this role does not amount to a job offer or create an obligation on Nomura to provide a job offer. The expression "Nomura" refers to Nomura Services India Private Limited together with its affiliates.