Front Office Java Developer

Company Summary

This opportunity is with a globally recognized financial institution that provides a broad range of capital markets products and services. With a strong presence in North America, Europe, and Asia, the organization is known for its focus on innovation, risk management, and customer-centric strategies. Its global technology teams are at the heart of developing front-office trading systems that power decision-making for institutional investors and corporate clients worldwide.

Position Overview

Join a high-impact engineering team within the front-office technology division, dedicated to delivering real-time pricing and risk solutions across fixed income and derivative products. This team collaborates closely with traders, sales personnel, and quantitative analysts to design and implement mission-critical systems used in global trading operations. Engineers contribute directly to the build-out of high-performance applications used for electronic trading, with a focus on cross-asset functionality and scalable system architecture.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and optimization of high-performance pricing and risk computation services for use in front-office trading
• Collaborate with traders, sales, and quantitative developers to translate complex model requirements into scalable engineering solutions.
• Work with platform and infrastructure teams to integrate pricing outputs into electronic distribution channels.
• Ensure code quality through robust unit and regression testing frameworks integrated into CI/CD pipelines.
• Mentor peers and contribute to architectural planning, with a focus on performance, security, and operational reliability.
• Manage concurrent development streams in a fast-paced Agile environment.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in a similar front-office engineering role delivering trading or risk solutions
• Proficient in Core Java (JDK 11+), with strong understanding of multi-threaded and event-driven programming paradigms
• Experience working directly with end-users in trading or quant teams
• Familiarity with building real-time systems and low-latency messaging infrastructure
• Solid understanding of automated testing frameworks and DevOps practices

If you're interested in the above role, click on the 'apply' function now! Alternatively, you can contact Mon Fei at [email protected] for a confidential discussion. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Morgan McKinley Pte Ltd

Chow Mon Fei

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