IB Tech – Global FX – Currencies Technology Senior Developer – Associate – NY recruitment

J.P. Morgan is a leader in financial services, offering innovative and intelligent solutions to clients in more than 100 countries with one of the most comprehensive global product platforms available. We have been helping our clients to do business and manage their wealth for more than 200 years and we keep their interests foremost in our minds at all times. This combination of product strength, intellectual capital and character sets us apart as an industry leader. J.P. Morgan is part of JPMorgan Chase Co. (NYSE: JPM), a global financial services firm with assets of $2.0 trillion.
About the team:Currencies Technology supports the business goals of the Currencies business for all technology delivery, having direct application development responsibility for key business systems and an overall end-to-end remit for systems implementation across the Currencies business.
The group is divided into small, highly motivated, agile teams.
Software deliveries are typically frequent and the team members are expected to be multi-disciplined and flexible in their approach, working in all areas of the solution space.
A primary focus for the Currencies Technology team is the in-progress Strategic Re-Engineering Programme (SRP).
SRP is an Investment Banking cross-business initiative focused on streamlining both Business and Technology.
Currently, a significant portion of the Investment Bank's technology foundation is a portfolio of one-off systems and heritage platforms from multiple mergers.
The SRP will create a best-in-class environment that will be flexible, decrease development time, and allow the IB to respond to the need for change.
"The SRP is our roadmap to becoming a smart, agile, cost-efficient producer of business-centric solutions that creates competitive advantage for the Investment Bank, and which is highly valued by our business partners" said Peter Cherasia, the global head of
the Investment Bank Market Strategies organization.
The APRIL application is a mission critical, global, 24-hr component of the SRP initiative and is a multi-faceted enterprise platform that provides prime record facilities across a number of lines of business including Foreign Exchange Cash and Options, Global Emerging Markets, and Bullion.
The team consists of 19 people based in New York, Houston, London, and Mumbai.
Key Responsibilities:As a Senior Developer within the team the successful candidate will:Work with front and middle office teams and other technology groups to design, build, and deliver excellent APRIL solutions to the Global Foreign Exchange businessBe a voice of knowledge and experience in their areas of expertise.Be a productive, independent, self-motivated Senior Java developer.
Provide third-line technical support for APRILManage workload, working confidently and independently with an appreciation of the key business drivers for the platformTake ownership of open issues seeing them through to conclusionDevelop mostly in Java with some Pythonfollow established paradigms for development

Qualifications
Key Skills:We're looking for smart developers with strong computer science fundamentals and a track record of delivery.
The successful candidate must demonstrate all of the following skills:Extensive experience with software architecture and senior development skills in a high pressure, time critical environment.Extensive and in-depth experience with Java J2EE developmentStrong experience in developing highly multithreaded, highly scalable, concurrent applicationsExtensive experience of a relational database.Extensive experience of multi-tier architectures.Excellent communication skills, both written and verbalAbility to effectively manage multiple streams of work and to organise self (and others) to deliver in a timely fashion.In-depth understanding of performance tuning, message integrity and security related to real-time applications.Ability to provide mission critical 3rd level production supportTechnical Experience (Required):SpringHibernateJDBC, SQL/PLSQLIBM MQXML, JAXB, DOM parsersApache TomcatOracle 10G/11GJava Performance tuningApache commonsLinux
Experience (Desired):
The successful candidate will additionally have at least four of the following:Strong Oracle database experience.Experience in developing with JMS, RMDS, TIB or other similar bus.Experience in developing web solutions with Java (JSP, JFC, Spring MVC, struts or similar)Experience of native platform integration.Extensive experience in developing highly multithreaded, highly scalable, concurrent applicationsForeign Exchange markets, both cash and vanilla and exotic derivatives.Investment banking trading business in general (across Rates, Credit Equities)Strong experience of PythonFamiliarity of Scrum and Agile developmentTeam leadership or project management skillsQualifications (not mandatory):Degree
in Computer Science, Maths or other related subject or equivalent qualificationJPMorgan Chase
Co. offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package.JPMorgan Chase Co.
is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, M/F/D/V