Front Office Software Engineer

The Front Office Software Engineer will join the Linear Rates Technology team, a front-office technology group supporting trading desks, quantitative strategists, and various financial and risk departments. This role involves collaborating on the Firm’s next-generation cross-asset Risk Calculation Environment (RICE), contributing to pricing, risk calculation, market data manipulation, and PnL estimation. The position offers exposure to pre-trading systems, front-office risk systems, and large-scale computing environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with trading desk, quantitative strategists, QA teams, and IT colleagues to gather and document requirements, design system architecture, and implement code solutions.
• Guide QA teams in developing integration tests.
• Conduct post-rollout follow-ups and provide production support.
• Participate in knowledge transfer sessions and contribute to team learning and collaboration.
• Work on large-scale Scala codebases and support high-volume computation on RICE platform, running billions of calculations across thousands of virtual machines.

Years of Experience

5-7 years of relevant experience in front-office technology, risk systems, or financial software development.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field. Advanced degrees preferred.

Required Skills

• Strong programming skills, preferably in Scala or similar languages.
• Experience with system architecture, design, and implementation.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams including trading, risk, QA, and IT.
• Familiarity with financial markets, derivatives, and pricing/risk systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with large-scale distributed computing environments.
• Knowledge of front-office risk systems and PnL calculation.
• Exposure to graph-based calculation platforms.
• Familiarity with pre-trading systems and market data management.

Certifications

None required, though financial or technical certifications are a plus.