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Role Summary – Senior Middle Office Backend Software Engineer
GBX is BGC’s flagship platform for electronic trading solutions in the Credit and Rates markets.
Used by thousands of brokers and traders daily, GBX is a strategic priority of the firms growth strategy.
With growing electronic trading activity, and customers increasingly interacting with us via automated channels, BGC is seeking senior real-time engineers to join the GBX team to work on scaling the GBX Middle Office platform to accommodate the platform’s growth targets.
Areas of focus include system reliability, testability, recoverability, automation, throughput and latency.
Our engineers are analytical thinkers and have a strong understanding of computer science fundamentals and software engineering.
You will be exposed to multiple financial markets and market structures, have the opportunity work on scaling a real-time system with a global footprint, applying modern software engineering principles.
Requirements
5+ years experience with backend systems (all fields considered, finance not required)
Lead and mentor a mixed team of senior and intermediate engineers
Promote a culture of strong collaboration, share best practice, propose improvement
Point of contact with stakeholders and the NY team
8+ years of professional java experience
Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms
SQL experience
Knowledge of at least one scripting language (shell, python, perl etc.)
Knowledge of network programming fundamentals
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or STEM field
Excellent communicator
Self-directed, self-motivated