Company Description
MarketAxess is on a journey to digitally transform one of the world’s largest financial markets, enabling the shift from analog, phone-based trading to a fully electronic marketplace. Why does this matter? Because our platform makes trading fixed-income more accessible, ultimately improving transparency, efficiency, and competition in the marketplace. Changing the way an established industry transacts is no easy feat. There will be twists and turns, because no one’s ever done this before. But now, more than 2,000 clients around the world rely on our solutions, and that number is only expected to grow in the years ahead. We know where we’re going. How we get there is up to us. Join us and help Take Us There.
The Role
As a Software Engineer, you will work closely with your team to design and implement new features and products. You will learn advanced trading markets, enabling you to fully understand the “big picture” of not only what you are developing, but why and how it benefits our customers. At the same time, you will be challenged and pushed out of your comfort zone, by directly working with the business unit and learning new and innovative technologies.
How You'll Help Take Us There
Build a best-in-class sell side Fixed Income e-trading platform
Be part of a scrum team comprised of skilled technology professionals with the goal to revolutionize bond trading efficiency
Innovate and transform business ideas into highly utilized features and services for our customers
Gain experience across cloud native technologies including: microservices, containers, orchestration, streaming and others
Implement and support products/initiatives from infancy to maturity
Develop and design APIs in a microservices and/or event-driven architecture in the cloud
What You Bring to the Table
3+ years of enterprise software development
Passion for learning new technologies and keeping pace with rapidly evolving development paradigms like pair programming
Experience and hands on expertise in KSql, KStreams and Kafka connectors
Experience with Java microservices using Spring Boot
Experience with NoSql in MongoDB (Atlas)
Experience with Container Orchestration (Kubernetes, EKS)
Experience with Container technologies (Docker)
Experience with Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
Experience with Service Monitoring and Graphing (Prometheus + Grafana, Datadog)
Experience with Source control management (GIT)
Knowledge of Communication/Messaging protocols (FIX, HL7, NCPDP, SWIFT, or REST)
Knowledge of Enterprise Integration Pattern frameworks (Apache Camel)
History of working in a SAFe, Kanban, DevOps, or Agile/Scrum development methodology environment
What You Can Expect from Us
Hybrid Environment: Our employees enjoy a mix of working in the office and from home
Free Food: We provide free lunch for employees when they are working in the office. Plus, our offices are stocked with snacks
Paid Time Off: Competitive PTO package including vacation and personal days, sick leave and charity days
Generous Parental Leave: Up to 20 weeks fully paid leave
401(k): Dollar-for-dollar employer match up to $17,500
Employee Stock Purchase Plan: Employees can purchase MarketAxess common stock at a discount
Wellness Stipend: We provide employees with up to $1K annually towards gym memberships, home office equipment and more
Onsite Healthcare: We offer convenient access to world-class care through Mount Sinai at our Hudson Yards location
Tuition Assistance and Professional Development: Benefit from live and on-demand learning, role-specific training, employee-led Lunch and Learns and guest speakers
Core benefits: Highly competitive medical, dental, and vision programs
For job positions in NYC, NY, and other locations where required, the estimated salary range for a new hire into this position is $110,000 USD to $165,000 USD. Actual salary may vary depending on job-related factors, which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. You may also be eligible for annual cash incentives, equity, and other benefit programs.
MarketAxess Corporation and its affiliates provide equal employment opportunities to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic in the location in which the candidate is applying.
All of your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.