Company DescriptionOur client is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, investment management and wealth management services. The Firm's employees serve clients worldwide including corporations, governments and individuals from more than 1,200 offices in 43 countries. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence and strong team ethic. This institution can provide a superior foundation for building a professional career - a place for people to learn, to achieve and grow. A philosophy that balances personal lifestyles, perspectives and needs is an important part of our culture. Technology works as a strategic partner with our client’s business units and the world's leading technology companies to redefine how we do business in ever more global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. Our client’s sizeable investment in technology results in quantitative trading systems, cutting-edge modelling and simulation software, comprehensive risk and security systems, and robust client-relationship capabilities, plus the worldwide infrastructure that forms the backbone of these systems and tools. Our insights, our applications and infrastructure give a competitive edge to clients' businesses—and to our own. Institutional Corporate Technology (ICT) is part of Technology. This group is responsible for developing enterprise applications for a diverse set of businesses including Fixed Income, Equities, Commodities, Investment Banking, Research, and Global Capital Markets. In addition, ICT provides technology solutions for client-aligned groups and company-wide divisions, such as Finance and Operations, post-trade functions within the Institutional Securities Group and standardized data and enterprise-wide services to provide leverage to the Firm's businesses. Job DescriptionOur client is looking for a technically proficient hands-on Java and/or Scala developer, experienced in developing distributed systems. • The position will require supporting different phases of product lifecycle including analysis, development and testing. • Equity Derivatives Product Knowledge would be advantageous, a desire to work in a financial business is essential. Skills required (essential): • A thorough knowledge of standard Java including latest language features and commonly used open source libraries • Experience with Spring and knowledge of parallel programming concepts • Experience working in a large technology organization, ideally within investment banking • User-level knowledge of Unix/Linux • Knowledge of basic SQLSkills desired • Knowledge of Scala • Knowledge of some scripting language, ideally Python • Knowledge of financial products, OTC derivatives and trading systemsQualifications The successful candidate will have a bachelor or master degree in Computer Science or similar. Additional InformationAll your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.