Senior Application Developer

NFA is purpose-driven. We safeguard the integrity of the derivatives markets, protect investors and ensure that our Members meet their regulatory obligations. We take pride in our work; maintain a conviction to do the right thing; empower each other; and support our community. Envision your career in a place where performing critical regulatory work within the financial industry is as significant as the passionate and talented individuals with whom you work.

When you join NFA as a Senior Applications Developer, you'll join a high-performing team of dedicated professionals responsible for ensuring the design and implementation of new systems, as well as the maintenance and enhancement of existing systems.

Bring your analytical and innovative mindsets. Bring your technical know-how, problem solving and project management skills and an eye for detail.

Beginning your first day and throughout your career, you'll utilize your critical thinking and decision-making skills to support our important regulatory mission.

What you'll do:

As a Senior Applications Developer, you'll support NFA's applications projects by demonstrating technical leadership in the design of new systems and maintenance of existing systems with a focus on complex financial systems. Specifically, your responsibilities will include:

• Design and maintain applications that process, analyze, and store large volumes of market data, ensuring accuracy and data integrity
• Apply a strong understanding of financial market products (examples include futures, options, swaps, clearing, margining, and trade reporting) to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions
• Prototyping and implementing designs in keeping with NFA software development lifecycle practices.
• Enhance and optimize alerting to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Support ongoing changes and initiatives to ensure applications and surveillance tools evolve with the regulatory landscape.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, technical standards, and best practices across the application development lifecycle
• Mentor junior developers and provide technical leadership and training on complex initiatives and enhancements

What we're looking for:

Diligent, detail-oriented individuals thrive in this analytical role. If you're eager to apply your technical abilities to serve a public good-supporting the integrity of the derivatives markets-and meet the qualifications below, we encourage you to apply to join our team as a Senior Applications Developer.

• Extensive experience developing applications in a regulated or data intensive environment with a focus on complex financial systems.
• Experience supporting financial, regulatory organizations, exchanges, or financial institutions strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with trade surveillance concepts such as spoofing, layering, manipulation preferred.
• Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with Visual Studio, Microsoft Access, Entity Framework, Azure DevOps, XML, API and Azure Cloud Computing experience helpful. Additional technologies used may include Dapper, Blazor, and REACT.
• Skilled in SDLC, system testing, production support, and change management.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with non-technical regulatory stakeholders and translate business needs into technical designs.

Salary range: $103,925 to $176,000

NFA is not currently engaging external recruiting agencies or third-party search firms for this position. Unsolicited resumes from agencies will not be considered.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis at the time of hire. NFA will not provide employment visa sponsorship.

Customers and market participants depend on NFA to act with integrity and impartiality as it carries out its mission of safeguarding the markets and protecting investors. Therefore, NFA employees have a responsibility to conduct themselves according to high ethical standards, and must abide by NFA's Code of Professional Conduct. Learn more about the Code of Professional Conduct.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.