Senior C# Developer with SWAP OR Equities Experience

About the role

Synechron is a global consulting firm combining creativity and innovative technology to deliver industry-leading digital solutions. We are seeking a Front Office Senior Software Developer to work on our in-house Equity Swaps & Derivatives Trading System. This role involves building, enhancing, and supporting existing and new front office trading applications. The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can work independently in a demanding trading environment, is rigorous, results-driven, and can work with minimal supervision with exemplary follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Develop and support financial services applications related to Equity and Portfolio Swap life cycle and life cycle events
• Work with Synthetic Prime, Portfolio, Equity and Total Return Swaps, Equities and equity trading
• Understand equity swap hedge execution lifecycle
• Design and implement best of breed technologies to re-position our existing platform for the future

Requirements

• Possess good communication skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft based C# programming
• Experience with managed and un-managed code in C# environment
• Visual Studio and experience with TFS and JIRA
• Frontend and server side development
• Databases, Microsoft SQL Server programming
• Understanding of message queues and middleware
• Familiar with Kafka
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other Office products
• Working knowledge of Portfolio and total return swaps in an equities environment, supporting traders, operations, and middle office
• Team player with a "can-do" attitude who can deliver under high pressure and tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills, as well as excellent communication skills, verbal and written to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Work independently in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Highly motivated and self-starter
• 5-10+ years of experience in C# .NET
• 5-10+ years of experience in capital markets working and strong knowledge & understanding of financial products – ideally Equity Swaps/Synthetic Prime

Qualifications

• Minimum bachelor's degree in software engineering or computer science
• Several years of experience in an Equity Swaps environment
• Previous experience in equity swaps or synthetic prime, equity derivatives, convertible bonds or equity linked trading

Skills

• WPF development (preferred, not required)
• Windows services (preferred, not required)
• Web Services (preferred, not required)
• Supporting traders, operations, middle office end to end (preferred, not required)
• Equity derivatives (preferred, not required)
• Stock borrow/stock loan (preferred, not required)
• Other front office, back office, risk management and trading technologies are a plus
• Angular (preferred, not required)

Pay

Base salary if filled within New York, NY is $140k - $160k/year.

Benefits

• A highly competitive compensation and benefits package
• A multinational organization with 57 offices in 22 countries and the possibility to work abroad
• 10 days of paid annual leave (plus sick leave and national holidays)
• Maternity & paternity leave plans
• A comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long-/short-term disability (plans vary by region)
• Retirement savings plans
• A higher education certification policy
• Commuter benefits (varies by region)
• Extensive training opportunities, focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development
• On-demand Udemy for Business for all Synechron employees with free access to more than 5000 curated courses
• Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from our Financial Innovation Labs (FinLabs) and Center of Excellences (CoE) groups
• Cutting edge projects at the world's leading tier-one banks, financial institutions and insurance firms
• A flat and approachable organization
• A truly diverse, fun-loving, and global work culture