Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform
About the Firm
Millennium is a global, diversified alternative investment firm, founded in 1989. Defined by evolution, innovation and focus, Millennium’s mission is to deliver results for our investors. Our people are empowered with both independence and support: the autonomy to pursue ideas with conviction and the backing of a global network committed to collaboration, disciplined risk management and continuous learning. With opportunities to deepen expertise and accelerate development, talent at Millennium is equipped to adapt, evolve and build lasting impact over time.
About the Team
The Information Technology department is core to the health and growth of Millennium’s business. The firm’s active, multi-manager model demands flexible, scalable technology and advanced proprietary systems, including the development of the next generation of analytical and trading capabilities.
The Fixed Income Applications development team builds and supports a pricing engine used by more than 300 portfolio teams, covering a broad range of financial products (bonds, futures, options, FX spots/forwards, deposits, swaps, commodities, swaptions, CDX, CDS, equities, etc.). As a result, this team supports both live streaming and ETL data providers, as well as downstream distribution to analytics, risk, and trader systems. Team members interact directly with business users and other technology teams, so solid communication skills are essential. The team owns the entire software lifecycle, from requirements and design, through implementation, to production releases and support. Release cycles are tight, so in addition to strong development skills, you must have demonstrated the ability to adapt to changing conditions and learn quickly.
Responsibilities
- Build, enhance, and support a pricing engine used across the firm’s fixed income platform
- Deliver solutions across a wide range of financial products, including bonds, futures, options, FX, swaps, commodities, and credit products
- Partner directly with business users, support teams, and technology stakeholders to define functional and technical requirements
- Own the full software development lifecycle, from design and implementation through production release and support
- Balance delivery across product silos while managing technical debt, bug fixes, and platform improvements
- Provide leadership and mentorship on selected initiatives while contributing directly as an individual contributor on others
- Cover integration of live streaming from vendors like Bloomberg, Refinitiv, etc. for distribution to downstream analytics, risk, and trading systems
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities and tight release cycles in a fast-moving development environment
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
- 7+ years experience working within the Java ecosystem
- Experience developing against relational databases
- Strong project management skills and a proven ability to collaborate across a broad range of domains and stakeholder groups
- Experience with event streaming like Kafka, RabbitMQ, etc. and distributed caching like Hazelcast, REDIS, Memcached, etc.
- Experience working with end users on requirements definition
- Experience working as mentor within teams either as functional or technical lead, formally or informally
- Financial markets knowledge in at least one product area, such as fixed income, commodities, or derivatives
Pay
Millennium offers a total compensation package which includes a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and comprehensive benefits. The estimated base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $250,000, which is specific to New York and may change in the future. When finalizing an offer, we take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.