FX Options Front Office Risk System Lead
Job Description:
The FXO PTS team is committed to developing a proprietary platform for FX Options risk and life cycle management. This is a hands-on engineering role reporting to the project lead, requiring close collaboration with the broader delivery team, product owner, and front office stakeholders to design and implement high-performance, scalable solutions.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Proven experience developing front office applications in support of trading businesses.
- Strong proficiency in Java, with hands-on experience using Spring and Spring Boot frameworks.
- Solid understanding of both relational and NoSQL database technologies.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, Agile methodologies, and continuous integration/delivery pipelines.
- Excellent problem-solving abilities, with strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Capable of working independently and managing multiple priorities under pressure.
- Enthusiastic about collaborating within a global, culturally diverse team environment.
Preferred:
- Full stack development experience.
- Familiarity with observability tools for metrics collection and distributed tracing.
- Exposure to multiple programming languages (e.g., JavaScript, C++, Scala, scripting languages).
- Understanding of the FX Options market and related operational workflows.
- Knowledge of risk management concepts, including risk measures, matrices, and topographies.
- Experience integrating or working with third-party/vendor risk management systems.
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