BATS Java Developer
New York, NY

Job Description

Job Title: BATS Java Developer

Location: 745 Seventh Ave, New York, New York

About Us

Barclays is a transatlantic consumer, corporate and investment bank offering products and services across personal, corporate and investment banking, credit cards and wealth management, with a strong presence in our two home markets of the UK and the US. Our goal is to become the bank of choice by providing superior services to customers and clients and supporting our stakeholders via a commercially successful business that generates long-term sustainable returns.

About Barclays in the US

Barclays offers corporate and investment banking and credit card services in the US. Our 10,000 US colleagues are located in offices across the country, with headquarters in New York City. In 2017, Barclays announced plans to create a world-class campus in Whippany, New Jersey, for our Technology, Operations and Functional teams in the US. Other principal locations include Delaware, Nevada, Ohio and Maine.

About AETT

Algo and Electronic Trading Technology (AETT) is responsible for the development and support of the front office applications and systems that are used to support the Macro business globally. Systems supported are a combination of In-house development and vendor applications, using a variety of technologies. The AETT team is comprised of over 200 staff in London, New York, Tokyo, Singapore, Kiev and India.

Overall Purpose of role

* Develop Java projects for the Markets Execution department as defined by business requirements and prioritization.
* The ideal candidate will fit into the team and the current code base, make it their own, and use this as a base to be able to design and develop new components. This will include ongoing re-implementations of the existing codebase, extensions thereof and ongoing support of those systems.

Your Role

* Work closely with the business users to understand requirements and deliver high quality solutions
* Provide estimates for tasks, including design, development and testing
* Extend and support the low-latency system to meet the business requirements
* The role involves interacting with senior IT and business personnel at both Director and Managing Director level.
* The candidate will be able to communicate with senior stakeholders to understand their requirements and manage their expectations of delivery.
* Key stakeholders must be kept aware of the processes and procedures require for work prioritization.
* The candidate is expected to be able to propose solutions to complex problems that are in keeping with the existing system architecture.
* If an expedited solution is necessary the candidate should be able to analyse the situation and deliver rapid resolutions.
* The candidate should understand the impact a change has when defining solutions and build this into

Basic Qualifications/Skills

* 5 years in core Java development with Java programming skills (to version 8).
* 5-10 years experience in developing low-latency trading systems.
* 3 years of experience of multi-threading, performance tuning.
* 2 years of experience with messaging middleware technologies and databases.
* 4 year Bachelors Degree in relevant field - e.g. computer science, maths, physics, engineering.

Preferred Qualifications/Skills

* Full-lifecycle development of at least 1 large commercial system, with ideal candidate focusing on significant development of high-frequency trading or pricing systems
* A team player who takes initiative and can influence the development of the system.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Banking experience strong preferred
* Knowledge of KDB

Risk and Control Objective

All Barclays colleagues have to ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.

Your Application

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Barclays Values & Diversity

Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager. We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds. It is the policy of Barclays to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, colour, creed, religion, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law.