Vice President - Senior (Java) Application Developer

Global Prime Services technology is seeking a senior application developer for the Prime Broker Product Referential application platform. The platform is responsible for managing the Product Referential data – a critical function for the Prime Brokerage client and user community. The Product Referential system serves as a transversal service provider - across multiple business lines - to all the dependent systems providing critical Product and Pricing Referential data for all asset classes to support key business functions such as Trade processing, Securities Financing, Margin & Risk computations, and Client, Firm and Regulatory Reporting

Candidate Success Factors:

Candidates are measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:

• Results and Impact
• Able to influence peers and team.
• Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact.
• Exercise appropriate autonomy in the execution and delivery of work.
• Responsible for driving outcomes, which have meaningful effect on team or department.
• Leadership and Collaboration:
• Creates trust with colleagues.
• Acts in leadership capacity for projects, processes, or programs.
• Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus:
• Able to build relationships with a mix of colleagues and clients.
• Interacts regularly with management and department leaders.
• Demonstrates the ability to influence stakeholders at the team level.
• Compliance Culture and Conduct:
• Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts.
• Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards.

Responsibilities:

• Candidate will work closely with internal business users and team manager to understand the requirements and provide business process automation ideas and solutions.
• Participate in all facets of Software Development Lifecycle covering requirement analysis, design, architecture, implementation, delivery and maintenance of the application.
• Design and develop scalable and flexible applications along with performance tuning and optimization configuration.
• Interface, as necessary, with other IT teams in the delivery of product solutions.
• Learning intricacies of bank’s Prime Brokerage IT workflows and infrastructure.
• Ensuring adherence to all relevant compliance and regulatory policies.
• Ensuring that all development is completed in line with the company’s technical architecture and IT security standards.
• Manage multiple priorities effectively and deliver the projects in timely fashion.
• Coordinating development efforts between the offshore development and QA teams.

Minimum Required Qualifications:

Functional & Technical

• 10+ years of experience developing flexible, scalable and robust applications, supporting the financial services sector
• Strong and demonstrated experience in using Java, Spring Container/Spring Boot/ Spring Batch and Hibernate or similar frameworks
• Experience in design and building scalable, distributed applications capable of supporting straight through processing of a large number of transactions
• Experience in Capital Markets, preferably Prime Brokerage
• Architectures using Distributed caching using EhCache / Gigaspaces or similar engines
• Experience using web services using REST based API
• Messaging using JMS/MQ/Kafka/Tibco or similar products
• Web development experience with GWT/GXT like frameworks & Java script libraries like EXT JS/ NodeJs /React
• Experience with Cloud Technologies
• Data modelling, SQL expertise using Oracle, SQL Server
• Knowledge of UNIX shell scripting

Behavioral Competency

• Client focused & highly result driven
• Strategically motivated to design thinking
• Well organized, strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Mentoring, people development skills are must have.
• Collaborative, analytical & logic driven, creative solution provider with go getter attitude & positive personality.
• Desire to work in global delivery environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Domain knowledge of Prime Brokerage and Product Reference Data
• DevOps tools with experience in continuous integration & deployment

FINRA Registrations Required:

• Not Applicable

CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):

• Not Applicable

SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person:

• Not Applicable

The expected starting salary range for this position is between $120k to $200k annually. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business line, and geographic/office location.

In addition, our comprehensive benefits package aims to support our employees in various aspects of their lives. From healthcare and wellness programs to retirement plans and childcare services, we prioritize the well-being and growth of our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental and vision coverage, a 401(k) Savings Plan, backup childcare, life, accident and disability insurance, mental health support and paid time off. Additional details about our benefits offerings, inclusive of eligibility for a discretionary bonus, will be provided during the hiring process.

This application will remain open until a candidate has been selected for the role. There is no specific application timeline.

About BNP Paribas:

BNP Paribas is a leading bank in Europe with an international reach across the US, EMEA and APAC. It has a presence in 65 countries, with nearly 190,000 employees. The bank employs over 3,500 people in offices in the US across 10 states including New York, Jersey City, Chesterbrook, PA, San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Miami, and Washington, DC. BNP Paribas has built a strong and diversified presence to support its client base. We continue to grow and strengthen our commitment to the US market through our Corporate & Institutional Banking activities. We are one of a few non-US banks to offer a full value chain for our clients, from trading to financing, and clearing and custody in the US with the international footprint and capacity to deliver both globally and locally. Leveraging the strength of our European roots, our network can support clients in virtually every region of the world, enabling more connectivity and efficiency wherever our clients conduct business. We take pride in our expertise and our ability to adapt while constantly looking ahead to create a more sustainable world.

As an international company with a global footprint, the unique cultures and viewpoints of our team members are an integral part of the fabric of BNP Paribas. We are a company with a purpose - to be a responsible and sustainable global leader. We aim to create an environment where our employees feel empowered to drive change, make an impact and be true to themselves. We employ talented individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, locally and globally, and are inspired by our employees who help us in cultivating a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace through initiatives such as our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Leadership Forum and Employee Resource Group (ERG) communities. We strive to be a workplace where all team members can grow and thrive and offer robust training, development, and mentoring opportunities to make that vision a reality. Our leaders are deeply committed to DEI and highly accessible to our employees, consistently soliciting feedback on how we can continue to support our employees to reach their highest potential.

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