Senior Java Developer

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Job Description

Company

Jefferies Group LLC, the largest independent, global, full-service investment banking firm headquartered in the U.S. focused on serving clients for 60 years, is a leader in providing insight, expertise and execution to investors, companies and governments. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia. Jefferies Group LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (NYSE: JEF), a diversified financial services company.

Job Description:

This role is based in London and will be office based or flexible working with a blend of home and office, subject to Jefferies operational requirements. As part of the Global Equities Front Office technology team, an opportunity exists for an experienced developer for the Equities real-time trade processing and client allocation platform; GETS. The platform is primarily built in Java and includes real-time low latency messaging and in-memory database technologies. The role will cover a mixture of technical support tasks including, diagnosing production issues, bug fixes and extending the platform using a combination of Java and a proprietary workflow/reporting framework. There will also be opportunities to work with the global team to extend the core framework and/or the addition of new features. The candidate will work alongside the GETS support team members to troubleshoot issues and develop solutions to issues found within the platform. The candidate should be able to demonstrate good analytical skills; experienced with agile development Techniques, unit/system Testing and performance tuning desirable and take a logical approach to problem solving. It would be desirable if the candidate has previous experience analysing complex equities trading workflows, experience with Fidessa ETP and/or CTAC also desirable.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks:

• Develop new workflows using proprietary Java based framework.
• Develop new reports using proprietary Java based framework
• Work with the global development team on enhancing the platform.
• Develop permanent fixes for development related issues.
• Build, test and install software in Dev, QA, Prod/DR environment
• Experience with SDLC automation desirable; JIRA, Bamboo and Ansibl

Qualifications/ Experience:

• Demonstrable ability in programming in Java, experience with Spring, Hibernate, Apache Ignite desirable.
• Demonstrable ability to write complex database queries (SQL)
• Experience with supporting Fidessa Equities platform ETP/CTAC desirable
• Experience with Unix or Linux command-line/Basic UNIX scripting an advantage
• Knowledge of FIX protocol an advantage
• Experience with 3rd line support of an Equity trading system desirable

Additional Skills:

• Excellent communication skills - this is a front office and client facing role.
• Must be able to perform well under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines
• A natural problem solver with good diagnostics skills
• A committed team player
• Service-oriented

About Us

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (''Jefferies,'' ''we,'' ''us'' or ''our'') is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.