Jefferies Group

The Front Office Senior Software Developer will work on the in-house Equity Swaps & Derivatives Trading System. Candidate will possess technical expertise to build, enhance and support existing and new front office trading applications. He/She must be a self-starter who is willing to work independently in a demanding trading environment. This person should be rigorous, results driven and should be able to work with minimal supervision with exemplary follow through. Previous experience in equity swaps or synthetic prime, equity derivatives, convertible bonds or equity linked trading.

Ideal candidate has a minimum bachelor’s degree in software engineering or computer science, as well as several years of experience in an Equity Swaps environment.

Responsibilities:

The candidate will be expected to develop and support financial services applications related to:

• Equity and Portfolio Swap life cycle and life cycle event.
• Synthetic Prime,
• Portfolio, Equity and Total Return Swaps,
• Equities and equity trading.
• Understanding of equity swap hedge execution lifecycle.
• Design and Implement best of breed technologies to re-position our existing platform for the future.

Requirements and Qualifications

The ideal candidate will:

• Microsoft based C# programming.
• Experience with managed and un-managed code C# and C++ environment)
• Visual Studio and experience with TFS and JIRA.
• Frontend and server side development.
• Databases, Microsoft SQL Server programming.
• Understanding of message queues and middleware.
• Familiar with Kafka
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and other Office products
• Working knowledge of Portfolio and total return swaps in an equities environment, supporting traders, operations, and middle office.
• Team player with a "can-do" attitude who can deliver under high pressure and tight deadlines
• Excellent interpersonal skills, as well as excellent communication skills, verbal and written to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Work independently in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines.
• 5-10+ years of experience in C# .NET & C++.
• 5-10+ years of experience in capital markets working and strong knowledge & understanding of financial products – ideally Equity Swaps/Synthetic Prime.

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $200,000 - $240,000.

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.

The salary offered will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and qualifications. In addition to salary, Jefferies Financial Group is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time employees or part- time employees, who are scheduled to work at least 30 hours or more per week, including an annual discretionary incentive and retention bonus, competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Jefferies also offers paid time off packages that include planned time off (e.g., vacation), unplanned time off (e.g., sick leave), and paid holidays, and for full time employees, paid parental leave.