Role Overview
As a Senior Software Engineer at TP ICAP you will:
1. Be part of a talented team delivering business critical software for the internal broking division and their external customer base.
2. Work within an Agile environment, from design through to implementation, with a strong focus on Continuous Improvement.
3. Work collaboratively as part of self-organising, cross-functional team.
4. Focus on Continuous Integration and Deployment.
5. Promote delivery of quality software – unit tests, code reviews etc.
6. Experiment with multiple technologies and methodologies as part of delivery, to help guarantee the best solution and approach.
Role Responsibilities
7. Work closely with the Architect/Principal to build solutions that align to the IT strategy/vision.
8. Provide support and mentoring to other members of the team.
9. Work in partnership with QA counterpart to ensure the delivery of quality software.
10. Deliver against both Functional and Non-functional requirements.
11. Take Ownership/Accountability for development of key features and drive to completion.
12. Communicate effectively on progress and ensure impediments are raised early to minimise impact on the delivery.
Experience / Competences
Essential
13. Competent developer, with experience in one of C# or Java
14. Broad knowledge of financial markets, financial systems and over the counter (OTC) products
15. Degree or equivalent industry experience
16. Experience of application testing, demonstrating the software meets the requirements
17. Experience with either Continuous Build & Integration, Continuous Deployment or DevOps
18. Financial sector experience, especially in swaps, derivatives or futures
19. Middleware experience on JMS based systems i.e. Tibco EMS, RabbitMQ, Reuters, IBM Websphere Message Broker
20. Competent database developer (Stored Procedure development) SQL Server 2008 / 2012 / 2014
Desired
21. Open to innovative ideas/ experiences and ability to create new ideas, approaches or insights
22. Seeks opportunities for improvements
23. Handles situations and problems with innovation and creativity
24. Experience working with XML and XSD technologies
25. Experience of enterprise software development
26. Experience of web development
27. Experience with TDD, BDD or similar approaches to specifying requirements and design.