Software Developer - Swaps Platform (Corporate Actions)

Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
  • New York, NY
  • $175,000–$200,000 Per Year
30+ days ago

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with strong experience in swaps technology and corporate actions processing to design, develop, and support critical trading and post-trade systems within a financial services environment.

This role will focus on building scalable, high-performance applications across the swaps trade lifecycle and corporate actions workflows, including trade capture, booking, validation, lifecycle events, settlements, reconciliations, dividends, coupons, stock splits, mergers, conversions, and other event-driven processing. The engineer will work closely with trading, operations, risk, finance, and technology teams to deliver reliable solutions for derivatives and post-trade platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and maintain applications supporting swaps trade lifecycle and corporate actions processing.
  • Build high-quality software using Java and/or C++.
  • Partner with business and technology stakeholders to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Support and enhance systems for OTC derivatives, swaps products, and event-driven post-trade workflows.
  • Troubleshoot production issues and implement long-term improvements.
  • Contribute to architecture, code reviews, testing, and engineering best practices.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Senior-level software engineering experience in financial services.
  • Strong hands-on development experience with Java and/or C++.
  • Experience with swaps, OTC derivatives, trade lifecycle systems, or corporate actions platforms.
  • Understanding of corporate actions events such as dividends, coupons, stock splits, mergers, conversions, spin-offs, or reorganizations.
  • Strong knowledge of SQL, distributed systems, and object-oriented design.
  • Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Preferred Experience

  • Knowledge of swaps lifecycle events, settlements, reconciliations, confirmations, collateral, margin, or regulatory reporting.
  • Experience with corporate actions data, entitlement calculations, event processing, or downstream booking workflows.
  • Experience with Kafka, MQ, REST APIs, microservices, or event-driven architecture.
  • Familiarity with Dodd-Frank, EMIR, MiFID II, CFTC reporting, or other regulatory requirements.

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range of $175,000 - $200,000

Numbers & Facts

LocationNew York, NY
Salary$175,000–$200,000 Per Year

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
  • C++ Programming Languageunmatched
  • Code Reviewsunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Computer Scienceunmatched
  • Derivativesunmatched
  • Distributed Computingunmatched
  • Dodd Frank Actunmatched
  • Engineeringunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Finance Softwareunmatched
  • Financial Servicesunmatched
  • Identify Issuesunmatched
  • Javaunmatched
  • Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID)unmatched
  • Mathematicsunmatched
  • Messaging Middlewareunmatched
  • Microservicesunmatched
  • Object Oriented Design (OOD)unmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • REST (Representational State Transfer)unmatched
  • Reconciliationunmatched
  • Regulatory Reportsunmatched
  • Regulatory Requirementsunmatched
  • Requirements Managementunmatched
  • Riskunmatched
  • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
  • Scalable System Developmentunmatched
  • Software Administrationunmatched
  • Software Developmentunmatched
  • Software Engineeringunmatched
  • Swap Marketunmatched
  • Technical Deliveryunmatched
  • Testingunmatched

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