JOB DETAILS:

Job Title: Java/Scala Developer: Bond Risk Calculation System

Nature of Contract: Hybrid (Day 1 onboarding onsite / in office presence 3x week)

Location: Montreal, QC H3C 2N6

Contract Duration: 12 months

Client: Banking Domain

Role Profile:

You will be a hands-on Scala/Java developer involved in the full development lifecycle, focusing on bond position management & risk models and their integration with other systems to support the firm's new initiatives, as well as abundant opportunities to work on

a) other functionalities such as calculation infrastructure (e.g. distribution, caching) and workflow automation.

b) GUI that empowers users to view/manage relevant data

c) other financial products

The job will require an inquisitive mind. You need to have a strong interest and capability to:

• gain proficiency in Scala in a short period of time, if that's not your primary programming language already,

• learn about the relevant financial products if you don't already understand them

• apply such knowledge to the work on real-time systems based on both OpenSource (e.g. Kafka, Zookeeper) and proprietary technologies.

• take on production issue troubleshooting, as well as performance profiling/tuning.

In addition, you will also have exposure to many other exciting technology solutions on the same Scala platform created by hundreds of people.

You will work in a dynamic and multi-cultural environment, collaborate with several global teams within, and sometimes outside, Fixed Income, and interact directly with the trading desk to support their function.

Qualifications & Skills Required:

• Strong Scala or exceptional Java

• Strong analytical skills

• Experience in performance tuning

• Ability to navigate a large and complex code base

• Data structures, design patterns, multi-threaded programming and distributed computing

• Continuous integration

Qualifications & Skills Desired:

• Financial knowledge, especially in bond