Job Description :
Title: Java / Scala Developer
Duration: 6 Months Contract to Hire
Location: New York, NY
Position Description
The Fixed Income Division (FID) Credit team is focused on delivering the technology that allows Credit Suisse to continue grow its highly successful bond and credit default swap (CDS) e-trading business - a key growth area for the Firm.
We require strong Scala developers to work within a global team on our new and on-going projects. You will be working on a highly distributed, low latency e-trading system developed on a Java and Scala server platform. The system runs multiple algorithmic processes that generate real-time prices, position and risk updates, and communicates with many electronic markets. The system relies on modern technologies such as reactive programming, grid computing and distributed caching.
The role will involve all aspects of the software life cycle including gathering requirements from the business, analysis of existing systems/functionality, design and implementation, all the way through to production roll out and subsequent support. We need flexible candidates who are practical technologists, show excellent problem solving skills and enjoy all aspects of software development.
The successful candidate will work closely with the several global teams within the FID Credit technology department and also interact directly with the Corporate Credit business unit and with the Firm’s middleware IT groups when using their frameworks and software.
Required Skills:
- Strong core Scala, Securities Lending a must
- Functional Programming
- Data structures, design patterns and collections