Scala Developer

Role: Scala Developer Location: NYC, NY (Hybrid – 3 Days Onsite in a Week) Duration: 12 Months Contract Payrate: $ 80-85 per hour on W2 Team Profile: • The Corporate Trading and Risk Department develops software that enables Brokerage to sustain and grow its highly successful fixed income cash & derivative trading businesses - a key growth area for the Firm. Traders, strats and risk managers use our systems to monitor their daily risk and profit & loss, and to run 'scenario' calculations to assess the potential effect of changes in market conditions. • We are looking for a strong developer to join our global team, where we work on projects from risk models and market intelligence tools to distributed calculation infrastructure, in our advanced Scala-based system as well as a Java-based one, co-operating with many other teams across various areas such as Fixed Income, Equities and Corporate Finance. 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 realtime systems based on both OpenSoure (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 • Solid understanding of Data structures, design patterns, multi-threaded programming and distributed computing • Exposure to CI/CD (Continuous Integration) Qualifications & Skills Desired: Financial knowledge, especially in bond Education Level: Bachelor's Degree - Required Russell Tobin offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.