Principal Software Engineer at Nomura Holdings, inc.

Mumbai City, maharashtra, India -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

28 Dec, 25

Salary

0.0

Posted On

29 Sep, 25

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Core Java, High Performance Messaging, Multi-Threading, Memory Management, Performance Optimization, Gitlab CI, Gradle, DB & SQL, Investment Banking, Equity Trading Markets, Electronic Trading Systems, Complex Event Processing, Distributed Systems, Message-Oriented Architectures, Analytical Skills, Communication Skills, Leadership Skills

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Nomura Overview: Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit www.nomura.com. Nomura Services, India supports the group’s global businesses. With world-class capabilities in trading support, research, information technology, financial control, operations, risk management and legal support, the firm plays a key role in facilitating the group’s global operations. At Nomura, creating an inclusive workplace is a priority. Our approach to inclusion encompasses a variety of initiatives, including sensitization campaigns, implementing conducive policies & programs, providing infrastructure support and engaging in community events. Over time, we have made meaningful progress in these areas, and this commitment has been well-recognized across the industry. We are proud recipients of the prestigious Top 10 Employers award by the India Workplace Equality Index (IWEI), IWEI Gold Employer of Choice awards, India CSR Leadership Award 2024 for Holistic Village Development Program and the YUVA Unstoppable Changemaker Awards. Business Unit Overview Global Execution Services (GES) Technology builds and maintains software solutions used by agency-model execution business (Instinet) of the Nomura Group. This business provides brokerage services to clients in over 60 markets around the world. Through its advanced suite of electronic trading strategies, experienced high-touch trading group, top-ranked Commission Management services, award-winning desktop trading platform, and unparalleled access to insightful analytics, content and unique liquidity, execution services business helps institutions lower overall trading costs and ultimately improve investment performance. Nomura has introduced a range of now industry-standard trading technologies and has been an innovator at the forefront of the market's evolution. For more information, please visit www.instinet.com. GES Technology India team is an integral part of the global team, which is spread across US, UK, HK and India. It works in partnership with the regions to deliver technology solutions for global execution business (Instinet). As the agency-model execution services arm of the Nomura Group, Instinet Incorporated subsidiaries provide brokerage services to clients in over 65 markets around the world. Through its advanced suite of electronic trading strategies, experienced high-touch trading group, top-ranked Commission Management services, award-winning desktop trading platform, and unparalleled access to insightful analytics, content and unique liquidity, Instinet helps institutions lower overall trading costs and ultimately improve investment performance. Over the course of its 50+ year history, Instinet has introduced a range of now industry-standard trading technologies, and has been an innovator at the forefront of the market's evolution. Position Specifications: Corporate Title Vice President Functional Title Experience 15-18 years Qualification B.E/B.Tech/MCA/M.Tech Requisition No Role & Responsibilities: Global Trading Research (GTR) team is responsible for a wide variety of critical components, including a real-time analytics signal engine and a proprietary tick database for on-demand market data analysis. These technologies underpin the Experts trading platform which provides a suite of equity execution algorithms to Instinet’s institutional client base. As part of our efforts to continue to deliver market-leading products, we are looking for an experienced VP to join the GTR development team and become a key player in technical innovation and modernization of our application stack. Working as part of our global team, the successful candidate will be involved in the day-to-day development and support of this platform. The candidate would join a successful agile IT team, working closely with business in a highly collaborative environment. This is an individual contributor position with high ownership / leadership within GTR IT team. The selected person would lead the India GTR IT team and would report to Global Head for GTR IT and GES Tech India Head. In addition to building new features, we continue to make significant investments in our software development methodology, tooling and next generation platforms. The successful candidate will work closely with other regional development teams across London, New York, Hong Kong and Mumbai to further buildout these key areas and foster innovation. Role & Responsibilities: Deliver new features, enhancements and bug fixes to the platform as part of an agile team Partner with our quantitative research group to deliver unique insight and signals into the trading platform. Understand the existing business functions and participate in defining new solutions that meet business objectives. Work with the product team, stakeholders and end-users for contribution towards requirement discovery and project prioritization. Design and develop high-quality software deliveries within the committed deadlines. Deliver high performance high throughout architecture. Implement complex logic capable of handling billions of daily messages. Provide and support bespoke solutions for key algorithmic trading clients Partner with our test engineers to produce code with high test coverage using TDD and BDD techniques. Refactoring and continuous improvement of the platform and stack. Work in close collaboration with our support and operations group. Willing to work and contribute across entire SDLC – including dev, testing and support. Collaborate with various development, QA and support teams across different regions. Willing to own deliveries and work hands-on across all aspects of software delivery including development, testing, documentation and support. L3 support – quick support resolution of production and user issues, application testing and maintenance releases. Interface with other support teams, global internal and external clients related to support, use and output of the products. As part of global team, act as key contact point for queries of both technical and functional nature. Contribute towards establishing software delivery best practices. Collaborate on architecture, design decisions, and code reviews Key Skills: Mandatory Desirable Domain Investment Banking domain – good understanding of capital markets Knowledge of Equity Trading Markets – especially Compliance related issues and challenges Any exposure to electronic trading systems for equities, FX or similar. Technical Excellent technical skills in Strong Core Java High performance messaging Multi-threading, memory management Performance optimization Gitlab CI – Continuous Integration Gradle DB & SQL Experience of Trading System Development and/or Complex Event Processing Exposure to distributed systems and message-oriented architectures. Strong understanding of multithreading, NIO, concurrency, lock-free data structures, and GC tuning Experience with memory-mapped files, off-heap storage, or zero-copy I/O Very detail oriented with excellent analytical skills Strong communication & leadership skills Highly proactive and takes initiative to identify problem areas and evolve solutions. Python Nomura Leadership Behaviours: Leadership Behaviours Description Element Exploring Insights & Vision Comprehensively analyse the nature of the problems we face and set our focus toward the future vision -Gather Intelligence-Create a vision-Identify an issue Making Strategic Decisions Analyse options and feasibility to resolve issues, in making judgments and recommendations -Identify countermeasures-Assess feasibilityMake a judgment Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People Promotes the vision and goals to others in such a way that inspires commitment and independent contributions -Influence-Inspire-Commit Elevating Organizational Capacity Maximize organizational productivity through leadership development and engagement -Have an Ownership in Own Development-Support other‘s growth-Encourage organizational growth Inclusion Respect diverse perspectives and promote psychological safety and the creation of a risk culture -Foster psychological safety-Encourage the active participation of all talent-Foster a risk culture The firm is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. The firm and its affiliates prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

Responsibilities

The Principal Software Engineer will lead the India GTR IT team and be involved in the development and support of a trading platform. Responsibilities include delivering new features, collaborating with quantitative research, and ensuring high-quality software delivery.