Software Developer Senior Specialist Job in Nasdaq

Your role and responsibilities :

As a Software Developer Senior Specialist, your focus will be developing and implementing software solutions. Besides working closely with your colleagues in Bangalore and the wider SMARTS team in Sydney, you will also work closely with Nasdaq SMARTS team members in other countries.

Reviews system requirements and business processes; codes, tests, debugs; implements and/or maintains software solutions for more complex assignments.

• Determines systems software design requirements.
• Designs, develops, modifies, adapts and implements short and long-term solutions to information technology needs through new and existing applications, systems architecture, network systems and applications infrastructure.
• Develops security solutions for complex assignments.
• Provides application software development services or technical support typically for more challenging assignments.
• Develops program logic for new applications or analyses and modifies logic in existing applications.
• Modifies existing internal software products to add to new functions, adapt to new hardware, improve performance or enhance product usability.
• Mentors others in the team on implementing system improvements, challenging the team to increase efficiency wherever possible and to utilize current industry trends.
• Ensures that applications are compatible across multiple platforms and browsers.
• May participate in all aspects from detailed programming to high level system design.
• Participates in IT systems strategy, development and /or integrations services to clients.
• Provides technology trends and competitive landscape expertise and makes technology decisions to drive opportunities and competitive advantage for our clients.
• Provides a deep domain and industry experience and expertise to design and develop creative solutions.
• Provides deep awareness of technology and market trends to anticipate industry changes and conceptualize solutions.
• As a generalist, becomes involved in all aspects of a project including firmware, hardware, architecture, database warehouse and mining, database design and analysis, software development and testing

We expect you to have:

• Education Required: Degree qualified in a discipline related to Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent work experience
• Experience Required: At least 8 to 10years experience in Java programming.
• A strong communicator in both written and oral, combined with a self-motivated attitude
• Proficient in Linux and scripting
• Back-end development experience (not web based only) e.g. dealing with large data set, data manipulation / sorting / merging, complex algorithms
• Excellent technical knowledge with a strong interest in software architecture
• Experience in dealing with low level programming / analysis e.g. byte level encoding / decoding
• Solid knowledge in Java data structures
• Capability to multi task multiple projects / support
• Experience in network programming (e.g. TCP / UDP)
• Previous experience in mentoring, technical and/or team leading.

It would be great if you:

• Knowledge or previous experience in financial markets or trading systems