Associate, Fixed Income Development

BMO • New York, NY

8d

About The Position

This is an opportunity to work on front-office trading platforms where your code has real impact. You’ll build performance-sensitive systems, gain exposure to electronic trading workflows, and grow your technical ownership while working alongside experienced engineers and business partners who value high-quality software. We are seeking a strong, motivated individual to be part of Global Trading Solutions' Trading Systems team to build and enhance our core trading platforms. This role sits in a fast-paced, engineering-driven environment where performance, reliability, and correctness matter. The developer will continually interact with multiple teams including product, traders, and operations to implement robust new trading features and improve existing strategy offerings. A successful candidate has a keen interest in developing low-latency trading systems in Java and wants to work on software that is used directly by the business.

Requirements

• BA / BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 5+ years of professional core Java development experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; comfortable explaining technical ideas and asking the right questions
• Strong collaborative and team-oriented mindset
• Strong JUnit testing skills and commitment to code quality
• Strong multi-threaded programming skills
• Solid understanding of financial markets and electronic trading systems
• Experience optimizing software performance and reducing latency
• Familiarity with the FIX protocol

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to Fixed Income products, workflows, or market structure
• Experience working on RFQ, quoting, pricing, or execution systems
• Familiarity with event-driven architectures used in front-office trading platforms
• Experience integrating market data or time-series data into real-time systems

Responsibilities

• Design and develop robust software solutions for GTS’s trading systems
• Devise algorithms and data structures appropriate for the target environment and platform attributes, in alignment with established architectural patterns
• Create thorough test cases to ensure software stability and reliability in production
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to research and implement enhancements to the trading system
• Communicate with operations teams regarding new features and existing strategy behaviors
• Support production issues, including independently completing root-cause analysis and diagnosis
• Process business requirements with minimal guidance; derive implementation proposals and execute either independently or with a team
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to a strong engineering culture

Benefits

• BMO also offers health insurance, tuition reimbursement, accident and life insurance, and retirement savings plans.
• To view more details of our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.bmo.com/global/en/Total-Rewards

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level