Associate, Application Engineer III

Description

This role is for an Associate, Application Engineer III on a team that builds client-facing financial applications for fixed income trading, at a company whose mission centers on financial well-being.

The work covers desktop and web applications that show real-time data, bond calculations, and key metrics, along with order and execution workflows that follow fixed income and equity trading practices.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable, distributed desktop and web applications that stay fast and handle live data updates, bond calculations, and key metrics.
• Create order and execution workflows using fixed income and equity trading strategies, including FIX protocol.
• Develop client-facing fixed income trading applications with React, TypeScript, HTML, SCSS, Redux, and Jotai on the front end.
• Work with GraphQL, Java, and AMPs to build and maintain backend RESTful and streaming APIs.
• Build pure React components for internal component libraries.
• Work with product management to define functional and non-functional requirements, plan roadmaps around client deadlines, and set release timelines and post-release checks and deployment steps.
• Turn Figma wireframes into working fixed income workflows that match the look and feel of similar financial applications.
• Work with QA to design automated, manual, and developer test workflows, including unit, component, and integration tests using Cypress and Cucumber.
• Deploy production code to live client environments.
• Handle operational support, including resolving client issues, joining client calls, and using or building Grafana dashboards for telemetry monitoring.
• Mentor junior engineers on technical and professional growth, including assigning project work and offering career guidance.
• Run meetings under Agile and SDLC practices, including weekly sprint planning, retrospectives, ticket grooming, and project scoping.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
• 3 years of experience as an Associate, Analyst, or in a similar role.
• 3 years of experience with React and TypeScript.
• 3 years of experience with state management frameworks, including Redux and Jotai.
• 3 years of experience with HTML, CSS, and Sass.
• 3 years of experience with Git, AquaDataStudio, ADO, and Agile methodologies.
• 3 years of experience with Java 17, SQL, and GraphQL.
• 3 years of experience with data streaming tools, including RESTful APIs, WebSockets, Faraday, and AMPs.
• 3 years of experience with frontend testing frameworks, including Cypress and Cucumber.
• 3 years of experience with FIX messaging and protocol, TradeWeb, and MarketAxess.
• 3 years of experience with knowledge of US, EMEA, and APAC bond markets for corporate, treasury, and MUNI bonds, including anonymous trading, straight-through processing ("click to trade" workflows), and portfolio trading.
• 3 years of experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools, including SonarQube, Jenkins, JFrog Artifactory, and Grafana.
• 3 years of experience with UX and design tools, including Figma and Miro.
• 3 years of experience with production support and debugging tools, including Vim, Splunk, MobaXTerm, and Baretail.

Conditions

For San Francisco, CA only, the salary range is $165,131.00 to $170,000.00 USD.

Pay is tied to performance, and total compensation may vary by role, location, firm, department, and individual results.

You are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus.

The hybrid model requires at least 4 days in the office per week, with 1 day a week that can be worked from home.

Some business groups may require more office time based on their roles.

Benefits

• A strong retirement plan and tuition reimbursement.
• Comprehensive healthcare, leave benefits, and support for working parents.
• Flexible Time Off (FTO).