Java Software Developer – CATS

Job description

Job Title
Java Software Developer - CATS
Location
Prague, Czech Republic
The TPE Credit Booking Cash and Derivatives Teams are a group of approximately 50 developers located globally in New York, London, Prague, Singapore and Pune. DMX IT team develops, maintains and supports trade capture application to serve all areas of the Credit Derivatives Front office IT. Additionally the team is responsible for supporting the Component Architecture Trading System (CATS), a global bond trading system used by multiple desks within Credit, Emerging and securitized products markets.
The Credit Booking Cash Team is a group of approximately 45 developers located globally in New York, London, Prague, Singapore and Pune. The team is responsible for supporting the Component Architecture for Trading System (CATS), a global bond trading system used by multiple desks within Credit and Emerging Markets.
CATS is used in US, Europe and Asia by traders, operations, risk managers and product controllers to manage positions in bonds, loans, futures, preferred stocks and equities. Our users use the system to book trades (both voice and electronic), mark and quote to various markets, respond to RFQs, track P&L and risk. CATS is built on Java on the server-side and .NET platform using C# for the UI. CATS uses Oracle in-memory database TimesTen, Oracle enterprise database, and Solace and MQ middleware.
Eventhough we are a part of a corporation we managed to create an easy family-like team of developers.
Dynamic working gives everyone at Barclays the opportunity to integrate professional and personal lives, if you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with the hiring manager.
¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬¬We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.
What will you be doing?
Would you like to utilize your expertize and/or deepen your knowledge and hands-on experience on big server systems? …developing different behavior in different parts of the world depending on local needs? …ensuring critical operations on one side and tuning performance of high frequency events on the other side? Would you like to work on how heavy reports are generated and live downstream feeds are published? Would you like to contribute to how we control deliveries of new versions in distributed agile development environment with minimum/no issues in production? Last but not least, would you like to learn more about the world of finance?
• Key Accountabilities
o Design and Develop new server features in CATS trading application
o Optimize application performance by profiling, finding inefficiencies and bottlenecks
o Co-ordinate with global development team, work with QA to deliver global releases
o Work with traders, operations, and support to analyze new requirements, explain new features and investigate reported issues

• Stakeholder Management and Leadership
o The role requires interaction with various areas of the business, including but not limited to traders, support, trading assistants, finance as well as developers from teams covering other IT systems and business processes.

• Decision-making and Problem Solving
o The successful candidate will work with colleagues in the global team and other stakeholders to collect requirements, solve and diagnose issues. They will need to communicate thoughts, designs, and implementations in both written and verbal form to both highly technical and less technical colleagues and be ultimately responsible that changes delivered meet expectations.
What we're looking for:
• Core Java
• Spring framework
• Strong skills in object oriented design and development.
• Understanding of relational databases (Oracle a plus)
Skills that will help you in the role:
• Knowledge of the Fixed Income products and trade processing knowledge, the financial markets and trading a plus
• Multi-threading knowledge a plus
• C# is a plus
• Understanding of messaging/middleware technologies (Solace, MQ) a plus
Where will you be working?
With 120 thousands of employees and over 326 years of tradition, we are one of the largest banking company in the world. Over the years, we have come up with many revolutionary ideas that changed the way people think about their finances; whether it was the first credit card issued in Great Britain or the first ATM machine, we have always been trying to push the banking business a little further. Our Prague office is part of the Operations and Technology Division, and as such, we try our best to stay at the top of our technological game. However, the technology itself is not the most important thing. What matters the most to us is the way our ingenuity can help provide better service to our customers and make life easier for our employees.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Our Values
Everything we do is shaped by the five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. Our values inform the foundations of our relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how we measure and reward the performance of our colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.
Our Diversity
We aim to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to our vision and goals.
Our Benefits
Our customers are unique. The same goes for our colleagues. That's why at Barclays we offer a range of benefits, allowing every colleague to choose the best options for their personal circumstances. These include a competitive salary and pension, health care and all the tools, technology and support to help you become the very best you can be. We are proud of our dynamic working options for colleagues. If you have a need for flexibility then please discuss this with us.