Developer - Object Orientated Development - Smalltalk - Glasgow,UK

Job description

Developer -

Overview of Application:
Kapital is the Pricing and Risk Management system used by Global Rates Markets and Global Emerging Markets. Kapital supports a wide range of products, from vanilla IR Swaps to complex Rates Exotics and Hybrids products. Kapital manages the full lifecycle of the trade, from trade booking (or processing of STP) to feeding Confirmations and Settlement systems. It is used to produce the risk (SOD, EOD and Intraday) used by the Trading desk to manage their position in addition to calculation of P&L actuals for the trading desk every day. Kapital is also responsible for feeding corporate systems (Market Risk, Regulatory, Collateral).

Kapital is written exclusively in the Smalltalk programming language and integrates an object database (GemStone) as its persistence mechanism. The application has continuous build and integration processes with a single global codebase combined with automated nightly regression tests. The customised IDE is integrated within the application and allows for full code management and debugging capabilities.

Overview of Team:
Approximately 90 Kapital developers are located across New York, London, Glasgow, Mumbai, Hong Kong and Tokyo. The team is split in to infrastructure, financial development and test & release functions. In primary site locations (London, NY, HK, Tokyo) the financial AD teams will often be seated directly with the application users & trading whilst secondary sites (Glasgow, Mumbai) support users in other regions remotely.

Overview of Role:
This role is for a financial developer to support the Rates business which has trading desks across the globe encompassing not only different currencies and products but also varied regulatory environments.

Working as part of a distributed team, the candidate will need to work closely with the business and technology stakeholders to complete and own tasks from inception through to delivery. Tasks will include building out new functionality and extending existing features as well as providing support to the Kapital users, from both front office (Trading, Structuring, Sales) and middle office (Trade Support, Finance). This will also involve participation in a production support rota to cover key business processes.

The role is in a fast paced environment thus the candidate must be able to adapt quickly to evolving requirements and drive their tasks to completion whilst working in an agile development environment.

Desired profile

Skills Required:·

· The candidate must demonstrate a strong understanding of object oriented design.
· They must have experience in one or more object oriented languages.
·  They should demonstrate clear communication with technical and non-technical users Desirable

· They should be familiar with interest rate and or FX derivatives such as swaps, swaptions, caps and floors.
· Experience working as part of an agile development team on a multi-week or longer project. JPMorgan Chase & Co. offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.