Location: Pune

Work mode: Hybrid

What do we do?

As a pioneer for digital transformation GFT develops sustainable solutions across new technologies – from cloud engineering and artificial intelligence to blockchain/DLT. With its deep technological expertise, strong partnerships, and comprehensive market know-how GFT offers advice to the financial and insurance sectors, as well as in the manufacturing industry. Through the intelligent use of IT solutions GFT increases productivity and creates added value for clients. Companies gain easy and safe access to scalable IT-applications and innovative business models.

Who are we? 

Having started in Germany in 1987, GFT Technologies has grown to become a trusted Software Engineering and Consulting specialist for the international financial industry, counting many of the world’s largest and best-known Banks as our clients. We are an organization that empowers you to not only explore but raise your potential and seek out opportunities that add value. At GFT, diversity, equality, and inclusion are at the core of who we are. Ensuring a diverse and inclusive working environment for all communities is one of the main pillars of our diversity strategy, based on our core values and culture. We have been certified for 2022/23 as a ‘Great place to work’ in the APAC region. So, if you want to have the opportunity to work with an outstanding and progressive organization this position could be right for you.

Role Summary

GFT is looking for a visionary Senior/Lead Front-end Engineer to join forces in a project which actively develops and enhances a set of strategic systems and services which are regulatory driven and have a direct bearing on how our Client manages risk arising from trading, including both market and counterparty credit risks. We are responsible for calculating margin requirements for OTC bilateral derivatives and optimizing margin requirements for partners by considering offsets across various financial products using models like VaR, SIMM and Credit Stress. We support traders, salespeople, risk managers, financial controllers and operations staff.

Requirements

• Provide expertise in area and advanced knowledge of applications programming and ensure application design adheres to the overall architecture blueprint
• Utilize advanced knowledge of system flow and develop standards for coding, testing, debugging, and implementation
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business, such as architecture and infrastructure, integrate to accomplish business goals
• Guide team to establish design standard, improving efficiency of development workflow and product rollout
• Take ownership of smooth Production releases planning and execution
• Analyze existing operations to identify risks and redundancies
• Conduct comprehensive assessments to develop solutions
• Liaise with team members, management to ensure projects are completed to application development and governance standard
• Keep up-to-date with industry trends and developments
• Resolve variety of high impact problems/projects through in-depth evaluation of complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards 
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding the Client, its partners and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

Skills and Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant experience in Apps Development role
• Hands on coding experience
• For Margin UI roles use à ReactJS, axios, MUI, NGINX, JavaScript, HTML
• Java: Spring-Web, Spring-Data, Hibernate
• Good knowledge of modern UI/UX design patterns
• Good exposure to microservices/micro front end architecture
• Experience with building applications on cloud platform
• Proven implementation of design patterns
• Demonstrated knowledge of software development methodologies and techniques
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work independently and as part of a team
• Able to multi-task and prioritize tasks effectively
• Experience in building public facing web portals is preferred
• Business knowledge of Margin, CVA, XVA, regulatory stress testing is preferred
• Good understanding of financial risks and ability to work with Quant team is preferred

Education

• A completed Bachelor’s in Computer Science, Mathematics or equivalent
• A Master’s degree in preferred

What we do offer

You will be working with some of the brightest people in business and technology on challenging and rewarding projects in a team of like-minded individuals. GFT prides itself on its international environment that promotes professional and cultural exchange and encourages further individual development.