UI/Full Stack Developer - Trading Platforms

CompanyFederal Reserve Bank of New York

When you work at the New York Fed, you have the opportunity to make an impact in our communities and across the nation. Our mission-driven, curious, and dedicated colleagues apply their diverse perspectives and unique talents to support the strength of the U.S. economy and stability of the global financial system. At the Bank, we work full-time onsite with our teams. We believe being physically together allows us to draw on our collective strengths, while recognizing that the ability to work flexibly from time to time remains important to achieving our mission.

Our Unique Work:   

As a member of Markets Technology Delivery supporting the Markets business domain, the area responsible for the Auctions, Trading Desks, Decision Support Applications and Reference Rates production, you will implement financial applications and tools in support of Markets’ auctions, trading, operations planning and execution, and rates production. You will be part of an agile squad that requires close collaboration with other members of the technology team, business users, and other development squad members.

How You'll Make an Impact as a UI/Full Stack Developer - Trading Platforms:

A member of the squad is responsible for the delivery of business value working directly with the business area. Developers on the squad are expected to deliver, in a fast-paced environment, integrations and business operations workflows for different domains within the Markets Business line (Auctions, Trading, Operations Planning and Rates Production products). Developers on the squad are expected to deliver frond-end, mid-tier integration and backend functionality (i.e. full-stack developers).We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer with exceptional UI expertise to build and maintain sophisticated financial trading platforms. This role demands a M-shape developer profile with UI and Backend depth who excels at creating intuitive, high-performance applications in a regulated financial environment.

The Unique Skill Sets We're Looking For:

Qualifications for these include and not limited to:

• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to design and implement interfaces by incorporating established best practices.
• Experience using Continuous Integration and Deployment tools such as Gitlab/Jenkins, etc.
• Experience building decision support applications for operations and trading in the financial industry.
• Knowledge and use of Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum), Test-Driven Development AND Behavior Driven Development (TDD/BDD).
• Java 8-21, JavaScript, Spring (Data, MVC, Security, Core, etc.), App/Web server(Tomcat, JBoss, etc.), RDBMS(Oracle, PostgreSQL)
• Proficient in Java, Spring, Cucumber, Websockets and Hydra(framework for Aeron-based messaging) data models
• Experience using SQL/NoSQL databases
• Expert understanding of Event-Driven Architectures
• Experience with integrations (REST Services, Kafka, FIX, etc.)
• Building web UIs using React, Vue or Angular.
• Docker, Terraform, Playwright and AWS services (IAM, S3, CloudFront, Secrets Manager, EC2, ECS, ALB, RDS, Elasticache, MSK, AmazonMQ)

Financial Trading Domain Experience:

• Experience working on financial trading platforms or auction systems
• Understanding of order books, market depth, and trading workflows
• Experience with treasury or agency securities (preferred)
• Familiarity with monetary implementation (Outrights, Repo, Reverse Repo, etc.)
• FIX protocol knowledge
• Understanding of auction mechanisms

Other Things to Know: 

Salary Range: $156100 - $255800 / year

We believe in transparency at the New York Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you’re stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions.  

How We’ll Support You: 

Our programs and benefits are designed to support you through all your life stages:

• Learning & Growing: Educational assistance, career development tools, and stretch opportunities
• Supporting Your Family: Parental leave, adoption assistance, back-up dependent and elder care, college planning resources, and more
• Managing Your Health: Comprehensive insurance plans, leave policies, onsite Health & Wellness Center, and onsite Fitness Center
• Optimizing Your Finances: Pension plan, 401(k) with generous match, financial planning resources, and subsidized public transportation program

Our Culture is deeply grounded in our Touchstone Behaviors— By working with us, you’ll have the opportunity to develop and demonstrate your ability to Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership. These competencies shape our culture here at the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success and set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career. Learn more.  

Apply now if you’re ready to join us in strengthening the U.S. economy together. Want to consider our other opportunities? Click here to see all our open roles.

The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules. 

  

We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance. Please email us at [email protected] and we’ll be glad to help. Please note, this is a dedicated e-mail box designed exclusively to assist applications with accommodation requests in relation to our recruiting process. All other inquires including the status of applications will not receive a response from this e-mail box.  

 

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change. 

This position requires access to confidential supervisory information (CSI) and/or Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) information. Access to CSI and FOMC information is limited to U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, individuals who meet the definition of “protected individual” under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), and certain other nonimmigrants. All non-U.S. citizens authorized to access CSI and/or FOMC information must sign a declaration of intent to expeditiously become a lawful permanent resident and thereafter a U.S. citizen when eligible.

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Job Exempt (Yes / No)Yes

Job CategoryInformation Technology Family Group

Work ShiftFirst (United States of America)

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