AB Software Engineer Jobs UK
Job Name: Software Developer
Hiring Organization: Alliance Bernstein
Educational Requirements: Bachelor Degree
Salary: £30 – £40/Hour
Location: United Kingdom
DESCRIPTION
Company Description
As a leading global investment management firm, AB fosters diverse perspectives and embraces innovation to help our clients navigate the uncertainty of capital markets. Through high-quality research and diversified investment services, we serve institutions, individuals, and private wealth clients in major markets worldwide. Our ambition is simple: to be our clients’ most valued asset-management partner.
With over 4,400 employees across 51 locations in 25 countries, our people are our advantage. We foster a culture of intellectual curiosity and collaboration to create an environment where everyone can thrive and do their best work. Whether you’re producing thought-provoking research, identifying compelling investment opportunities, infusing new technologies into our business, or providing thoughtful advice to clients, we’re looking for unique voices to help lead us forward. If you’re ready to challenge your limits and build your future, join us.
Job Description Summary
We are seeking a Wrexham based Software Developer to join our Multi-Asset Global Technology & Operations group in Global Technology & Operations.
Team/Group Description
The ABDC Technology Group (part of Multi-Asset Global Technology) provides innovative proprietary systems that enable the ABDC business unit to offer industry-leading, open architecture target date products (CRS) and lifetime income strategy products (LIS) to our defined contribution (DC) clients. Our GATES platform is the only system in the industry with the ability to manage and aggregate guaranteed lifetime withdrawal benefits (GLWB) across multiple insurers. Our systems are responsible for executing the day-to-day trading activity and benefit administration for the CRS and LIS products.
Role Description
- We are seeking an experienced software developer to provide ongoing enhancements to our trading platform. The candidate’s primary responsibility will be part of a development team migrating a legacy trading system to a Kubernetes/Docker environment to provide a highly scalable platform.
- The candidate will also provide critical day-to-day support to our production processes. The candidate will look for opportunities to make tactical improvements to our operational processes.
- Applications and business or enterprise functions the role supports
- The ABDC business unit provides innovative investment solutions for the Defined Contribution industry with over $80B USD in assets under management. The ABDC operational and technology platform supports all aspects of the daily trading process (cash flow allocation, portfolio rebalancing, trading, settlement, client reporting, partner integration (record keepers, custodians, trustees, fund manager, insurers, external trading partners).
Key job responsibilities include, but are not limited to
- Full lifecycle design/development/testing/support
- Help migrate key system to Kubernetes/Docker to support platform growth
- Integrate products with additional record keeping platforms
- Mission critical product support for trading systems
- Partner with trade operations, product development, and research teams to support growing platform of complex products and clients
- Professional development value of this role (i.e., what learning and professional growth does the role offer the candidate?)
- Work with new technologies to build scalable cloud-based trading system
- Gain understanding of retirement industry and be part of a team building the next generation of products
Job Qualifications
Qualification, Experience, Education
- BS or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics
- 3+ years of rigorous development/academic experience
- Demonstrated track record of success working on large, complex systems
Skills
- Experience with Python, Java, C# (Python preferred)
- SQL – query design and optimization, complex stored procedure development
- XML, JSON, Serialization
- DevOps/CI/CD, GIT
- Experience with React a plus
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
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