Senior Backend Developer - Derivatives Domain

We are seeking a Senior Backend Developer with hands-on experience in financial derivatives to join our core engineering team. In this role, you will design, build, and optimize backend services and data models that power the lifecycle of complex financial instruments.
You will bridge the gap between engineering and trading/risk domains—translating business logic into performant, reliable, and scalable backend architectures.
Total Experience Required: 10+ years
We are seeking a suitable candidate for this role as part of a key project requirement
Backend Development & Data Modeling
• Architect and evolve relational, transactional, and time-series data models representing complex financial instruments, positions, trades, cash flows, and lifecycle events
• Design and optimize database schemas for derivatives products, ensuring data integrity and performance
• Model complex financial state machines and instrument hierarchies
• Build resilient, high-throughput backend APIs and microservices to support pricing, booking, trade lifecycle management, risk, or regulatory reporting workflows
• Develop RESTful/gRPC APIs for integration with trading platforms, market data feeds, and risk systems
• Implement event-driven architectures for real-time trade processing and risk calculations

Derivatives Domain Implementation
• Apply deep derivatives knowledge to translate complex financial requirements into technical specifications and working systems
• Develop systems supporting Vanilla Options (calls, puts), Option Strategies (spreads, straddles, strangles, butterflies, condors), OTC Derivatives, and Structured Products
• Implement pricing models, Greeks calculations (Delta, Gamma, Vega, Theta, Rho), and risk analytics for derivatives portfolios
• Build trade lifecycle management systems covering trade capture, validation, confirmation, settlement, and reconciliation
• Support regulatory reporting requirements (MAS, EMIR, Dodd-Frank) through automated data pipelines and compliance workflows
• Integrate with market data providers, exchanges, clearing houses, and internal risk/pricing systems
• Collaborate with quantitative analysts, traders, and risk managers to ensure systems meet business and regulatory requirements
Technical Leadership & Collaboration
• Participate in system architecture discussions and provide technical recommendations for complex derivatives systems
• Work closely with business analysts, front-office users, risk managers, and QA engineers to deliver high-quality solutions
• Support Agile delivery through sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives
• Mentor junior developers and share derivatives domain knowledge across the team
• Collaborate with infrastructure teams to deploy applications on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) or on-premise environments
• Support UAT, production deployments, and post-implementation support
• Stay current with emerging technologies, financial regulations, and derivatives market practices

Experience (Mandatory)
• ✅ 10+ years of professional software development experience with proven track record in backend development
• ✅ Minimum 3-5 years of hands-on experience in derivatives domain (trading systems, risk management, pricing platforms, structured products, or post-trade processing)
• ✅ Direct experience working with derivatives products including:
• Vanilla Options (calls, puts)
• Option Strategies (spreads, combinations, volatility strategies)
• OTC Derivatives (swaps, forwards, exotic options)
• Structured Products (capital-protected notes, yield enhancement products, participation notes)
• ✅ Experience working in financial services, banking, or capital markets environments (experience with tier-1 investment banks or global financial institutions is highly valued)
• ✅ Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise-scale applications in production environments