Fixed Income Electronic Trading- Programmer Analyst
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2026. Société Générale scores B on the Alion truth index.
Responsibilities
The position is for a C#/.NET developer to join the Fixed Income electronic trading team. This team develops and maintains software solutions, supporting price streaming, RFQ workflows, Order Management Systems (OMS), and straight-through processing of electronic trades. Our applications interface with multiple external electronic trading platforms and exchanges, including Bloomberg, Tradeweb, BrokerTec, among others.
The role focuses on the development of our strategic trading tool, enabling dealer-to-client and inter-dealer trading across the Fixed Income market. Responsibilities encompass both client-side and server-side development. The candidate will be actively involved throughout the full software development lifecycle, including specification definition, coding, testing, documentation, deployment, and ongoing support.
The successful candidate is expected to adhere to Agile methodologies, continuous delivery practices, and change management processes to ensure high-quality and timely software delivery.
Primary tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Design, develop, and enhance Fixed Income electronic trading platforms supporting desks such as: US Linear Rates, US Treasuries, LATAM, FX.
- Deliver client side and server side .NET/C# components for real time trading and pricing applications.
- Collaborate closely with traders, sales, and product stakeholders to translate business requirements into clear technical specifications.
- Partner with senior developers and architects to propose, review, and implement scalable technical designs.
- Estimate development effort, manage priorities, and ensure timely and high quality delivery of assigned initiatives.
- Develop robust, well tested, maintainable code aligned with internal engineering standards.
- Actively follow CI/CD pipelines, release orchestration, and change management processes.
- Provide 2nd and 3rd level production support, including incident analysis and resolution in a trading time sensitive context.
- Coordinate and participate in software release rollouts and post implementation validation.
- Communicate clear status updates, risks, and dependencies to management and stakeholders.
- Collaborate effectively with infrastructure, networking, middleware, and other development teams.
Profile required
Education
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field
- Degree or coursework in Finance is a strong advantage
Technical Skills (Required)
- Strong foundation in object-oriented design and programming principles
- Advanced proficiency in C# and .NET
- Solid understanding of design patterns, including MVVM
- Hands on experience with Git based source control
- Working knowledge of Agile / Scrum methodologies
- Experience with Dependency Injection and Entity Framework
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as TeamCity and Jenkins
- Experience with multithreaded or concurrent systems
Technical Skills (Preferred / Plus)
- Knowledge of Fixed Income products and market structure
- Prior exposure to Electronic Trading platforms and workflows
The candidate will be supervised by senior developers but after the training period, success will depend on how autonomously the candidate can work. All design decisions will need to be reviewed by a senior developer prior to implementation.