Securities Finance Developer - .NET - Contractor at Jefferies, London Area, £Contract Rate

Company

Jefferies, a global investment bank and securities firm, has served companies and their investors for over 60 years. Headquartered in New York City, with offices in more than 25 cities around the world, Jefferies provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage, securities research and asset management. The firm is a leading provider of trade execution in equity, high yield, convertible and international securities for institutional investors and high net worth individuals.

Job Description:

As part of the Equity Technology team, an opportunity exists for a consultant developer to join the small Securities Finance team to deliver functionality to support the UK/EU T+1 Regulatory initiative.

Key Responsibilities & Tasks:

• Development of the core in-house platforms.
• Owning specific projects or issues from start to finish.
• Working with colleagues and management to ensure appropriate prioritization.
• Unit testing, assisting with user testing, and working closely with the release management team.

Qualifications/ Experience:

• Strong .NET skills, with server and ideally client-side experience.
• Follows SOLID development principles, with experience of supportive frameworks/libraries.
• Strong SQL knowledge, preferably MS SQL Server and/or MySQL.
• Understanding of Securities Lending is desirable, preferably with prior experience in this or a related area, e.g., Equity swaps.
• Proficiency in leveraging GitHub Copilot or Claude for productivity gains and to improve code quality.

Additional Skills:

• Must be able to deliver to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work with colleagues around the world.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience in one or more of the following beneficial: Global One, RabbitMQ, BitBucket (Git), Bamboo, Java, Windows development.