Java Developer

About Us:

We are PIMCO, a leading global asset management firm. We manage investments and develop solutions across the full spectrum of asset classes, strategies and vehicles: fixed income, equities, commodities, asset allocation, ETFs, hedge funds and private equity. PIMCO is one of the largest investment managers, actively managing more than $2.2 trillion in assets for clients around the world. PIMCO has over 3,070 employees in 22 offices globally. PIMCO is recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients.

PIMCO is one of the world's premier fixed income investment managers with thousands of professionals around the world united in a single purpose: creating opportunities for our clients in every environment. Since 1971, we have brought innovation and expertise to our partnership with the institutions, financial advisors and millions of individual investors who entrust us with their assets. We aspire to cultivate performance and leadership through empowering our people, diversity of thought, and a commitment to an inclusive culture that engages in our global communities.

Position Description:

How does Technology fit in with this?
We aim to deliver to our investment professionals accurate information, on time, every time that enable them to make decisions in an increasingly complex world.
We provide foundational real-time position capabilities that enable downstream risk and trading systems to calculate optimal executions, regulatory compliance, and client risk.

What do you need to know?
You must know Java and development in AWS. Financial services experience is a bonus. You will be working with a worldwide team of developers and will be expected to do some L2 support.

• You need to know and love the Java language! Python, and TypeScript are useful skills too.
• Gitlab and expertise in contiuous integration and delivery techniques is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Strike a balance of incremental value delivery while advancing towards our strategic north star of cloud-based, CICD-driven delivery
• Work with technology leadership to understand both immediate problems and trading workflow strategic state
• Distill out key requirements and workflows, work with engineering team leads and engineering colleagues to find solutions, identify and analyze trade-offs, phase solutions, follow through to implementation resolving design issues and responding to changing requirements or technical issues
• Build modular, easily testable software that lends itself to proper monitoring
• Build applications based on cloud native principles, with high availability and scale in mind
• Data-driven approach to application development. Analyze usage data to further enhance application experience.

Position Requirements:

• MS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
• 1+ years of professional Java development
• 1+ years of experience with public cloud technologies and cloud native development principles (AWS preferred)
• Good interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills an absolute must with a demonstrated ability to work well with both technology and business colleagues
• Demonstrable ability to deliver solutions providing incremental value to our business while iterating towards strategic platform goal
• Technical abilities includes data models, messaging, REST, design patterns and best practices for system integration
• Strong technical solutions skills from capturing and distilling requirements to defining technical options, trade-offs and communicating to a technical audience
• Passion for automation and experience with CICD tools, Gitlab or other
• Experience migrating existing workloads to cloud preferred
• Understanding of infrastructure fundamentals such as Unix, networks, scripting, SSH, Kerberos

Benefits:

PIMCO is committed to offering a comprehensive portfolio of employee benefits designed to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Benefits vary by location but may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance and travel coverage
• 401(k) (defined contribution) retirement savings, retirement plan, pension contribution from your first day of employment
• Work/life programs such as flexible work arrangements, parental leave and support, employee assistance plan, commuter benefits, health club discounts, and educational/CFA certification reimbursement programs
• Community involvement opportunities with The PIMCO Foundation in each PIMCO office