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At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
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Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Job Description
This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.
Job Profile Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Developer to join the AMRS Trading Engines team within Global Equities Cash Technology. This is an opportunity to help build and evolve a world‑class electronic trading platform that powers the execution of equity trading activity across global markets.
You will work at the intersection of low‑latency distributed systems, algorithmic trading, and high-performance software engineering, developing the next generation of trading capabilities that enable our business to compete in increasingly sophisticated and competitive markets.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in Java and/or C++, hands‑on experience building electronic trading systems, and a passion for modern engineering practices, scalable architectures, and performance optimization.
Responsibilities
Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained
Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack
Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
Automates manual release activities
Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)
Design and develop core components of our Algorithmic Trading Platform, Smart Order Router (SOR), and Matching Engine ecosystem.
Build highly performant, resilient, and scalable solutions that directly impact execution quality for both institutional and internal clients.
Partner closely with trading, quantitative, and technology teams to transform complex business requirements into robust technical solutions.
Drive architecture, design, implementation, testing, and operational excellence across the software development lifecycle.
Enhance and optimize the firm's high-performance trading framework and core infrastructure components.
Required Qualifications
7+ years of professional software development experience.
Extensive experience building high-performance applications in Java on Linux .
Strong hands‑on experience developing electronic trading or other latency‑sensitive financial systems.
Solid understanding of software architecture, distributed systems, and performance optimization.
Automation‑first mindset with strong knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, and shift‑left quality practices.
Experience working within Agile development environments and modern engineering workflows.
Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to work effectively in a fast‑paced, collaborative setting.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
Desired Qualifications
2+ years of relevant work experience
Proficiency in programming language(s) required for the role
Deep understanding of Equities market structure , electronic trading, smart order routing, and algorithmic execution.
Practical experience leveraging AI‑assisted development tools to improve software delivery and engineering productivity.
Experience designing and deploying applications in cloud‑native and containerized environments .
Proficiency in C++ and performance‑sensitive system development.
Familiarity with low‑latency networking, exchange protocols, market data systems, and trading infrastructure.
Skills
Application Development
Automation
Influence
Solution Design
Technical Strategy Development
Architecture
Business Acumen
DevOps Practices
Result Orientation
Solution Delivery Process
Analytical Thinking
Collaboration
Data Management
Risk Management
Test Engineering
Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor Degree or Equivalent Professional Experience
Shift
1st shift (United States of America)
Hours Per Week
40
Pay Transparency details
US - NY - New York - 1100 Ave Of The Americas - Two Bryant Park (NY1540)
Pay range $102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.
Discretionary incentive eligible. This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
Benefits. This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry‑leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
4 years experience
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Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
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