Vice President - Senior Application Developer

$120,000 - $200,000/Yr

BNP Paribas - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Senior

Jersey City, NJ

10,001+ employees

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Vice President - Senior Application Developer role at BNP Paribas involves leading the development of the Prime Broker Product Referential application platform, which is essential for managing critical Product Referential data across multiple business lines. This position requires a seasoned professional to engage with internal business users, oversee the software development lifecycle, and ensure compliance with technical architecture and security standards. The role emphasizes collaboration, leadership, and a strong focus on client and stakeholder relationships.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with internal business users and team manager to understand requirements and provide business process automation ideas and solutions.
• Participate in all facets of Software Development Lifecycle covering requirement analysis, design, architecture, implementation, delivery, and maintenance of the application.
• Design and develop scalable and flexible applications along with performance tuning and optimization configuration.
• Interface with other IT teams in the delivery of product solutions as necessary.
• Learn intricacies of the bank's Prime Brokerage IT workflows and infrastructure.
• Ensure adherence to all relevant compliance and regulatory policies.
• Ensure that all development is completed in line with the company's technical architecture and IT security standards.
• Manage multiple priorities effectively and deliver projects in a timely fashion.
• Coordinate development efforts between offshore development and QA teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience developing flexible, scalable, and robust applications in the financial services sector.
• Strong experience in using Java, Spring Container/Spring Boot/Spring Batch, and Hibernate or similar frameworks.
• Experience in designing and building scalable, distributed applications capable of supporting straight-through processing of a large number of transactions.
• Experience in Capital Markets, preferably Prime Brokerage.
• Experience with distributed caching using EhCache/Gigaspaces or similar engines.
• Experience using web services with REST-based APIs.
• Experience with messaging using JMS/MQ/Kafka/Tibco or similar products.
• Web development experience with GWT/GXT frameworks and JavaScript libraries like EXT JS/NodeJs/React.
• Experience with Cloud Technologies.
• Data modeling and SQL expertise using Oracle and SQL Server.
• Knowledge of UNIX shell scripting.

Nice-to-haves

• Domain knowledge of Prime Brokerage and Product Reference Data.
• Experience with DevOps tools and continuous integration & deployment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Backup childcare
• Life, accident, and disability insurance
• Mental health support
• Paid time off
• Eligibility for a discretionary bonus