Join Mizuho as a Market Data Sr. Java Developer!
This is an exciting opportunity where you would be part of several green field initiatives such as building dashboards for different market data sets and helping to bring traceability and auditing of the market data flow through the systems. In this role, you will interact directly with trading, quantitative, compliance and risk, and IT functions to deliver new market data capabilities and services leveraging modern technologies and data & software architectures.
Key Responsibilities:
- Hands on Senior Java Developer with over 5 years of enterprise development experience
- Work with multiple business teams including trading and quantitative analysts
- Provide work estimates as needed
- Develop system architectures, designs and concepts
- Maintain and improve code quality using static & dynamic code analyses, security vulnerability scans, code coverage and CI/CD pipeline gating
- Design, build and configure applications to meet business process and application requirements
- Participate in all phases of software delivery lifecycle from analysis through support.
Required Skills:
- Experienced server-side Java Developer (JDK 11 or 17)
- Spring (including Spring Boot and Spring Boot Actuator)
- Experience with asynchronous, event-driven programming & concurrency
- REST API (including Enterprise Authentication and Authentication)
- JMS (Active MQ or similar)
- MS SQL Server and/or Sybase experience
Preferred Skills:
- Experience designing and supporting low latency, high throughput trading applications
- Apache Camel (Version 3 or 4)
- Enterprise services (including monitoring, state management)
- Experience integrating proprietary components with Bloomberg or Murex
- MS SQL Server and/or Sybase experience
- Experience with Capital Markets
Education:
Bachelor degree in Mathematics, Engineering or Computer Science.
The expected base salary ranges from $111k-$220k. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, certifications and licenses obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to salary and a generous employee benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.
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Other requirements
Mizuho has in place a hybrid working program, with varying opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role, needs of your department, as well as local laws and regulatory obligations. Roles in some of our departments have greater in-office requirements that will be communicated to you as part of the recruitment process.
Company Overview
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. is the 15th largest bank in the world as measured by total assets of ~$2 trillion. Mizuho's 60,000 employees worldwide offer comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia. Mizuho Americas is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the US, Canada, and Latin America. Through its acquisition of Greenhill, Mizuho provides M&A, restructuring and private capital advisory capabilities across Americas, Europe and Asia. Mizuho Americas employs approximately 3,500 professionals, and its capabilities span corporate and investment banking, capital markets, equity and fixed income sales & trading, derivatives, FX, custody and research. Visit www.mizuhoamericas.com.
Mizuho Americas offers a competitive total rewards package.
We are an EEO/AA Employer - M/F/Disability/Veteran.
We participate in the E-Verify program.
We maintain a drug-free workplace and reserve the right to require pre- and post-hire drug testing as permitted by applicable law.
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Skills Required
- Over 5 years of enterprise development experience
- Experienced server-side Java Developer (JDK 11 or 17)
- Spring (including Spring Boot and Spring Boot Actuator)
- Experience with asynchronous, event-driven programming & concurrency
- REST API (including Enterprise Authentication and Authentication)
- JMS (Active MQ or similar)
- MS SQL Server and/or Sybase experience
Mizuho Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mizuho and has not been reviewed or approved by Mizuho.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage are characterized as strong, with plans described as excellent in multiple contexts. U.S. entities provide standard plan options and supporting programs that reinforce overall coverage quality.
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Retirement Support — A U.S. 401(k) program with employer contributions is available, indicating solid retirement support across entities. While formulas may vary by unit and year, the presence of an employer-funded component is a consistent feature.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave is described as meaningful, accompanied by programs that support childcare and eldercare. Flexible workstyles and family-focused resources broaden the depth of family support.
Mizuho Insights
What We Do
This is not your typical financial institution. It’s our people who make us a cut above. Here, every person is respected because of their differences, not in spite of them. We pride ourselves on a culture of purpose, passion and compassion. At Mizuho, we provide the stability of an international industry leader with the career trajectory of a growing business. Our steady, strategic growth gives our people at all levels rewarding degrees of responsibility and a richer work experience than a boutique firm or an established giant could offer alone. Working for Mizuho opens doors not just to a rewarding career with excellent prospects, but to lasting friendships with colleagues from diverse cultures. It’s the local expertise of our employees that makes our global network so powerful. By collaborating with colleagues and clients who have your same ambition, you can amplify your sphere of influence and base of knowledge as part of one of the largest—and growing—banks in the world. We’re all global citizens, and that’s why our company feels compelled to make an impact through more than just drawing up deals. We prove that it’s possible to do well and do good. We do right by our clients, our community and each other.
