Software Engineer

About the Company : DXC Luxoft has one of the world's leading Murex practices. We are a top-tier Murex Alliance Partner and a market leader in implementation, integration, upgrade, and migration. We provide end-to-end project services and have delivered over 200 successful Murex projects across all major asset classes and sectors including investment banking, asset management, corporate treasury, and insurance. Whether you possess a background in finance, technology, or Mathematics, your experience in the capital markets industry would be of high interest to us.

About the Role : This role involves advising on Murex best practices, contributing to client-site implementations, providing client support, and communicating development needs to the Murex product development team.

Responsibilities :

Junior :

Advising on Murex best practices in the P&L processes, position management, accounting, hedge accounting and financial reporting.

Contributing to client-site MX.3 implementations during the requirements gathering, design, build, test, and deployment phases by participating in workshops, preparing documentation, configuring client requirements and performing quality assurance tests.

Providing client support including managing open issues and supporting upgrade activities.

Communicating development needs to the Murex product development team.

Providing internal and external training.

Senior :

Advising on Best Practices : Provide guidance on Murex best practices in P&L processes, accounting, hedge accounting, position management, and financial reporting.

Client-Site Implementations : Lead all trading designers during an implementation or upgrade; gathering, design, build, test, and deployment phases by participating in workshops, preparing documentation, configuring client requirements, and performing quality assurance tests.

Client Support : Manage open issues and support upgrade activities.

Communication : Handle the relationship with the product team in one area of expertise and assist in building the product roadmap for the region.

Documentation and Training : Provide internal and external documentation and training.

Qualifications :

• Junior : Ideal candidate is someone with 2-3 years' experience in capital markets technology. The candidate should have a good understanding of accounting principles under IFRS or US GAAP. Knowledge of hedge accounting is a plus. Preferable experience includes supporting either trading, treasury or accounting at banks or other financial institutions or has experience with other fintech vendors. Strong academic background in accounting, engineering or a math-based discipline (math, operations research, statistics etc.). Knowledge of Unix / Linux operating system, SQL, and basic programming is a plus.
• Senior : The ideal candidate has more than 5 years of experience in capital markets technology. Proven client-facing experience in a support or project implementation role, preferably in trading or risk management solutions in financial institutions. Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a master's in financial engineering, Applied Finance / Statistics / Mathematics, or Computational Finance. Systematic problem solver with critical thinking abilities. Strong presenter and effective communicator. Knowledge of Unix / Linux operating systems, SQL, and basic programming.

Required Skills :

• Good product knowledge / understanding in IRD, CRD, COM, EQD, FXD, FXMM.
• Good understanding of accounting principles, accounting rules, ledger, and account balances.
• Good working knowledge of Murex Accounting knowledge.
• Strong understanding of Back Office functions as well as processing.
• Strong functional and technical understanding on the settlement instructions.
• Good knowledge of the different post-trade interactions between the various actors of capital markets including service providers.
• Good understanding of OSP (open settlement protocol).

Preferred Skills :

• BS or higher degree in Finance, Mathematics or equivalent.
• Implementations and upgrades.
• Test management.
• Trade life cycle management.
• Market Data management.
• Knowledge in SQL (Oracle and / or Sybase) and Unix commands is a plus.
• Good understanding of Market Risk Management (including VaR, stress-tests, back-testing).
• Client focus : understands clients' businesses; identifies and understands the needs and objectives of clients, both on an individual and corporate basis; builds strong relationships to aid Luxoft aim of being a trusted partner to the clients.
• Communication skills : expresses ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing; adjusts language, terminology and non-verbal communication as appropriate.
• Teamwork : works effectively with others; helps to build strong teams and networks.
• Personal leadership : realistically identifies own skills, experience, knowledge and other personal attributes; displays confidence and resilience.
• Planning and organizing : identifies and meets milestones; understands and articulates deliverables; assesses and mitigates risks; sticks to the scope of work and manages any changes.
• Analytical decision-making : identifies and solves problems using insight and experience to make good decisions; gathers relevant information, identifying important issues and drawing conclusions.