Career Opportunities
Security Software Developer
Marex is a diversified global financial services platform, providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients in the energy, commodities and financial markets.
The Group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: Market Making, Clearing, Hedging and Investment Solutions and Agency and Execution. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, executing around 50 million trades and clearing 205 million contracts in 2022. The Group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers.
Marex was established in 2005 but through its subsidiaries can trace its roots in the commodity markets back almost 100 years. Headquartered in London with 36 offices worldwide, the Group has over 1,800 employees across Europe, Asia and America.
For more information visit www.marex.com
Marex has unique access across markets with significant share globally both on and off exchange. The depth of knowledge amongst its teams and divisions provides its customers with clear advantage, and its technology-led service provides access to all major exchanges, order-flow management via screen, voice and DMA, plus award-winning data, insights and analytics.
The Technology Department delivers differentiation, scalability and security for the business. Reporting to the COO, Technology provides digital tools, software services and infrastructure globally to all business groups. Software development and support teams work in agile ‘streams’ aligned to specific business areas. Our other teams work enterprise-wide to provide critical services including our global service desk, network and system infrastructure, IT operations, security, enterprise architecture and design.
Working within our Information security Team, this position focusses on the evolution of our toolset and involve working with stakeholders across Technology and the business to deliver.
As a software developer within a security team, your primary responsibility will maintenance and expansion of the in-house developed security monitoring framework (written in C#) as well as related connectors and toolset.
In addition, you might work on other projects where scripting skills might be required.
Responsibilities:
Role specific:
• Maintain and expand security reporting framework (written in C#) and related toolset
• Work with relevant security managers and business owners on integration of additional systems with the framework and ensuring existing connector are working
• Assist Security Operations and Engineering teams on task automation
• Design, code and test all components of modern web applications.
• Contribute to the overall architecture and design of the technology created/maintained by the development delivery team.
• Develop solutions to a high standard that is maintainable, testable and meets the requirement’s acceptance criteria.
• Adhere to development best practices and processes.
• Communicate with team members, introduce ideas and keep abreast of the latest technologies.
• Liaise with business users to gather application requirements.
• Ensure delivered systems are of production quality. Ensure software is adequately documented for handover to the business.
• Follow coding standards and defined development process.
• Resolve third line support issues in a professional and timely manner.
All staff:
• Ensure compliance with the company’s regulatory requirements under the FCA, NFA, SEC, etc
• Adhere to the operational risk framework for your role ensuring that all regulatory or company determined parameters are complied with.
• Role model for demonstrating highest level standards of integrity and conduct and reflecting Company Values.
• At all times comply with the FCA’s Code of Conduct.
• Ensure that you are fully aware of and adhere to internal policies that relate to you, your role or any other activities for which you have any level of responsibility.
• Report any breaches of policy to Compliance and/ or your supervisor as required.
• Escalate risk events immediately.
• Provide input to risk management processes, as required.
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
• C# and web development experience is a must
• Experience in at least one of JavaScript, Typescript, React, NodeJS, GraphQL, Docker, PowerShell, Python
• Experience of MSQL or RDMS databases
• Infrastructure as Code, Terraform or equivalent
• Modern CI/CD and DevOps practices
• Cloud technology, ideally AWS (Amazon Web Services)
• Knowledge of BDD/TDD
• Agile and scrum development methodologies
• Methodical approach to software architecture and design and experience employing the right design choices for a given project
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Desirable:
• Experience working in a regulated environment and knowledge of the risk and compliance requirements associated with this.
Competencies:
• A collaborative team player, approachable, self-efficient and influences a positive work environment
• Demonstrates curiosity
• Resilient in a challenging, fast-paced environment
• Excels at building relationships, networking and influencing others
• Strategic collaborator with insight and agility, able to anticipate future challenges, ensuring operational effectiveness
If you’re forging a career in this area and are looking for your next step, get in touch!
Marex is fully committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company. We welcome applications from candidates returning to the workforce. Also, Marex is committed to avoiding circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.
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