Fixed Income Python and Java Developer

Job Description Innovation Hub Overview Jefferies is creating a Technology Innovation Hub in Pune, a greenfield opportunity to build the systems that power global markets.

As our first India technology center, this hub brings together hands on builders who engineer the platforms behind Jefferies’ growth across capital markets, investment banking, and institutional securities. We’re scaling toward an elite team of 500 engineers while maintaining the agility, ownership, and meritocratic spirit that defines Jefferies. From cloud and data to AI, risk, and core business technologies, teams in Pune will lead high impact work with a global mandate.

Fixed Income Technology

Jefferies’ Fixed Income Technology team builds automation, analytics, and high-performance platforms that power global Fixed Income sales and trading across Rates, Credit, Municipals, EM, Derivatives, Loans, and Securitized Markets. The team focuses on resilient, mission critical systems and modern engineering—leveraging AI/ML, advanced analytics, cloud architecture, and digital engineering practices—to support the firm’s growth and competitiveness in global FI markets.

Jefferies Pune Fixed Income Technology team plays a critical role within three globally integrated domains: Data & Reporting, Cloud Platform, Software Engineering.

Role Overview Jefferies Pune Fixed Income (Data and Cross Product Technology) seeks a Senior - Level developer who has 7+ years of experience in implementing end-to-end large-scale applications across multiple geographical regions.

The person will have strong command in Python and Java programming. This role will contribute to designing, developing, and maintaining enterprise‑grade applications, ensuring seamless integration between front‑end interfaces and back‑end systems. The ideal candidate will have experience across the full software development lifecycle and be comfortable working in a fast-paced, agile environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain backend services and APIs in Python and Java.
• Work extensively with Pandas for data manipulation and analysis.
• Implement ORM-based database interactions using SQLAlchemy.
• Create interactive, data-driven user interfaces/dashboard applications using Dash.
• Integrate and automate workflows with Bamboo.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring adherence to security, performance, and maintainability standards.
• Optimize application performance and implement robust error handling/reporting.
• Assist in deployment, integration testing, and troubleshooting production issues
• Drive implementation and design with an emphasis on high availability, scalability, and reusability
• Balance time to market (client delivery) with proper governance, compliance, and audit mandates
• Mentor junior developers.

Required Technical Experience And Skills

• Strong programming skills in Python (with hands-on experience in Pandas, SQLAlchemy, Dash, Bamboo) and Java (Spring Boot preferred)
• Experience working with REST APIs, and Microservices Architecture.
• Experience with relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL databases.
• Strong grasp of OOP principles, software architecture patterns, and performance optimization techniques.
• Experience with version control (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Extensive experience in Java and Multithreading programming
• Experience and Knowledge of Fixed Income Products.
• Front-end: HTML5, CSS JavaScript, Frameworks like React/Angular
• Tools: Atlassian Suite (Jira/Bitbucket/Bamboo/Jenkins/Confluence), Maven, Strong DevOps skills
• Unix shell scripting.
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly.
• Ability to work well with business managers, traders, and developers.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.

Desired Experience/Skills

• Broad spectrum knowledge of Financial IT environments
• Understanding of secure coding practices and compliance requirements
• Knowledge of AWS services (S3, RedShift, Postgres, EC2, Glue)
• Familiarity with Github Copilot, Claude Code

About Us

Jefferies is a leading global, full-service investment banking and capital markets firm that provides advisory, sales and trading, research, and wealth and asset management services. With more than 40 offices around the world, we offer insights and expertise to investors, companies, and governments.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas