About Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc.:

Incorporated in 1964, Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc. (“DCMA”) is a New York-based registered securities broker-dealer, a futures commission merchant, a primary dealer of U.S. Treasury securities, and a member of the New York Stock Exchange and other major U.S. exchanges. Our main focus is on the sales and trading of Japanese, Asian, and U.S. equities, fixed income instruments, financial futures, and investment banking for institutional customers. DCMA’s ultimate parent company is Daiwa Securities Group Inc., one of the largest brokerage and financial services groups in Japan.

Position Summary:

DCMA is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Application Development team, specifically supporting the Risk & Trading Applications team. This team develops and supports business-critical applications and integrations used for trading workflows, market data processing, reference data, messaging, and related operational processes. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will design, develop, modernize, and support C#/.NET solutions while helping the team strengthen software quality, release discipline, and operational resilience. You will work hands-on across application code, SQL Server, interfaces, production diagnostics, and Azure DevOps, and you will provide technical guidance through design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and knowledge sharing. This is a senior individual contributor position reporting to the Director of App Dev Risk & Trading and does not include direct people-management responsibility.

Core Responsibilities:

Design, develop, enhance, and support enterprise applications, services, APIs, batch processes, and integration components using C#, .NET, SQL Server, and related Microsoft technologies.
Modernize existing application components by improving maintainability, testability, performance, security, documentation, and operational resilience without disrupting critical business processes.
Build and improve Azure DevOps repositories and CI/CD pipelines, including pull request workflows, build validation, automated testing, release automation, deployment controls, and traceability.
Support trading and integration workflows involving market data, messaging, reference data, vendor platforms, file exchanges, REST services, MQ or similar middleware, and other enterprise interfaces.
Investigate production issues using application logs, database queries, message-flow tracing, monitoring tools, and source-code analysis; document root causes and implement durable corrective actions.
Provide technical leadership through solution design, code reviews, development standards, troubleshooting, mentoring, and knowledge transfer for junior and mid-level developers.
Collaborate with business users, operations, infrastructure, project management, risk, and other technology teams to deliver well-controlled solutions in a regulated financial-services environment.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related field.
Strong professional software development experience, including substantial hands-on development with C# and .NET Framework and/or modern .NET.
Experience designing and supporting enterprise applications, APIs, services, batch processes, or integration solutions in a production environment.
Practical experience with Azure DevOps, Git, CI/CD pipelines, pull requests, build automation, release management, and software change controls.
Strong SQL Server skills, including query development, stored procedures, data validation, schema awareness, and performance troubleshooting.
Working knowledge of object-oriented design, dependency injection, common design patterns, automated testing, secure coding, logging, monitoring, and root cause analysis.
Clear written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment during production issues, and the ability to work collaboratively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience in financial services, capital markets, trading systems, fixed income, market data, or post-trade processing, preferred.
Experience with FIX, SWIFT, MQ, Bloomberg, event-driven architecture, Azure services, application modernization, or container-based deployment, preferred.

Company Culture and Benefits:

Daiwa Capital Markets America Inc. has a vibrant company culture made up of a diverse team of professionals. We seek to foster an atmosphere in which our employees understand, respect, and inspire each other. We will continue to build a culture that encourages everyone at DCMA to take pride in their work. How we work — individually, with each other, and with our communities — is just as important as what we do and shapes who we are as an organization.

Our people are our most important asset, and as a result, we offer a competitive and robust total rewards package which includes, but is not limited to: 

Competitive Benefits Package (Medical, Dental and Vision)
Ancillary Insurance (Basic Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance, and Short & Long-term Disability)
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts (FSA and HSA)
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
Parental Leave
Family building benefits
401(k) with company match 
Paid Time Off and holidays
Professional development, educational assistance and training programs
Community Engagement Programs

DCMA has a hybrid work program in place, with opportunities for remote work depending on the nature of the role and needs of your department. This was implemented to provide operational efficiency while simultaneously giving employees flexibility. At a minimum, employees are expected to work in the office three days per week.

DCMA provides equal employment opportunities for all applicants and employees. We are committed to providing a work environment that is free of discrimination and harassment. DCMA prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender identity, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, or other attributes protected under applicable federal, state, or local laws.