Makati City, Metro ManilaTaguig City, Metro Manila
Permanent
Full-time
20 days ago
Principal Engineer - C# / Java3 days per week in Manila officeCBTR is supporting a client in the financial services space with the search for a Principal Engineer to join a high-performing technology team focused on post-trade affirmation, confirmation and straight-through processing workflows.This is a senior technical leadership role for an experienced engineer with a strong background in enterprise application development, real-time messaging, and banking/trading systems. You will act as a key technical lead within the team, helping shape design decisions, guide delivery standards, and support the ongoing evolution of critical post-trade systems.Key responsibilitiesAct as the senior technical lead for the team, providing direction on design, engineering decisions and best practiceDevelop and maintain enterprise-level applications supporting post-trade workflows and real-time message handlingBuild and enhance capabilities for message consumption, transformation and publishingMaintain high code quality through testing, peer review and engineering standardsSupport production deployments and assist with investigation of live issues when neededWork within Agile delivery frameworks and contribute to ceremonies and sprint processesMentor and support junior engineers within the teamCollaborate with teams across multiple regions and time zonesPartner with architecture and DevOps functions to align with platform standards and delivery approachesFollow established SDLC practices, design patterns and development guidelinesRequired experienceStrong experience in global financial services technology environmentsProven background in server-side design and development within banking or trading platformsAdvanced hands-on experience with C# /.NET and Java in enterprise environmentsStrong experience working with XML, including data consumption, transformation and publishing across multiple endpointsSolid knowledge of SQL Server, including complex query writing and database interactionExperience with AWS, ideally deploying and supporting applications on EC2 and/or EKSExperience using Jenkins and GitLab for CI/CD and deployment processesStrong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with close attention to detailExcellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in collaborative engineering teamsExperience working in Agile environments, including SaFe and/or ScrumHighly desirableExperience with post-trade confirmation and affirmation workflowsKnowledge of STP processes, trade confirmations, clearing, and third-party messaging/vendor integrationsExposure to FIX Protocol and FIX enginesExperience working with messaging middleware such as Solace and/or TibcoBackground in electronic trading and/or market data systemsFamiliarity with Grafana for monitoring and observabilityExperience with Cucumber for BDD and automated testingExposure to Terraform or Ansible for infrastructure as codeExperience with Kubernetes and AWS EKSWhat's on offerOpportunity to take on a genuine technical leadership role within a business-critical engineering teamWork on complex, high-value systems in a fast-paced financial services environmentJoin a collaborative engineering culture with strong exposure across architecture, DevOps and distributed teamsInfluence the direction of enterprise platforms and engineering standards
