Senior Capital Markets Systems Engineer

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Job Description

Senior Capital Markets Systems Engineer is a senior front office leader accountable for building and operating critical quantitative trading and risk systems within Fixed Income. This role owns one or more production platforms, strategies, or product verticals, and the engineering delivery of quantitative pricing, risk, and execution capabilities that support trading performance, real-time risk management, and electronic market competitiveness in live markets.

Scope & Accountability

• Owns the architecture, development, and ongoing enhancement of one or more front office quantitative trading, pricing, or risk platforms (or a defined product vertical)
• Accountable for production performance in live trading environments, including resilience, scalability, and operational readiness
• Delivers desk-facing analytics and tooling aligned to Trading priorities, with a clear focus on measurable pricing, execution, and risk outcomes

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement quantitative trading components including pricing engines, risk calculators/models, and execution logic
• Ensure systems are production-grade, robust, performant, scalable, and fit for purpose in live markets
• Partner daily with Traders and Risk to refine models, analytics, and workflows based on market behavior and desk needs
• Lead technical delivery within scope, including design reviews, code reviews, release readiness, and incident response for production systems
• Support governance requirements including documentation, model validation engagement, audit readiness, and regulatory inquiries as applicable
• Maintain high standards for engineering rigor, controls, and operational discipline

Decision Rights

• Final authority on design choices, implementation approaches, and technical standards within the owned platform or product scope
• Business recommendation authority on production releases and model enhancements within scope, subject to Technology change management, architecture, and control processes
• Escalation point within scope for production performance issues, outages, and material model-risk concerns; drives cross-functional resolution with Technology and Risk partners

Basic Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of progressive experience in front office quant, trading engineering, or electronic trading roles supporting Fixed Income
• Demonstrated ownership of production pricing, trading, execution, or risk systems with real-time desk demands
• Deep working knowledge of at least one major Fixed Income asset class (Rates or Credit preferred)
• Advanced programming skills in Python, Java, C++, or equivalent; demonstrated ability to deliver production-grade systems in regulated environments

Preferred Skills & Experience

• End-to-end ownership of a major platform, strategy, or product vertical within a front office setting
• Strong design and code review discipline in production-grade trading systems used to stream live markets, price risk, and support execution across Fixed Income, with engineering standards built around continuous availability, full failover, rapid recovery, and operational resilience under market conditions
• Familiarity with low-latency architectures and real-time data processing
• Strong understanding of model lifecycle management, production controls, and governance expectations (validation, audit, regulatory)
• Demonstrated ability to balance speed, resilience, and control while delivering front office outcomes

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

E-Verify

U.S. Bank participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security E-Verify program in all facilities located in the United States and certain U.S. territories. The E-Verify program is an Internet-based employment eligibility verification system operated by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Learn more about the E-Verify program.

The salary range reflects figures based on the primary location, which is listed first. The actual range for the role may differ based on the location of the role. In addition to salary, U.S. Bank offers a comprehensive benefits package, including incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase 401(k) contribution and pension (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Pay Range: $152,370.00 - 186,230.00

U.S. Bank will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment. U.S. Bank conducts background checks consistent with applicable local laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act as well as the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. U.S. Bank is subject to, and conducts background checks consistent with the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA). In addition, certain positions may also be subject to the requirements of FINRA, NMLS registration, Reg Z, Reg G, OFAC, the NFA, the FCPA, the Bank Secrecy Act, the SAFE Act, and/or federal guidelines applicable to an agreement, such as those related to ethics, safety, or operational procedures.

Applicants must be able to comply with U.S. Bank policies and procedures including the Code of Ethics and Business Conduct and related workplace conduct and safety policies.

Posting may be closed earlier due to high volume of applicants.