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.

IT Equities Technology  

Jefferies’ Equities Technology team builds and runs global, real-time trading and risk platforms across the full equities product spectrum—cash equities, portfolio/algo trading, central risk books, listed & OTC derivatives, convertibles, swaps, and ETF/basket trading. The team supports front-office workflows end-to-end, including order management, quantitative trading, real-time position and risk, AI/ML analytics, trade lifecycle processing, and regulatory/customer reporting.

Operating in a 24x7 follow-the-sun model across major trading hubs, the India Technology Innovation Hub will be a core engineering center working closely with New York, London, Hong Kong, and other regions to build and enhance high-performance, scalable systems using technologies such as Python, Java, C++/C#, cloud, modern visualization, low-latency messaging, and in-memory data stores.

Jefferies India is seeking a technically strong, delivery-focused Senior Developer to drive engineering excellence across key Equities Technology initiatives delivered from Pune. You will work closely with development teams in India and collaborate with senior technical stakeholders in London and New York to shape architecture, guide implementation, and ensure high-quality outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable, maintainable software solutions, remaining hands-on where required.
• Partner with senior engineers and architects in London and New York to align on technical direction, architecture, and design patterns, contributing actively to decision-making.
• Ensure high code quality through disciplined code reviews, robust testing practices, and adherence to engineering standards.
• Mentor and support junior developers, fostering a culture of learning, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Product Owners and technology stakeholders to clarify scope, assess feasibility, and manage technical dependencies.
• Proactively identify and resolve complex technical issues, performance bottlenecks, and architectural challenges.
• Promote consistent development practices across teams, including branching strategies, CI/CD workflows, and documentation standards.

Skills & Experience (Required)

• 7+ years of software development experience, with recent experience in a senior or lead capacity.
• Strong proficiency in .NET, C#, or similar enterprise technologies.
• Solid experience with SQL and relational database design.
• Hands-on exposure to cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure), CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and technical leadership skills.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering scalable, maintainable systems in production environments.

Nice to Have

• Experience in Investment Banking / Financial Services technology environments.
• Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Prior experience mentoring and developing junior engineers.

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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 and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and supports a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer, and takes affirmative action to ensure that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, or any other factor protected by applicable law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws. As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, as required by applicable law.