SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

Role Description

SMBC Nikko Securities America is continuing its technology modernization journey to support the evolving needs of the Investment Banking business. We are seeking a Vice President level Application Developer to join our Information Technology team and contribute to the design, development, and support of strategic business applications and platform services.

This role offers the opportunity to work closely with bankers, business stakeholders, and technology teams to deliver scalable, reliable, and innovative solutions that support key Investment Banking business functions. The successful candidate will leverage strong software engineering expertise to drive modernization initiatives through automation, observability, cloud technologies, and engineering best practices.

In addition to application development, this position will play an important role in improving system reliability, operational efficiency, and technology scalability across the organization.

Role Objectives: Interpersonal

Design, develop, test, deploy, support, and maintain strategic applications supporting the Investment Banking business.

Partner closely with bankers, business stakeholders, project managers, and technology teams to deliver scalable and reliable technology solutions.

Design and develop distributed applications, APIs, automation frameworks, and data integration solutions.

Lead engineering initiatives to improve system reliability, automation, scalability, and operational excellence across strategic Investment Banking technology platforms.

Drive application modernization through cloud technologies, CI/CD practices, and software engineering best practices.

Improve system observability, monitoring, performance, and operational support capabilities.

Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to technology standards and engineering best practices.

Perform root cause analysis for production issues and implement long-term improvements to system stability and resilience.

Mentor team members and provide technical leadership across development initiatives.

Primary technologies include Python, SQL Server, C#/.NET, messaging technologies, APIs, and cloud platforms including AWS and Azure.

Required Qualifications and Skills

8+ years of professional experience in software development.

Strong hands-on development experience in Python and SQL.

Experience designing and developing scalable distributed systems and enterprise applications.

Strong understanding of software architecture, system design principles, and application reliability.

Experience with CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and software delivery processes.

Experience supporting production environments and mission-critical business applications.

Experience with cloud technologies including AWS, Azure, or GCP.

Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Ability to manage multiple initiatives and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to effectively collaborate with both technical and business stakeholders.

Proven ability to work independently and drive technical solutions from concept through delivery.

Preferred Requirements

Experience within Investment Banking, Financial Services, or other highly regulated environments.

Experience with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Production Engineering, or Platform Engineering practices.

Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience with monitoring, observability, and operational tooling.

Experience with messaging technologies such as IBM MQ, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar platforms.

Experience designing highly available, scalable, and resilient systems.

Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring software engineers.

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at accommodations@smbcgroup.com.