Bank of America Corporation

Software Engineer III - Equities Structured Products Technology

Bank of America Corporation$102K — $179K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience in technology development, especially in front-office Equities Derivatives systems.
  • Strong Python development skills with experience in Structured Notes or Structured Products.
  • Ability to navigate complex multi-system platforms and integrations.
  • Effective communication and collaboration with front-office stakeholders and technology teams.
  • Analytical and methodical, capable of translating business needs into scalable technical solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Code solutions and perform unit testing to meet defined acceptance and compliance criteria.
  • Design and develop architecture components and application interfaces while maintaining architectural integrity.
  • Mentor fellow software engineers on CI-CD practices and automation tools.
  • Execute story refinement and estimate work needed for delivery lifecycles.
  • Conduct spike/proofs of concept to manage risks and explore new ideas.
  • Automate manual release tasks to enhance efficiency.
  • Design and maintain automated testing suites for integration, regression, and performance.

Benefits

  • Access to industry-leading benefits.
  • Paid time off.
  • Resources and support for employee impact and sustainable growth contributions.
Full Job Description

Job Description:
This job is responsible for developing and delivering complex requirements to accomplish business goals. Key responsibilities of the job include ensuring that software is developed to meet functional, non-functional and compliance requirements, and solutions are well designed with maintainability/ease of integration and testing built-in from the outset. Job expectations include a strong knowledge of development and testing practices common to the industry and design and architectural patterns.

Job Profile Summary

Equity Linked Technology is building a highly automated, front‑to‑back STP platform to support the continued growth of the Structured Notes (SN) and Structured Products (SP) businesses.

This role offers a mid‑level developer the opportunity to work closely with technology teams and front‑office stakeholders to modernise a globally fragmented platform across the full trade lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

  • Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per the defined acceptance criteria and compliance requirements

  • Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring principal architecture integrity is maintained

  • Mentors other software engineers and coach team on Continuous Integration and Continuous Development (CI-CD) practices and automating tool stack

  • Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle

  • Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas

  • Automates manual release activities

  • Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)

  • Deliver key components within the pricing and booking domain for Structured Notes and Structured Products.

  • Design and build backend Python services supporting the pre‑trade Structured Products platform.

  • Partner closely with Sales, Trading, Structuring, Operations, and platform teams to deliver aligned, end‑to‑end solutions.

  • Contribute to automation, monitoring, exception alerting, and metrics to support business strategy‑making.

  • Support and enhance a globally distributed front‑office platform, including production support and architectural input.

Required Qualifications:

  • Extensive experience in technology development, with strong exposure to front‑office Equities Derivatives systems.

  • Strong Python development capability, ideally with experience working on Structured Notes / Structured Products pricing or payoff logic.

  • Demonstrated ability to navigate complex platforms and integrations within a multi‑system environment.

  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, comfortable partnering with front‑office stakeholders and technology teams.

  • An analytical, methodical approach, able to translate business requirements into robust, scalable technical solutions.

Desired Qualifications:

  • 2+ years of relevant work experience

  • Proficiency in programming language(s) required for the role

  • Familiarity with Structured Notes / Structured Products workflows or payoff mechanics.

  • Exposure to React or modern UI development, including working with well‑defined APIs.

  • Experience contributing to globally distributed front‑office platforms, including data modelling or automation tooling.

Skills:

  • Application Development

  • Automation

  • Influence

  • Solution Design

  • Technical Strategy Development

  • Architecture

  • Business Acumen

  • DevOps Practices

  • Result Orientation

  • Solution Delivery Process

  • Analytical Thinking

  • Collaboration

  • Data Management

  • Risk Management

  • Test Engineering

Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor Degree or Equivalent Professional Experience

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - NY - New York - 1100 Ave Of The Americas - Two Bryant Park (NY1540)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$102,900.00 - $179,900.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

About Bank of America Corporation

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America. It provides services in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets, lending, trading, risk management, research, and liquidity and payments management. It was formed through the combination of the corporate and investment banking activities of Bank of America and Merrill Lynch following the acquisition of the latter by the former in January 2009. Bank of America completed the acquisition of Merrill Lynch & Co on 1 January 2009. Bank of America began rebranding all of its corporate and investment banking activities under the Bank of America Merrill Lynch name in September 2009. In April 2010, Bank of America Merrill Lynch appointed Christian Meissner as head of investment banking for Europe, Middle East and Africa. In April 2011, Bank of America Merrill Lynch integrated its corporate and investment banking operations into a single division. In October 2013, Bank of America Merrill Lynch was recognised as the Most Innovative Investment Bank of the Year in The Banker's Investment Banking Awards.

Bank of America Corporation Careers

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Learn more about Bank of America Corporation
Size
208,000 employees
Market Cap
$260.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$17.8 billion
Founded
1998
5 Year Trend
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