Principal Software Engineer

Company overview

Nomura is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, Nomura services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about Nomura, visit

Lead Software Engineer - CRES Technology
Team Description: CorporateReal Estate Services Technology is a global DevOps team. The team supports the banks Real Estate applications, from physical building security technologies to in house developed workflow management systems. CRES has over 20 applications, which we maintain globally to support the business.

Our strategy is to modernise, standardise and globalise systems and as part of this strategy - we are upgrading and migrating our systems to cutting edge technologies and infrastructures like Infrastructure as code, automated deployment/ DevOps toolchain solutions, containerisation, ServiceNow (low code cloud-based development tool), Python scripting, various Agile methodologies to name a few and move from monolithic environment to large scale distributed global infrastructure environment.

Roles and Responsibilities

The successful candidate will LEAD the Corporate Real Estate and Services technology team in Powai, providing technology support for regional and global Real Estate systems. The candidate would be expected to collaborate with other regional and global team members, collectively analyse business requirements from stakeholders, design, plan and build new tools and/or applications to deliver value to stakeholders.

The potential candidate is expected to provide technical leadership to the junior team members, provide efficient solutions and suggestions to various problem statements, pro-actively identify areas of improvement and address them adequately, ensure health of all applications under our ownership is maintained in optimal manner and above all - possess excellent communication skills with a healthy team building spirit.

Day to day duties range from planning and executing system upgrades, new development, and migration projects. supporting in-house and vendor applications, Issue analysis and resolution is also a key function of this role.

Mandatory Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field (graduate)
• 10 years plus industry experience
• Good understanding of system design, OOPs principles and multi-tier web-based architecture
• Proficient in scripting languages, Python, Java are in use however any language acceptable
• Excellent in PL/SQL programming - query optimization, database design, stored procedures/functions/triggers, etc.
• Knowledge of Windows Server, PowerShell, or Batch commands
• Hands-on with source control repositories (Git, GitHub)
• Cloud concepts - Private, public, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS
• Lead and own deliveries on global scale - with analytical mind, critical thinking and problem-solving skills and build adaptive scalable solutions in the most optimized manner.
• Ability to chair meetings and Scrum calls and interpret ideas in a clear and crisp manner across the team and stakeholders.

Desirable Requirements:

• Knowledge of Documentation and collaboration tools (Confluence, SharePoint, JIRA)
• Server technologies (Windows, web servers/services)
• Exposure to other technologies like Informatica, Unix scripting
• Understanding/experience of continuous integration / continuous delivery tools (e.g., Nexus, Jenkins, SonarQube, Zephyr)
• Agile methodology and full SDLC process
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and team building skills with ability to explain complex topics clearly.
• Self-motivated with pro-active approach
• flexibility to work with a wide range of technologies, open minded and willing to experiment with new tools or methodologies.