FX/Equities Java/Java Algo Developer

TOP-TIER INVESTMENT BANK (CURRENTLY MARKET LEADERS WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC TRADING SPACE), REQUIRES AN ESTABLISHED JAVA DEVELOPER TO JOIN A TEAM FOCUSSING ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPLETELY GREENFIELD NEXT GENERATION FX/EQUITIES HFT/ALGO TRADING PLATFORM.

TEAM FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Working as part of the FX/Equities Algorithmic Trading team develops a number of applications that provide market access, order management and automated trading within the FX/Equities and (hybrids) business

REQUIREMENTS:

BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE:

Knowledge of FX or Equities Front Office business (Pricing, Trading, Risk management, hedging strategies, sales, model implementation, strategy development)

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE:

-Algo Developer experience in high volume, multi-threaded low latency business critical applications.
-Excellent technical experience with a proven track record of design, development and delivery.
-Enterprise Architecture skills.
-Familiarity with the latest innovations in hardware and software.

ADDITIONAL USEFUL SKILLS:

- Expert knowledge of messaging/network protocols
- Strong core
- Experience in developing connections to ECNS, experience in FIX
- Use of open source Java technologies (eg Spring)
- Knowledge of tick data solutions, like KDB.
- Knowledge of Sybase
- Financial Maths

RESPONSIBILITIES:

ROLE SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:

-Working as a Senior Java Developer to develop, evolve and support high-volume, low latency business-critical Java trading systems.
-The role involves working directly with the Algorithmic Trading team (HFT) to ultimately converge on a GBM side algorithmic trading solution.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

THIS ROLE IS IDEAL FOR AN ESTABLISHED CORE JAVA DEVELOPER WHO WISHES TO MOVE TOWARDS THE BUSINESS SIDE. THE POSITION ENTAILS A NUMBER OF QUANTITATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS TO TRANSFER INTO THE QUANT FIELD.

Please note: This is NOT a Quant Developer position but provides the possibility of a successful candidate proceeding into the quantitative sector.

THIS IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY SOUGHT AFTER POSITION AND IF YOU WISH TO PURSUE THE OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE EMAIL A CURRENT CV.