Our client is a top tier investment bank and this role is within the securities trading group. As a Software Reliability Engineer strategist who sits in the Securities Division, you will play an integral role on the trading floor. You will be operating complex trading software in the production environment. This involves analyzing and debugging complex trading logic, dealing with problems and issues, and recommending both short-term and long-term solutions. You will support and deploy automated trading software. You will communicate across clients, trading personnel, and other technical teams. You will have a passion for efficiency and automation and continually look for ways to improve daily tasks. You will have a strong interest in financial markets and use this knowledge, together with the insight you gain from managing the production environment, to recommend and implement enhancements and improvements to our electronic trading product offering
Key Responsibilities
- Analyse, troubleshoot and resolve complex system and trading issues.
- Develop tools to automate support tasks and improve the stability of the plant.
- Be responsible for the successful deployment of certified code and new functionality into the production environment.
- Work with networking and other infrastructure teams to optimize latency and resiliency. Communicate across trading desks, strategists, and other teams to manage unexpected or day-to-day issues.
- Understand US Equities and Options market rules and microstructures and be able to interact directly with exchanges and vendors to address issues
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelors or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- At least 2 years of work experience in a similar role or, at least 2 years of software development experience in programming languages such as C++ or Java.
- Hands on experience with Unix/Linux and Shell Scripting. - Experience in Perl, Python, or an equivalent Scripting Language.
- Sound knowledge of an RDBMS and SQL Expertise.
- Good understanding of the software development life cycle.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Ability to self- motivate, multi task and work independently.
- Basic project and time management skills
Typical working hours: 830am - 5.30pm
This is a front office role and the bonus for the position is derived from trading revenue generated by the desk rather than from the IT budget.
