Our client is searching for a talented Software Engineer to help grow out their Quantitative trading business. The successful candidate will be responsible for the design and build of software components that are foundational to the research and trading activities.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for the design, development and deployment of new and existing components pertaining to research and trading.
- Responsible for enhancing and extending the infrastructure and underlying libraries that make up the platform.
- Communicate and collaborate with the research and trading teams to design and deliver innovative and high quality solutions.
- Provide day-to-day support for applications and the underlying infrastructure
Requirements:
- Strong programming skills and knowledge of computer science fundamentals (example: data structures.)
- 2-7 years software development experience in a role where Python or C++ is used.
- Working knowledge of Unix scripting.
- Experience of OO design and end-to-end software development.
- Very strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
- Ability to demonstrate prior delivery in a demanding and fast paced environment.
Experience:
- Significant software development experience in C++.
- Experience working with quantitative researchers.
- Experience of working with enterprise systems (particularly market data and reference data systems) in a financial firm.
Education
- Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.
- Degree result of 1 or 2:1 (UK) or equivalent.
