Algo Trading Java Specialist

London  ‐ Onsite
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Description

* ALGO TRADING JAVA SPECIALIST REQUIRED IN LONDON.*
DURATION 12 MONTHS
Our client is one of the world's largest financial institutions, serving individuals, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations with a full range of banking, investing, asset management and other financial and risk management products and services.
The Electronic Trading Technology (ETT) team support the Electronic Trading business in the Global Markets and Investment Banking Group. The team provides innovative solutions for low touch, low latency trading, which includes FIX connectivity, low latency market connectivity, smart order routing, algorithmic trading and internal crossing.
The ETT team is a global team with a strong presence in every region (AMRS, EMEA and APR). We aim to maintain a global perspective while recognizing and responding to specific regional requirements that make each market unique.
The EMEA Electronic Trading Technology (ETT) team is a vibrant team of experienced developers, business analysts and QA experts working very closely with the business group. The team supports an existing fully featured Electronic Trading product set and is also actively rolling out the next generation Electronic Trading platform. The next generation program is a sizeable investment in ensuring that the business is ready for handling higher volumes of market data and customer flow efficiently.
The requirement is for a core Java developer. The team is working on a number of algorithmic engines that support benchmark algos, smart order routing and internal crossing, serving the EMEA as well as global electronic business. Apart from a continuous stream of strategy enhancements, brand new trading strategies and regulatory requirements, the team is also working on a number of framework related items. The underlying platform has been built on a Java framework with next generation cutting edge low latency and high throughput at the heart of the application. There is a high degree of business interaction.
The main responsibilities of this role include:
. Delivery of key functional changes to the ETT strategy engines
. Delivery of core framework-level changes
. Interaction with quantitative trading group/quantitative traders to capture core requirements
. Being involved with all aspects of the development life cycle (gathering requirements, developing code, writing unit tests, reviewing patches, performing 2nd level support etc.)
The following skills are required:
. Excellent communication skills
. In depth understanding of core Java API's (collections, concurrency, NIO etc.)
. Have an understanding of and experience with multithreaded systems, working knowledge of the Java garbage collector, familiar with low latency I/O.
. Understanding of and experience with design patterns (Observer, Factory, Singleton etc.)
. Development practices - Must be able to use test driven development and be familiar with UML and OO design. Should have experience with Eclipse or IntelliJ, GIT, continuous build Servers and Maven/Gradle.
. Team Player - Must be able to work with and help more junior members as well as take technical direction from the team lead.
. Can demonstrate ability to work in a multi-faceted role (development with some testing, support and analysis.)
. Understanding of benchmark algo and/or smart routing strategies (VWAP, TWAP, Arrival Price etc.)
. Experience working with agile methodologies.
. Demonstrable experience of Front Office system design and architecture (algo trading plant and topology)
. Business Knowledge - Understanding of equities and/or derivatives markets.
. Knowledge of FIX (heartbeating, login, sequence numbers, message types etc.)
Candidates will ideally show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.
Please be advised if you haven't heard from us within 48 hours then unfortunately your application has not been successful on this occasion, we may however keep your details on file for any suitable future vacancies and contact you accordingly.
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Start date
ASAP
Duration
12 months
From
Pontoon
Published at
21.01.2022
Project ID:
2296885
Contract type
Freelance
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