Partnership with Front Office while developing new applications and maintaining the existing stack to ensure stability
Taking part in a new strategy to automate Front Office processes and functions using technology solutions
An agile and delivery focused team working with global and local counterparts leveraging best in class technologies to solve business problems
Close collaboration with a number of teams including Trading, Sales, Quantitative Research, as well as other technology teams
Various business transformation projects across market/trade/client analytics, marking/publishing
Opportunity to propose and explore new solutions that can give the firm an edge against competition
Required qualifications:
Formal training or certification on service oriented application development concepts and proficient applied experience
Experience with development, deployment and maintenance of commercial service oriented application(s)
Disciplined approach to code management, testing and deployment practices and high quality delivery
Business knowledge of simple derivative products (vanilla options, variance swaps, strategies involving vanillas): how these are used, how to price them, how to evaluate risk exposure using Greeks
Experience with at least one modern programming language such as Python, Java, etc.
Knowledge of at least one relational database such as Sybase, SQL Server, Oracle, etc.
Understanding of how to effectively utilize unit testing
Experience of full project lifecycle, breaking requirements down into technical deliverables and effort estimation
Ability to work effectively within a global team (spread across NA, EMEA, APAC etc.) while influencing and contributing towards the development of the global platform
Great problem solving skills for problems with a mathematical/technological background