Candidates are required to work in a multidisciplinary team of Java and C# developers to deal with the analysis and development of new functionalities, as well as maintaining the existing systems. Reporting to the line manager, the successful candidate will be working on core services and components, feed handlers, libraries shared between teams, metrics and reporting tools, and front-end applications. This is a high-pressure role in a front-office multidisciplinary IT environment and previous exposure to such environment is essential. This role will suit a highly motivated individual who is a self-starter, has a strong technical, analytical and communication skills, and is comfortable with both business analysis and development tasks. Candidates should be able to delve into existing code in other programming languages if necessary. They must be able to balance the development work against immediate support interruptions. They are willing to communicate directly with traders, front-line support, and other dev teams.
Good business knowledge of FX Products is required, and the candidate should be mathematically strong in order to understand and contribute to the flow.
Main Tasks:
Responsible for the development and maintenance of the Position / Trades booking platform
Ensure the platform is developed and maintained to the highest standards of quality, security, and performance
Participate in an agile based software development life-cycle including technical analysis, documentation, development, testing and code reviews
Collaborate with the production support team for release and maintenance of the components
Work directly with traders and perform L3 support when needed
Technical skills:
At least 5 years software development experience, with at least 2 years as an IT team lead
Experience with electronic trading platforms or other high-load distributed architectures, Oracle Coherence is desirable
Experience in agile development methodologies
Experience in migration / refactoring projects to new rails
Good university degree in a quantitative subject
Java core (SE, multi-threading, low latency, and optimization - Mastery
C# - Practice
SDLC - Mastery
Language skills:
English - Expert
Soft skills:
Good understanding of FX products. Able to discuss requirements with business and perform analysis
Leading developers
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
Time-management and multi-tasking, be able to regularly context-switch
Proactive and flexible approach to dealing with challenges with initiative
