Project DescriptionBuilding a trading platform for innovative international top-tier hedge fund from the ground up, comprising of front-office system for traders, pre-trade checks and analysis, intra-day positions management, order management and routing, risks and limits management, reports of trading activities, FIX connectivity, market data providers connectivity (e.g. Bloomberg B-pipe).
ResponsibilitiesPartner with the firm's investment and trading teams to translate their requirements into technology solutions - building tools, models, analytical libraries, and processes to facilitate their research, trading and analysis.Collaborate with the broader technology team to develop a unified, scalable platform for harnessing real-time and historical market data and analytics.Work as a full-stack technologist, build front-to-back solutions that leverage the firm's data platforms, microservices architecture, UI frameworks, and DevOps toolchain.
SkillsMust haveBachelors or Masters degree from a well-regarded CS, Math, Physics or Finance programPreferable experience in Hedge Fund or Broker companiesStrong Java skills - Spring Boot, REST, JDBC, Multi-threading, memory managementExperience working with streaming data using Kafka or other messaging queue platforms.Basic database and SQL skills - Ability to understand and write complex SQL, MySQL, MEMSQL / Singlestore database experience is a plusUnderstanding of Data Structures/Algorithms and enthusiasm for programmingExperience working with large and complex data setsLinux/Docker skillsExperience with investment banking, trading, equity trading platforms or any other financial products.Experience with FIX protocol and any FIX Engine (Quickfix, Appia etc.)
Nice to haveProfessional experience with investment banking, trading, equity trading platforms or any other financial products.Experience with AWS a plusExperience in Python is a plusCan work independently and in a collaborative environment.Excellent self-management and problem-solving skills.