Requirements

Expected technologies

Java

Our requirements

• Strong Java server-side development experience with highly available, multithreaded, distributed systems is essential.
• Demonstrable experience with developing and tuning low latency, high frequency systems.
• Demonstrable experience of FX spot or Equities algo execution and pricing.
• Knowledge of Spot and Forward FX market conventions.
• Operation of trading desks in a large, multi-site Investment Bank with significant eCommerce offering.
• Familiarity with time series databases (KDB).
• Knowledge of Enterprise Integration and messaging technologies (29 West, Multicast).
• Knowledge of the FIX protocol would be an advantage.

Your responsibilities

• Liaise with nominated business stakeholders when required to ensure that business requirements are fully understood before commencing design and development.
• Draw-up detailed technical designs for components in response to business requirements and high-level technical architecture.
• Work effectively with any external consultancies engaged during the project to provide technical and graphical design expertise.
• Implement best-of-breed technical solutions based on agreed technical design, adopting industry standard development patterns and methodologies (including continuous integration and automated unit and integration testing).
• Fully test implemented solutions in advance of User Acceptance Testing.
• Assist (when required) with the deployment of components to development and test environments.
• Participate in intra-day and overnight Support rotas (when required).