Snr eTrading Developer FX eFX CGEMJP00334394
Posted Today by Experis
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
London
Summary: The Snr eTrading Developer FX eFX role involves designing and implementing components for the FX eRisk IT team in London, aimed at enhancing market share through improved trading capabilities. The position requires collaboration with team members to develop low latency systems and algorithmic trading components. The successful candidate will engage with business stakeholders to ensure requirements are met and will be responsible for technical design and implementation. A strong background in Java development and experience in agile delivery are essential for this role.
Key Responsibilities:
- Liaise with nominated business stakeholders to ensure business requirements are understood before design and development.
- Draw up detailed technical designs for components based on business requirements and high-level technical architecture.
- Work effectively with external consultancies to provide technical and graphical design expertise.
- Implement technical solutions based on agreed designs, adopting industry-standard development patterns and methodologies.
- Fully test implemented solutions prior to User Acceptance Testing.
- Assist with the deployment of components to development and test environments.
- Participate in intra-day and overnight support rotas as required.
Key Skills:
- Solid Java server-side development experience.
- Knowledge of multi-threaded development.
- Experience with highly available, multithreaded, distributed systems.
- Experience developing and tuning low latency systems.
- Experience with FX spot or Equities algo execution and pricing.
- Background in architectural work.
- Knowledge of Enterprise Integration and messaging technologies.
- Knowledge of the FIX protocol.
- Familiarity with time series databases.
- Knowledge of lock-free algorithms, low latency tuning, and threading.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Flexible approach to delivery responsibility.
Salary (Rate): £736 p/d
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Role Title: Snr eTrading Developer FX eFX
Duration: contract to run until 30/12/2026
Location: London, Hybrid 3 days per week onsite
Rate: up to £736 p/d Umbrella inside IR35
Role purpose / summary
The FX eRisk IT team has formed in London to design and implement new components specifically targeted at achieving a greater share of the FX market. A number of key programmes are already underway. These are focussed on reducing latency in trader position management, improving the quality of customer pricing and enhancing algorithmic trading capabilities.
Within FX eRisk IT, there are a number of applications which are responsible for managing liquidity, generating client prices, handling and executing orders both internally and externally using algorithmic execution where applicable. These distributed systems are all highly reliable - some of which are directly client facing.
The successful candidate will work with other team-members to design, develop, test and release these systems. The candidate will also have the opportunity to work across the pricing and algorithmic execution stack to deliver cutting edge initiatives.
Experience working on low latency distribution/pricing and algorithmic trading components is essential as is a proven track record of agile delivery of Business requirements.
As a senior Java developer, the successful candidate will be expected to perform the following duties with a high level of competence:
- 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).
Technical Knowledge:
- Solid Java server-side development experience is essential. The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge of multi-threaded development.
- Demonstrable experience with highly available, multithreaded, distributed systems is essential.
- Demonstrable experience with developing and tuning low latency systems.
- Demonstrable experience of FX spot or Equities algo execution and pricing Front Office development team in Large Investment Bank, supporting global trading desk.
- A background of solid architectural work.
- Knowledge of Enterprise Integration and messaging technologies (29 West, Multicast).
- Knowledge of the FIX protocol.
- Familiarity with time series databases (KDB).
- Knowledge of lock free algorithms, low latency tuning and threading.
Additional Skills
successful candidate will have:
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills The ability to work comfortably both within a team and independently as required and be a self-starter.
- A flexible approach to delivery responsibility.
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!
