Staff Java Engineer - Execution

Job description

Tasks

• Develop tools, platforms and algorithms to support Man's investment engines and drive business strategy
• Work on market data feeds, pricing and valuation models, order routing and market data distribution
• Development of Java applications for buying and selling sides for high frequency and high touch trades, skills monitoring, post trade performance analysis and trade cycle optimization software

Requirements

Required skills

• Expertise in Java
• Knowledge of the FIX protocol
• Very good communication skills and the ability to work closely with technical and non-technical disciplines
• Strong background in software engineering with good methodologies and best practices
• Tendency to test, preferably with a framework
• Experience with Linux and Windows platforms

Advantageous skills

• Excellent understanding of financial markets and instruments
• Experience in the front office, e.g. in retail
• Experience in working with quants and/or traders
• Python knowledge
• Experience with front office software and/or trading systems, e.g. in a hedge fund or investment bank
• Expertise in the development of distributed systems with service-based or event-driven architectures and parallel processing
• Experience with web-based development (TypeScript/React)
• Relevant mathematical knowledge, e.g. stochastic processes, derivative pricing, time series analysis optimization algorithms

Personal characteristics

• Strong academic background and a degree with high mathematical and computational content, e.g. computer science, mathematics, engineering or physics from a leading university
• Curiosity: The approach to software development is just as important as writing great code
• Creativity
• Great potential for technology, e.g. personal projects, open source participation
• Intellectually robust with an analytical approach to problem solving
• Self-organized with the ability to manage time effectively across multiple projects and with competing business needs and priorities
• Focused on delivering value to the business with relentless efforts to improve processes
• Strong interpersonal skills: able to maintain relationships with quantitative researchers, traders and senior business leaders and maintain a close working relationship with a geographically diverse team
• Consistent communicator: able to argue a point convincingly and deal positively with conflicting views

We offer

• An inclusive culture and a unique mix of opportunities