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5-10 years of experience

Job Summary: A full-stack C# and React position working closely with the traders, brokers and analysts at a global energy and commodities firm in their Geneva office.

Job Description:

Client:
An energy and commodities company with 40 offices worldwide; their primary business is the trading and distribution of energy products globally. They trade over seven million barrels of crude oil per day and 250 ships transporting cargo at any time. The scale of operations mean they face tough technical challenges to build reliable, fast and scalable systems.

Role:
You’ll be working closely with the traders, brokers and analysts to build a new analytics platform. The work is very Greenfield; after collecting the user’s requirements you’ll create prototypes before implementing them to the wider business.

A full-stack position, you’ll be working in C# and .NET technologies on the backend, with React and Typescript on the frontend.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Extensive experience with C# and related .NET technologies
• Frontend experience in Javascript, ideally React
• Financial or commodities experience is beneficial
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and communicate with the business

Benefits and Incentives:

• Ownership of systems
• Facing off to key stakeholders, this is a high-exposure position
• Compensation will reflect the seniority and impact

Summary:

My client is a leading systematic quant trading fund with a diverse Equities, FX and fixed income portfolio. They are a technology and data-driven firm and have designed and built their own cutting-edge systems, from low latency trading platforms to large-scale data analysis and compute farms. They have offices in New York, London and Singapore and are looking to build out their Paris hub.

Role:

• End-to-end development of low-latency algorithmic trading software in C++
• Order management
• Exchange connectivity / market data feeds
• Risk management
• Trade reporting / surveillance systems
• Close collaboration with quant researchers

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 3+ years C/C++ development experience on Linux
• Experience with code optimization and high performance/high capacity systems
• Python, SQL and/or scripting experience considered a plus

Culture / Benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Great culture with good work-life-balance
• Totally flat structure

Summary:

My client is a top player within the most competitive markets across the globe. Technology is core to their business and their success is due to being constantly ahead of the competition in both their adoption and execution of hardware, superfast infrastructure and ML techniques.

Role:

They are looking for a software developer to build out their fully automated trading systems which evolve continuously to ever-changing markets.

• Systems are built in Java, C++, Unix
• Great balance between the race to production and software quality and testability
• Daily production releases / short innovation cycle
• Rapid feedback loop on the software you build

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end development of the entire software stack for their cutting-edge trading systems
• Manage your own time and tasks
• Work alongside traders to implement complex strategies

Culture / Benefits:

• Hugely collaborative between teams, not siloed like other firms
• Competitive compensation: truly flat structure; feel valued for your input and be rewarded for great idea
• Work with the latest technologies on complex problems

Requirements:

•     Minimum BSc degree in computer science / mathematics or equivalent
•     > 3 years’ experience
•     Entrepreneurial, self-starter attitude
•     Strong core Java
•     Experience with C++ and Python is a plus
•     Excellent knowledge of data structures and algorithms

This role is within a London-based start-up who have built the world’s fastest data management platform. The platform is written in 80% Scala and 20% Haskell. They are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build and scale core components of their real-time data management platform.

The company is also exploring ground breaking edge computing techniques.

Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in computer science or another highly technical, scientific discipline
• Ability to program in Scala (or another functional programming language)
• Experience with stream processing frameworks (Beam, Flink, Storm, Spark)
• Passionate programming experience shown with open source projects, programming competitions or coding outside of the workplace
• Familiarity with Docker
• Must be keen to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and have strong communication skills
• Familiarity with distributed databases (Bigtable, HBase, Cassandra, DynamoDB)
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP)

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary
• Stock options, so you get to own a piece of the pie
• Weekly lunches and quarterly socials. Highlights recently included Mexican food, escape room and pub trips
• So many office snacks you’ll never go hungry or thirsty
• Offices just off Brick Lane
• Shiny new Macbook
• Spacious desk and large monitor

Summary

My client is one of the world’s largest producers of news; ingesting millions of news stories every day from external feeds and social media in order to keep their customers informed.

The Team

Engineers and researchers solving complex problems by identifying relevant information from real-time data so that internal and external customers can make swift financial decisions. They also provide advanced ways of accessing data, such as search, summarization, recommendations and natural language question answering and are widely involved in the larger data science community.

Responsibilities

• Write, test and maintain production-quality code – 60/40 split (coding/research)
• Design, experiment and evaluate algorithms, and models
• Publish research papers, and present findings in leading academic venues; attend industry conferences representing the company

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience in AI, NLP, ML, Optimization, or related fields
• 1+ years of experience programming in C++, Python or Java
• A master’s degree (PhD preferred) with industrial experience
• A quantitative background is advantageous
• Experience with YARN, Spark, Hadoop, Kubernetes or Docker is a plus

Benefits

• Close-knit team where you can have a huge impact
• Strong base salaries + bonus
• Flexible work environment
• Internal training
• Paid for conferences

Summary

An exciting London privacy tech startup is looking for talented Java and React/Javascript engineers to join their rapidly growing team, helping to build software which allows large organisations to analyse their customer data in an ethical and safe manner.

Successful candidates will have

• 2:1 or higher in Computer Science or related subject
• High level of proficiency with Java/Javascript/React
• Great communication skills
• Experience with distributed systems
• Python/AWS knowledge a plus

Perks

• Medical insurance
• Flexible hours
• Work from home opportunities
• Pension contributions

The Company

Series A funded VC-backed London-based tech start up that is using LiDAR and drone technology to develop accurate real time simulations. Their product is used to assist their clients in delivering efficient solutions to geographical issues.

Looking for talented Front and Back end developers (any OO) that are required to analyse, design and deliver new and existing features.  Developing high performance scalable solutions using large data sets. The ideal candidate will have prior experience developing microservices and modular architecture, RESTful APIs and spatial algorithms.

Requirements

• 2 yrs + professional experience
• Minimum 2:1 Bachelor’s degree in STEM subject from top university
• Willing to work fluidly between research and development teams in growing start up environment
• MEAN stack advantageous
• Interview in any OO familiarity, with Python and GO advantageous but not required
• Experience with 3D Web technologies advantageous, e.g. WebGL and ThreeJS

Benefits

• Good base salaries
• Stock
• Unlimited holiday
• Macbook Pro and add-ons
• Unlimited snacks and Deliveroo when working late
• Unable to sponsor visa

Summary:

My client is one of the world’s leading investment firms with multi-billion dollar assets under management and over 200 employees worldwide. Through continuous develoment and innovation, they optimise the investment process with sophisticated, proprietary technology and data sources at every level, delivering market-leading returns for over 20 years.

Role:

They are looking for a passionate, hands-on C++ developer, with a record of delivery and professional innovation, to join their current team of seven based in New York and London.

In this front office role, you will be responsible for the research, enhancement and innovation of algorithmic trading strategies. You have a deep understanding of high performance computing and experience of designing and implementing trading systems on a Linux platform.

Frequent contact with the global trading and quantitative research teams is required; therefore you will need to be confident when discussing/defending your contributions.

Requirements:

• 2-5 years commercial experience
• Advanced C++ on Linux
• Strong academic background in a STEM subject from a leading university
• Excellent communication skills when in contact with all levels of the organisation

Desirable Skills / Experience:

• Advanced Python on Linux for data intensive workloads
• Experience implementing real-time market data feeds and FIX protocol applications, preferably from an algorithmic trading perspective
• Experience building and maintaining multi-TB tick databases
• Interest in mathematical modelling, time series analysis and optimization techniques

Benefits:

• Strong base salaries with market-leading bonuses
• Innovative investment firm with sophisticated technology
• Truly collaborative culture
• Meaningful impact on profitability

Summary:

A Unicorn status FinTech start-up – working on AI/ML solutions to build a vast, real-time data analytics (multiple TB) platform – is looking for a Full Stack Engineer to work in its London-based, agile team. Despite huge levels of VC funding and achieving Unicorn status, this start-up is still fairly early stage from an engineering perspective, so the successful Full Stack Engineer will be involved in greenfield engineering projects on day one, working across the full SDLC in an agile environment.

Whilst engineers are encouraged to lean towards either the back (Python) or front end (JavaScript), you’ll be getting your hands dirty with the whole software stack, from caring about the UI/UX to building scalable distributed systems in Python; from deploying microservices to the cloud with Docker, Terraform, PostgreSQL and AWS to working closely with machine learning engineers and data scientists in London.

Requirements:

• MSc / BSc in STEM subject, with solid understanding of Computer Science
• Commercial development experience in any software engineering language
• Experience building and deploying applications on AWS or GCP is beneficial

Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary, bonus and stock options in London
• Make a huge impact and engineering contribution as an early member of a highly successful FinTech Unicorn
• Agile engineering in a London-based team of engineers

Summary:

The fastest ever-growing tech unicorn have launched an AI platform. This rapid growing start-up works within a niche gap in the financial market. The unicorn harnesses a core product team with a stack involving Python, React and deployment is carried out on AWS with aid from Docker and other exciting technologies.

The role allows high amounts of autonomy during product development and offers ownership over extensive amounts of code. The company is searching for engineers which display skills across the entire stack and are also offering specific front-end and back-end roles for candidates which feel they excel in a set area, e.g. DevOps.

Requirements:

• Flexible approach in learning exciting new technologies
• Paramount focus on product delivery
• High levels of initiative – forming from opportunities to be responsible for code and company payoffs
• The company allows key skills in many language background, however, Python is used mainly
• Familiar with UNIX
• CI/CD experience would be an added bonus
• Evidence of passion for technology outside of current role would be great to see (e.g. GitHub!)

Benefits:

• The company is very forthcoming with compensation; their offers are threefold: base + bonus + equity
• London office with handy local discount scheme
• Access to and choice of equipment – Apple or Dell
• Performance-based environment
• Flexible working is open to discussion for candidates needing this

Summary:

This multi-strategy firm have launched an exciting new role within a hedge fund that focuses on fixed income market makers. The exciting opportunity to work in this division is a key benefit to this role as the division is within a highly globally renowned hedge fund. This positions allows the fund to perform in unique trading areas.

The fixed income MM team is bound to consistently build well performing and unique technology that optimizes the business for success through forward-thinking tools.

Responsibilities:

• Engineer instant trading, costing and risk platforms for FI markets
• Work within C++ elements in fast-paced distributed climate
• Harness front-line no-sql data tech
• Use Python to place scripts for reporting and auditing
• Work hand in hand with trading and other technology teams

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of engineering/development experience with STL/C++/Linux
• BSc degree in Mathematics, Computer Science or a similar computer related discipline
• Previous exposure to FI trading systems
• Python scripting would be an added bonus

Benefits:

• Tech hub location
• Greenfield exposure
• Performance-driven collaborative culture
• High compensation

The Company:

Award-winning fintech with a market-leading team of over 100 people across three continents that has been built out in less than a year. Start-up nature allows employees to have a large say in technical decision-making and direction within the company.

The Role:

You will work directly with the Director of Product to build and deliver product efficiently and in line with business needs. An extremely high-impact role with an opportunity to have ownership over large parts of the codebase. Full-stack engineers are preferable, but the client will also consider those with a speciality area: frontend / Serverside/ DevOps. The client is open to expertise in any language.

Requirements:

• Minimum 2:1 grade STEM degree
• 3+ years’ experience
• Preferred language – Python/JavaScript (happy to look at any OO)
• Experience with other languages (Go/Rust/C++/Java, etc.) a bonus
• Exposure to Shell Scripting and UNIX
• Familiarity with CI/CD
• Some knowledge of deployment tools – Docker/Kubernetes

Benefits:

• WFH/flexible working allowed
• Generous compensation
• Meritocratic working environment

.NET/C# or Java Developers wanted for a commodity and energy trading organisation. All of their trading software is built and executed entirely in house, both domestically and internationally, and currently valued at over $2.8bn

They are looking for experienced developers who are interested in a holistic style of work from pure software engineering through to data analysis and trade execution, to join the flat structured organisation – building an entire trading suite project which started only months ago.

Responsibilities:

• Developing the core trading platform – entirely Greenfield project.
• Working on strategic settlement, inventory and confirmation systems.
• Working in Java, Angular and .NET.
• Working with all parts of the business across the firm.
• Execution Management
• Front Office user communication – daily interaction with the business.

Requirements:

• Strong Java OR .NET/C# experience
• 3+ years commercial experience
• Solid SQL background
• Financial market knowledge, ideally commodities
• Spring / NoSQL – a plus but not essential.

Rewards and Incentives:

• Working with a small technical team of leading developers
• Having a direct input into the business
• Relaxed office environment
• Highly competitive salary
• Market-leading bonuses

Role:

Technology Developer wanted for a diverse, Greenfield, systematic asset trading platform. This role will give you the opportunity to build, develop and learn a diverse full-stack financial system. You will be working directly with the head of the trading desk to build this new Greenfield trading platform.

They are looking for a passionate junior-mid level Computer Scientist with a knowledge of and interest in financial markets. They are using the latest version of their technology stack to build every aspect of the platform from the core back –end infrastructure through to the web and desktop applications.

While they are currently using C#, .NET, React and SQL, with an approach of the ‘right tech for the right job’, they are open to developers of all backgrounds and to bringing in new technologies!

Benefits?

• You’ll get to use the latest versions of their tech stack – core .NET, Visual Studio 2017
• All Greenfield work
• Fast-track route to learn entire buy-side cycle
• 70k on base + benefits.
• Brand new office in Green Park
• Canteen with all your food provided daily
• Monthly company socials

Requirements?

• Strong developer – any OO Background, ideally C#/.NET experience
• 2-4 years commercial experience
• Knowledge of financial markets
• Experience with web technologies is a bonus – React, Typescript…
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Knowledge of SQL

Role:

Quantitative Developer wanted for prop trading fund to help build out their new diverse Greenfield systematic asset trading platform. This role will give you the opportunity to build, develop and learn a diverse financial system. You will be working directly in between the core developers and the researchers to build this new trading strategies for this Greenfield trading platform.

They are looking for a passionate junior-mid level Computer Scientist with strong mathematical skills and a knowledge/interest in financial markets, to join their team of 8. This new trading platform sits within an already established fund and manages over $10 billion in assets, and this platform has been given entire freedom to trade whatever asset classes and strategies they wish, as a result your direct impact on the business is huge.

While they are currently using Python, some C++ and SQL, with an approach of the ‘right tech for the right job’ they are open to developers of all backgrounds!

Benefits?

• You’ll get to use the latest versions of their tech stack
• All Greenfield work
• Work directly with all parts of the fund
• Fast-track route to learn entire buy-side cycle
• 70k on base + bonus.
• Brand new office in Green Park
• Canteen with all your food provided daily
• Monthly company socials

Requirements?

• Strong developer – ideally Python and/ or C++
• 2 years + commercial experience
• Strong mathematical skills
• Ideally knowledge of financial markets
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Maths or equivalent
• Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Knowledge of SQL

The Role:

• My client is a B2B SaaS startup which creates digital duplications of real-world locations using data-capture technologies on drones. These produce an accurate 3D image which can then be used for surveying, real-time reporting and real-world AI simulations – such as self-driving cars
• The company is teaching computers how to understand the real world by simulating realities – turning the physical world into a digital environment
• Having just received one of the largest seed rounds in Europe, they are looking for developers to help embark on the next stage of their growth
• You will be working alongside the technical team of innovators and technologists, creating new solutions and helping architect the platform infrastructure that improve the way users interact with 3D spatial data on cloud platforms

Skills and Experience Required:

• 3+ years experience in a Software Development role
• Computer Science, Software Engineering or Physics related degree
• Great communication skills and an ability to work independently and as an excellent team player

Benefits:

• Strong competitive salary + stock
• Flexible working
• Unlimited holiday
• Sociable team with happy hour Fridays, and breakfast, drinks and snacks provided

They are on the lookout for exceptional engineering talent to join their team, if you feel you are a good match or interested in a general chat about the tech market, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

This company is changing the way lending works for SMEs. They’re building a product to enable banks to serve SMEs looking for bespoke loans in the range of $0.5-25M. Their product allows banks and SMEs to tailor a loan to the specific requirements of the SME business, and to monitor the performance of the loan throughout its lifecycle.

This is a very high-impact role at an early-stage start-up with incredible amounts of funding – the fastest growing fintech in Europe.

Requirements:

• 2+ years’ experience
• Experience with modern deploy tools – Docker/ Kubernetes/ CircleCI
• AWS or other cloud experience
• Full stack experience (ideally Python / Javascript or willingness to learn)
• Shell scripting and familiarity with UNIX

Perks:

• Have an impact in shaping a business
• Collaborative and transparent culture – feel empowered to come up with your own ideas and actually make them happen
• Generous compensation and stock options
• Your choice of equipment: Macbook pro or Dell XPS
• Meritocratic working environment

The Company:

This is a fintech start-up focused on algorithmic trading, working on innovative projects.

The Role:

You will work very closely with the founders (CEO, CTO, COO) to develop and deliver the right product efficiently and in line with business needs. You’ll manage a small team of developers and deliver both higher-complexity innovative projects and mission-critical projects.

Requirements:

• Minimum 2:1 grade STEM degree
• Minimum 4+ years’ experience
• Any OO welcome (C++ / Python preferable)
• Exposure to databases, GUIs, distributed systems/trading platforms, Linux, cloud services
• Experience with networking and hardware

The Company:

My client, a world renowned, technology-driven, diversified principal trading firm, trades globally across a broad range of asset classes. They have the spirit of a start-up and a constant focus on results through deep curiosity and thoughtful collaboration.

The Role:

Join a team of highly talented technologists and traders. With a focus on latency and quality improvements, you’ll conceive, build and run trading systems, and contribute across the full stack when required.

Requirements:

• Minimum 2:1 grade STEM degree
• Minimum 2+ years’ experience (post university)
• Performance-sensitive Java programming skills
• Full stack/Python/C++/Rust/C exposure is a bonus
• Domain/mathematical/quant knowledge is a bonus

Summary:

A bleeding edge challenger bank, disrupting the b2b financial tech industry, is looking for a Frontend / JavaScript engineer to join a growing, agile team of engineers, designers and machine learning specialists in London. You’ll work directly with the product team to build beautiful and functional frontends for cloud-based applications that millions of end users will fall in love with. The tech revolves around the latest React.js, with the backend written in Python and deploying to AWS with Docker and Terraform.

Requirements:

• BSc/MSc Computer Science or other STEM subject, or relevant commercial experience detailing fundamental knowledge of computer science principles
• Development experience with vanilla JavaScript and modern frameworks (React.js / Angular / Vue), along with a keen eye for detail and UX/UI design
• Understanding and appreciation for the backend is a must, you’ll be working closely with backend and full stack engineers

Benefits:

• Highly competitive salary and benefits package in central London
• Work closely with AI/ML engineers on bleeding edge software products
• Meritocratic, agile environment

The Company

Join the company revolutionizing the hedge fund industry. My client is actively engaged with the broader technology community hosting tech meetups and open sourcing code. Work in relaxed open plan offices overlooking the Thames, with regular social events (e.g. go karting/wine tasting in France) and music rooms.

The Role

Using your technical expertise you will be working hand-in-hand with Quant Researchers. Your challenges will be varied, and will involve implementing new trading strategies, building new research frameworks and quant libraries, prototyping new data feeds, development of new portfolio construction techniques or building risk analysis tools.

Requirements:

• B.Sc. Computer Science (or similar)
• Comfortable with data structures and algorithms
• 2+ years in industry using Python (preferred) OR C#/Java/C++/C/Scala
• Experience with Linux, SQL
• Financial knowledge preferred
• Good communication

Tweets and posts, comments and character limits: the internet has completely changed the way we write. Documents are no longer static prose written on a screen; they are living sets of structured data.

This company’s platform integrates document editing, distribution, indexing and collaboration, together with bespoke tools for the specific industries they service. They find inspiration in the tools that software engineers build for themselves and want to bring them to the legal and finance industries.

Being a web-based product, most of their code is built in Typescript. Their frontend is built with React and MobX, and their backend runs on Node.JS with a PostgreSQL database. The platform is also cloud-based and deployed on AWS.

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience
• Experience with a strongly typed language, ideally Typescript but happy with Java, C# or Scala.
• AWS or other cloud experience
• Distributed systems
• Node.js ecosystem is also nice to have

Perks:

• Have an impact in shaping a business – they have a blank slate, help them create an engineering function which is not only building truly exciting things, but is also a fun place to be!
• Collaborative and transparent culture – feel empowered to come up with your own ideas and actually make them happen
• Stock options
• Flexible working – work when you want, where you want!
• Regular team socials

Summary:

A bleeding-edge systematic quant trading technology firm in London is looking for a low latency C++ engineer to join the London-based trading optimisation team. Utilising C++ 17 to optimise live trading execution speeds on real-time trading platforms, the successful C++ developer will be working in a small, highly agile team on front office technology in London.

Requirements:

• MSc/BSc Computer Science or other STEM subject
• Commercial experience of good software architecture, data structures and algorithms
• Low Latency Engineering experience in C++, C# or Java

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and top buy-side bonus structure in London
• Cutting edge agile technology environment
• Dress down London office and great work / life balance

Summary:

A globally leading, systematic hedge fund is looking for a C++ developer to join their London-based technology team. Working in the latest iteration of C++ (17), the successful C++ developer will build highly scalable distributed systems from scratch to produce world-class market-making infrastructure and trading platforms. Working directly alongside traders and quant researchers, the successful C++ developer will be in a London-based agile technology team.

Requirements:

• BSc/MSc Computer Science, Maths, Physics, or relevant hard science subject
• C++ engineering experience
• Experience building multi-threaded, distributed or highly scalable, high performance systems

Incentives and Benefits:

• Competitive salary and buy-side bonus structure
• Cutting edge technology, including C++ 17
• London-based, agile technology team

Company:

My client is looking to hire passionate senior Python and C++ Engineers and Architects to join their London office.

Responsibilities include design/architecture leadership and implementing the next generation risk data analysis platform. Collaborate with senior risk managers and support the growing market maker’s business by increasing real-time risk capabilities. Providing technical direction to the global team. Successful candidates will be fully hands on.

What we are interested in

Minimum 2:1 in STEM subject from world-leading university

You will be an enthusiastic problem solver

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in system analysis, design and programming
• Strong Python, C++, Java also required
• Distributed Systems
• Strong understanding of data solutions, e.g. Kafka, SQL/NoSQL, Spark
• Strong communication skills
• Professional experience with multi-threaded application design and development
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Tier 2 sponsorship available if in the UK

Benefits

• Market leading salaries
• Fully catered breakfast/lunch/dinner
• Tech workshops and presentations from C++ experts

Summary:

A leading London hedge fund is looking for talented Java/Python/C++ developers to join their highly skilled team. Work will include building out low-latency, high-throughput trading systems.

Successful candidates will have:

• 2:1 or higher in STEM from a top university
• High level of proficiency with Java/Python/C++
• Great communication skills
• Finance experience a plus, but not essential
• Highly distributed computing experience

Perks:

• One of the strongest firms in London in terms of salary
• Regular, varied socials
• Scope for internal progression
• Host regular conferences/talks on latest tech
• Work from home opportunities

Summary:

My client is a high-growth B2B SaaS start up that uses leading data-capture technologies – including drones – to create digital replicas of real-world locations.

Currently they are a team of 30 across London and San Francisco with big growth plans for the coming 12 months. Their platform has already supported over £3.5bn in infrastructure builds, helping clients automate and digitise previously manual decision-making.

They are looking for a Backend Engineer to work alongside a world-leading technical team, developing microservices and APIs to support simulated realities that improve the way users interact with 3D spatial data on cloud platforms.

Requirements:

• Experience as a Backend or Full Stack Developer building APIs to provide commercial solutions
• Evidence of working in multiple languages – ideally experience with Go (current system built with a MEAN stack)
• Strong academic background (from leading university) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics – or equivalent
• Familiarity with 3D web technologies, such as WebGL and Three.JS., a bonus

Benefits:

• Competitive salaries, flexible working and unlimited holiday
• Ongoing career development and training to help candidates meet their professional goals
• Work for an early age start up that is already profitable

Summary:

A world-leading asset manager is seeking a senior python engineer or architect, with experience in risk, to develop a new and leading risk data analysis platform.

The successful python engineer will provide leadership on design and architecture, as well as hands-on technological direction to the wider global team. The successful candidate will help support a rapidly growing business by enhancing real-time risk capacity, constructing new calculation and analysis interfaces, and building data analysis architecture.

Requirements:

• 6+ years experience in programming, design and system analysis
• Strong Python skills, as well as any OO (C++ or Java)
• Expertise in the delivery of service-based architecture and message-driven workflows
• Understanding of architecture solutions – Kafka, Spark, etc.
• Masters degree in any quantitative field, e.g. Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills

Benefits and Incentives:

• Market-leading compensation packages, including bonuses of up to 100%
• Working from home one day a week
• Leading and owning projects

My client is a tech-driven asset management and market-making firm that are currently expanding all their London teams which build software designed and optimized for low-latency electronic trading from the ground up.

Benefits:

• They have a strong culture of learning and innovation. They host regular workshops where an expert in C++ / ML community will come in to do a talk and they encourage your own personal development
• Work from home / flexi-working
• Great office with fully catered breakfast / lunch
• Amazing socials

Teams hiring:

1. Market Data: building out high performance market data feed-handlers and distribution system
2. Execution: algorithmic trading and execution and order management
3. Risk: designing and building cutting-edge next-gen risk platform

Requirements:

• Computer Science or STEM degree from a top global university
• 2 years’ experience with C++ on UNIX (Python desirable)
• Distributed systems
• Multithreaded application design
• TCP/IP Network protocol

You will be involved in the complete development lifecycle, working with large amounts of data on complex software projects, and ideally you have experience working in multiple languages in an agile environment.

You should expect to create new designs and maintain existing applications; with a focus on performance and stability in a dynamic environment working with the latest technology.

Design, develop and test real-time software for low-latency algorithmic trading, risk management and trade reporting.

You could be creating applications in C++ ultra-low latency to create trading strategies, or supporting the core business by creating high performance traceable systems.

Benefits

• Market leading salaries and strong bonuses
• Good company culture; flexible working

Requirements

• Minimum 2:1 degree in STEM subject from a top university
• High level of proficiency in C++
• Experience with low level C, Java, Python or other OO language is advantageous, but not required
• 3+ years commercial experience
• Parallel and multithreading
• Experience building a software product, full lifecycle
• Experience working with financial system and/or in start-up environments
• Track record delivering complex software projects

Summary:

A London-based FinTech is looking for a Java developer to join the London based technology team. The successful Java developer will be working on systems design and engineering, and building scalable distributed systems from scratch in Kotlin and Java. The successful Java developer will be working in an agile, London-based team, alongside security engineers, front end developers and designers, devops/SRE, testers and architects.

Responsibilities:

• Build scalable and multithreaded distributed systems in Java and Kotlin
• Solutions/ systems design and development, including software architecture and design
• Work closely with designers, testers, security engineers, network operations, devops, etc.

Requirements:

• Solid understanding of Computer Science and Engineering fundamentals
• Software engineering experience with Java or another JVM based language in an agile, commercial software environment

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Flexible working policy
• Work with cutting edge agile technology team in a beautiful central London office
• Cutting edge technology including modern Java and functional programming with Kotlin

Summary:

A London-based financial software company is looking for machine learning research engineers to join its AI and Machine Learning group. The successful person will have both academic and commercial experience with machine learning research and natural language processing (NLP), and will be applying these techniques and models to some of the largest data prediction problems in the industry.

Role:

• Build scalable machine learning tools, distributed clusters and models for NLP search
• Work closely alongside a software and ML engineering team on a global scale from London-based HQ
• Work on cutting-edge research to be published in the ACL

Requirements:

• PhD Computer Science, Physics, Machine Learning, or relevant other quantitative field
• Experience with Natural Language Processing, search relevance, semantic web, data mining or artificial intelligence
• Experience with server architectures and distributed systems, preferably some engineering experience with an OO or functional language

Summary:

A London-based start-up, using AI, ML and Drones to create mapping software and 3D visualisation technology, are looking for a Python developer to join an agile engineering team in London. Working on bleeding-edge technology, creating real time AI simulations and machine learning tools, the successful Python developer will be using Python and the MEAN stack in a small engineering team of 6 in London.

Requirements:

• MSc/BSc Computer Science, Maths, Physics or relevant experience demonstrating solid understanding of core computer science principles
• Python development experience
• Interested in working for a small scale (in profit) start-up – team of 6 engineers currently

Benefits & Incentives:

• Competitive salary and stock options in London
• Work for an early stage start up already in profit
• Gain experience building real-world AI simulations in a small, highly agile (TDD) development environment

Summary:

A cutting-edge FinTech start-up are utilising Kotlin to create a complex distributed ledger platform and services for the financial technology industry. Looking for Core Java / JVM-based developers to join a growing global team, this start-up are making waves within their industry, creating groundbreaking technology from a London-based, agile team.

Requirements:

• Strong Computer Science fundamental knowledge
• Core Java development experience (multithreading, distributed systems are a plus)
• Interest in functional programming on the JVM (no Kotlin experience needed)

Benefits and Incentives:

• Competitive salary, benefits, etc.
• Highly agile, London-based team
• Gain commercial experience functional programming for a FinTech start-up

Summary:
A cutting-edge robotics start-up using Machine Learning and AI principles to build complex robotics in the field of environmental science to solve challenging real world problems.

This small, agile team of 10 engineers are looking for a senior C++ developer to progress into a fully hands on, leadership role. The successful C++ developer will be implementing complex ML algorithms and working closely with robotics, electronics and firmware engineers. The successful C++ developer will be moving the business from R&D phase to building out successful production software systems from the ground up, in agile, greenfield projects.

Requirements:

• BSc/ MSc Computer Science or related hard science field
• C++ development experience
• Interest in Machine Learning, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence

Benefits and Incentives:

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Interesting, modern technology including Machine Learning, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence
• Build complex software solutions to solve challenging real world problems

Company:
This hedge fund, with a cool startup vibe, is the next big thing in Systematic Trading. Using the best technology and tools in the market, they are developing proprietary trading strategies, technology and algorithms to make tens of thousands of trades per second.

With technology being so central to the success of this company, relying heavily on the ultra low latency of trades and high performance code, this hedge fund proudly brands itself as 97% tech driven and ‘more like a software house’ than a bank. Working with a range of technologies – C++/Java/C# – they will consider any OO.

Position:
An opportunity exists for several strong developers to join the EU development team based in London. With experience developing in OO languages [C++ or Java or C#] you will work on one of the core trading systems. While you need NO financial knowledge, you are expected to be willing to learn.

The role is business facing; working with the traders to implement new ideas and further enhance the in-house developed trading applications whilst maintaining scalability.

Your key responsibilities will be to produce the best trading tools in London. Finding new techniques on how to improve trading algorithms and systems as well as improving performance on the current system will be crucial.

Requirements:

• Excellent OO knowledge [C++ / Java / C#]
• Degree (or relevant qualification – preferably Computer Science or numerate subject)
• Desire and ability to learn more, particularly about financial markets
• Pragmatic, open-minded and eager to learn from others
• Commercially aware, priorities in business context
• Strong team-oriented attitude with natural inclination to share and collaborate

Helpful:

• Understanding and experience developing mission-critical, performance-sensitive, real-time systems Experienced in multi-threaded, and preferably network, software development
• Cross-platform development (Windows and Linux)
• Thorough understanding of software development methodologies – especially Scrum/Agile methods
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Benefits:

• Incredible salary & bonus
• Informal dress code
• Daily catering – breakfast, lunch, plus a fully stocked kitchen
• Chill-out area with pool table, table tennis, TV and Wii
• Competitive annual leave
• Health and life insurance
• Gym membership or commuter allowance (allowance only applicable to Amsterdam)
• Two discretionary performance-related bonuses a year

The Role: 

• My client is a boutique multi-asset management firm, deploying a globally risk-diversified systematic strategy
• They use the power of machine learning, mathematical and computational techniques to solve some of the most difficult problems in finance
• The role will be mainly Greenfield work; helping build their cutting-edge research and trading platform
• You’ll be working closely with all areas of the business – including risk analysts, researchers and operations personnel
• Software stack is multi-language, cloud-hosted and runs on Windows and Linux. They place a strong emphasis on open source and using the best tools and platform for the job

Skills and Experience Required:

• 1+ year experience in a Software Development role
• Computer Science degree from a Russell Group University
• No previous finance experience required, but you must have an interest in the financial world
• Great communication skills, as you will be working with people from all backgrounds, including both technical and non-technical colleagues.

Benefits:

• Strong base salary plus fantastic bonus
• Sociable, dress down office
• Flexible benefits package

They are on the lookout for exceptional engineering talent to join their team, if you feel you are a good match or interested in a general chat about the tech market, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

0-10 years experience

Job Summary: Using the latest technologies, you will be working alongside an incredibly strong tech team for an AI tech start-up voted one of the “top start-ups to watch” world-wide.

Job Description:

Client:
With substantial Series A funding behind them, it’s time to expand. With offices in San Francisco and Vancouver, they are doubling their Berlin office from 4 techies to 8 in the coming months. Founded by senior members of a household tech firm, they have the credentials and track record of turning a start-up into a global superpower tech firm. Their AI-powered platform aggregates and analyses information from all sources in the supply chain, providing insight and visibility into consumer demand. They can tell you what, when and how much stock you need – so you don’t have to guess.

Role:
You’d be using Java 11 and Python 3 on the backend – React on the frontend – in a very product-driven software development position, making a big impact on the codebase and direction of the product and company.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Strong algorithms and computer science fundamentals
• Java or Python experience is an advantage but not a hard requirement
• Good communication skills
• Willingness to learn and be pragmatic about technologies

Benefits and Incentives:

• Flexible working and hours (e.g. 2 days/week from home)
• Substantial stock on offer
• Substantial impact on the direction of the company

5-10 years of experience

Job Summary: A full-stack C# and React position working closely with the traders, brokers and analysts at a global energy and commodities firm in their Geneva office.

Job Description:

Client:
An energy and commodities company with 40 offices worldwide; their primary business is the trading and distribution of energy products globally. They trade over seven million barrels of crude oil per day and 250 ships transporting cargo at any time. The scale of operations mean they face tough technical challenges to build reliable, fast and scalable systems.

Role:
You’ll be working closely with the traders, brokers and analysts to build a new analytics platform. The work is very Greenfield; after collecting the user’s requirements you’ll create prototypes before implementing them to the wider business.

A full-stack position, you’ll be working in C# and .NET technologies on the backend, with React and Typescript on the frontend.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Extensive experience with C# and related .NET technologies
• Frontend experience in Javascript, ideally React
• Financial or commodities experience is beneficial
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and communicate with the business

Benefits and Incentives:

• Ownership of systems
• Facing off to key stakeholders, this is a high-exposure position
• Compensation will reflect the seniority and impact

Job Summary

My client has developed a proprietary, intuitive, smart-contract language using their deep expertise in scalable technology. Being a leading provider of distributed ledger technology (DLT) that solves real-world business challenges, they enable financial institutions and cross-industry organisations to bring world-renowned DLT systems into production.

Within this role, you will be required to utilise deep technical and domain expertise to design and develop business-critical products with pragmatic and efficient code. Further to this, you will be asked to collect and define requirements based on a dynamic assessment of functional and non-functional capabilities. This role requires the individual to be able to turn an abstract idea into a strategic, pragmatic solution in code.

The Company

Having combined some of the top global minds with experience in research cryptography and commercial high frequency trading, the company was founded by three individuals in 2014. Their core business offering is multi-faceted: being one of the fastest growing Fintech companies, my client enables some of the world’s largest companies to harness the power of DLT to streamline their business operations. Additionally, their proprietary smart-contract programming language is used to digitise multi-party agreements and automate transactions in a secure manner.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on software engineer on a large-scale project; proficient in one or more functional programming languages, e.g. Scala, Haskell, F#, ideally in a production environment. Happy to look at engineers with no functional experience under exceptional circumstances.
• Exceptional communications skills, comfortable presenting complex concepts in front of large client audiences – both technical and non-technical
• Deep understanding of financial markets and processes; experience should be in the front office; the candidate must understand the strategy of markets as well as its mechanics. Financial engineering experience as a ‘quant’, ‘strat’, or ‘algo trading developer’ would be advantageous
• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field would be nice to have

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + strong bonuses
• Opportunity to travel – offices in London, New York, Zurich, Sydney and Budapest
• Incredible benefits package on offer
• A chance to work alongside a world-class team within an excellent working environment

4-20 years of experience

Job Summary: This is a Python Software Quant Developer position, part of my client’s Quantitative Strategies business. You’ll be working with quant and machine learning researchers to implement systematic trading models. You are expected to build, enhance and support research and trading tools.

You must have a demonstrative ability in analysing technical and business problems and making intelligent technical decisions. This is a Python role, involving design, programming and testing, but they are open to C++ and Java developers keen to cross-train.

Job Description:

Client

A systematic hedge fund, my client creates complex model strategies that are traded systematically, globally. This is not your standard prop-trading house; technology underpins every aspect of the business and is integral to the firm’s DNA. They are a fun and enthusiastic community of tech-geeks, Sci-Fi fans, football and extreme sports nuts, and foodies; who enjoy working in a non-hierarchical, professional environment that combines the best cultural elements from Silicon Valley startups and HFT firms.

The Person

You are expected to build, enhance and support research and trading tools. You must have a demonstrative ability in analysing technical and business problems and make intelligent technical decisions. This is a Python development role, involving design, programming and testing. You need to have a strong background in programming and ideally come from a good Computer Science background, but they are open to cross-training people from a C++ or Java background.

Skills and Experience Required

• Exceptional programming skills in Python (preferred) or an OO language from a technically elite background; for example – but not limited to – Hedge Funds/HFT/Prop Trading firms, Investment Banks, Tech Giants, Startups.
• Experience in OO design and strong data structures and algorithms.
• 2:1 degree (or equivalent) from a prestigious university in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or mathematical degree.
• No financial knowledge necessary.

Benefits & Incentives

• Strong salary – up to £120k and lucrative hedge fund bonus (50%+ is the norm).
• Excellent work-life balance; not rigid, long working hours.
• Not traditional hedge fund tech secrecy – active contributions to Open Source, and proud of their own code. Also host events for PyData, Docker and Machine Learning, and host Hackathons.
• Down-to-earth, progressive work culture – attempts to synthesise dynamic projects and remuneration of a fund with the comfortable environment of a Tech Giant.

1-20 years of experience

Job Summary: A small firm with one of the best names within the HFT market. Specialists within electronic market making in FX, equity, fixed income and commodity markets. Ultra-low latency C++ development alongside industry experts (C++ committee members and contributors to latest C++ versions).

Job Description:

Client:

The algorithmic models are built against multi-petabyte datasets on huge clusters, all run in-house. With fewer than 100 staff in total but a household name within the HFT world, this company prides itself on its flat structure whilst avoiding bureaucracy. They hire the best and encourage them to innovate and break boundaries – not get stuck behind red tape.

Role:

Yes, you have the fancy office with a replica spaceship (genuinely!), the latest hardware, the company trips abroad, the Michelin star dinners. But it’s the work, and the colleagues that draw people to this company:

• Build the trading models actually run in production
• Launch new strategies without involvement or interference of the quant team
• PnL generating function – not just making adaptors for other teams
• Ultra-low latency optimisation down to the hardware
• Build custom compilers, build custom math functions
• Work alongside the developers implementing C++20 on the Standards Committee (code in production is mostly C++17 with some C++20)

Skills and Experience Required:

• Phenomenal development skills
• Interest in C++ as a language – you should know about the changes in C++20, and be using C++17 at work or in spare time
• Financial knowledge is not required. They have hired from finance, but also from gaming and other tech firms

Benefits and Incentives:

• Ownership + the work
• Techy culture
• Compensation – you are making a direct impact on the PnL

The Company

A small, modern hedge fund that has heavily influenced systematic trading since the late 1980s. The company promotes the use of open source technology and collaboration. Their flat-structured, transparent nature allows developers to rotate between teams so every developer has a thorough understanding of the systems they are operating on. They see no limits and are actively looking for systematic trading opportunities around the world.

They employ developers from a variety of different professional backgrounds, e.g. computer science, mathematics, science and finance. The company pride themselves on the quality of their employees and actively seek to attract and retain the best people. They are very proactive in the wider community, hosting meet-ups, funding donations for many trust organisations and sponsoring awards for the educational system across the UK.

The Role

Working very closely with Quant Researchers. Quant developers can expect an array of challenges from implementing new trading strategies to building risk analysis tools.

The majority of the company’s systems run on Linux and most of their code is Python. Experience with Python is not fundamental; strong technical experience and high-quality coding abilities in any OO will be sufficient. Evidently, developers would have to be keen to cross-train.

A financial background is not imperative, but developers are expected to have an active interest in, and an understanding of financial markets, etc.

Requirements:

• Strong academic background from one of the following: Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics, or equivalent
• Strong coding experience (ideally 1+ yr) in any OO
• Personal passion for technology, e.g. open-source involvement, attending meet-ups, personal projects, etc.
• Exposure or experience using Python and Linux systems would be preferred, but is not compulsory
• Exposure or experience using NumPy/SciPy/Pandas would be preferred, but is not compulsory

Keywords: Hedge fund, open source, Python, Linux, finance, NumPy, SciPy, Pandas

The Company

A global management consultancy house specialising in functional programming. Their flat-structured, transparent nature allows developers to rotate between projects so every developer has a thorough understanding of the full lifecycle. They employ developers from a variety of different professional backgrounds, e.g. Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics, empowering developers to take control and ownership of all projects – giving every developer the opportunity to lead.

The Role

Working within small agile development teams, taking on the full lifecycle, product and project ownership. The role requires some interest in leadership and client-facing interactions.

You will get the opportunity to work with a wide range of technology, including C#, Clojure, Erlang, F#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Objective C, Python, Ruby, Scala and more.

Experience with all these languages is not imperative, but a keen interest to broaden your technical skillset is required.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree from a world-leading university in Computer Science (or equivalent) or Quantitative Field
• High level of proficiency in more than one OO language or functional programming language
• Passion for technology and learning

Keywords: Functional programming, Polyglot, Consultancy, C#, Clojure, Erlang, F#, Go, Java, JavaScript, Objective C, Python, Ruby, Scala

The Company:

A young FinTech which has received over $800m in investments and is looking to revolutionise the lending industry. As they are at early stages, potential employees will be given the chance to have great ownership over the codebase and influence the technology stack. They are currently a small team of c. 35 developers with plans of doubling in the next year or so. They have a very pragmatic view towards tech and therefore are happy to employee developers from any OO background.

The Role:

Working closely with both academically and technically strong developers on an array of challenges.

Majority of the work is cloud-based, operating within an AWS environment and most of their code is written in Python and React. Experience with Python is not fundamental – strong technical experience and high-quality coding abilities in any OO will be sufficient. Evidently, developers should be pragmatic – keen to cross-train.

Requirements:

• Strong academic background (from a leading university) in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or Physics – or equivalent
• Strong coding experience (ideally 1+ yr) in any OO
• Personal passion for technology, e.g. open-source involvement, attending meet-ups, personal projects, etc.
• Preferably working at a major tech company, but not imperative

Keywords: Python / React / JavaScript / AWS / Docker / Kubernetes / Terraform / Tech-Driven FinTech

Summary

Technology-driven market-making fund channelling advances in computer learning, processing power and network capacity into streamlining trading operations.

Role

• Work closely with traders to build and maintain some of the world’s lowest latency execution systems
• Involvement in the full lifecycle of software development
• Collaborate closely with various teams including FPGA, Data Analytics and UI Developers
• Opportunity to explore and create your own ideas for the markets
• Take ownership of core elements of the technology, scaling and preparing for global use

Requirements

• Exceptional C++ skills
• Experience working on high performance systems
• Strong mathematical background
• Keen interest in financial markets (prior experience not required)

Perks

• Exceptional base and bonus package
• Have a direct impact in a fluid, agile environment with an incredibly talented and collaborative technical team
• Relaxed office environment

Summary

Rapidly growing blockchain fintech, with offices in London, New York and Asia, who are creating and researching how decentralised technology may be of benefit to the financial industry.

Role

• Designing, testing, deploying and operating highly scalable software-defined network systems
• Function as technical, engineering and operational subject matter expert for complex networking systems
• Design, implement and integrate systems to scale and automate network operations tasks
• Tailor and deploy software tools, processes and metrics

Required skills

• Exceptional software development skills (Any OO)
• Deep and broad understanding of comp sci fundamentals
• Proven track record of delivering end-to-end systems
• Experience in the financial industry is preferred, but not essential

Perks

• Market-leading salary and benefits package
• Work in a highly agile, non-bureaucratic environment with cutting-edge tech
• Great culture – flexible working, dress-down office, etc.

The Client
My client is one of the world’s largest hedge funds, and an industry leader in high-alpha liquid investment strategies. This is an excellent opportunity to join one of the most prestigious technology teams in systematic trading.

The Role
As a quant developer you will work alongside traders, quant analysts and operations officers. All code is written in Python, although any OO background is sufficient to be considered for the role.

The role includes a range of work, including implementing advanced trading models, pricing functions, high performance data acquisition and numerical algorithms. The role is ideal for anyone looking to combine mathematical ability with computer science.

Key Skills

• Any OO
• 2+ years’ experience
• Degree from a top university in Maths or Computer Science (or similar subject)
• Experience working in a financial domain is a bonus
• Passion for technology, evidenced by personal projects, GitHub account, etc.

Benefits

• Very competitive salary
• Generous bonuses
• Google-like office in central London

The Client

My client is a leading fintech in the Collateral Management sector. Based in their bespoke central London office, they have a team of 50 (25 in tech). Founded in 2014, they have an impressive client list, received funding last year, and have an exciting second half of 2019 with a big announcement around the corner.

The Role

They have a strong technical team and a strong product team, but they need someone with a deep understanding of Collateral Management to sit between the two teams to take a lead on the firm’s technical strategy for their innovative SaaS product. The role presents an excellent opportunity for a VP/ED from an investment bank who would like to make a big impact in a smaller company without all the red tape.

This is a very important hire for the company, hence the substantial budget available.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience in software development/architecture
• Deep understanding of Collateral Management
• Excellent communication skills

Benefits

• Strong base salary, up to £150k + bonus
• Good work-life balance, flexible hours; most employees work 9-5
• Bespoke office in central London
• Pension, healthcare, childcare, etc.

Summary:

• My client is a biotech start-up making a real difference in the world, by automating lab experiments and speeding up the production of life-saving drugs.
• Your role will be to design, build, test and maintain their highly scalable microservices, using their technology stack of: Go, Kubernetes Federation, Google Cloud, Docker, and Ansible.

Benefits:

• Fantastic benefits package, including 10% of salary pension contribution and private health insurance
• Moved to new offices in September 2018 – purpose-built office/lab space
• Regular games nights and company lunches

Skills and Experience Required:

• 3+ years experience
• BA/BS degree in computer science and equivalent work experience
• Well-versed in any OO programming language (C, C++, Java, Python, etc.)
• Working knowledge of HA and distributed systems

They are on the lookout for talented, enthusiastic people to join their team, if you feel you are a good match or interested in a general chat about the tech market, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Summary:

A cutting-edge technology company are looking for a mid-level JavaScript/ Front End Web Engineer to join their core engineering team in London. The successful Front End Web Developer will be using modern JavaScript frameworks, including React.js and Vue.js, to build responsive single-page applications in a highly agile, London-based team.

Requirements:

• Good understanding of Computer Science fundamentals
• Commercial experience with JavaScript (react.js) and HTML/CSS
• Commercial experience building responsive single page web applications

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits
• Cutting-edge front end technology in agile London team

A team lead opportunity to work closely alongside multiple Strategists, Traders and Quant teams in one of the best teams in a world-renowned Investment Bank.

Job Summary:

My client is looking for a senior hands-on technical lead for their FX etrading technology team. In this position you will be leading a growing team, as well as interacting across multiple business lines and providing innovative solutions.

You must have a demonstrative ability in analyzing technical and business problems and make intelligent technical decisions. The ideal candidate will be required to have excellent code development skills and have a strong understanding of financial markets, and experience leading a team.

My client provides an array of investment banking, investment management, securities and wealth management services. They are a tech-driven banking firm, with heavy investment in technology, they look to stay ahead of competitors. You will be working alongside only the most talented individuals coming from a variety of backgrounds.

The Person:

You will participate in strategist projects to deliver functionality to traders and structurers. You must have a demonstrative ability to work closely with all areas of the business to deliver efficient, well-executed solutions in a timely manner.

In addition you’ll be expected to lead a team which is growing and be involved in their expansion. Candidates from all OO backgrounds are encouraged to apply; providing you have a willingness to learn and cross-train into Java – my client would love to speak to you in more detail.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Exceptional programming skills (3+ years experience) from a strong technical background – also willingness to cross-train in other languages – specifically Java.
• Experience in OO design and ability to manage the full SDLC.
• Experience in financial markets.
• Experience leading or mentoring a team.
• Excellent communication skills as you will be reporting directly to the business and communicating with a global team, strategists and other stakeholders.

Benefits & Incentives:

• Fantastic salary – Up to £125k, plus lucrative IB bonus.
• Good work-life balance.
• Comprehensive healthcare alongside generous pension contributions.

Job Summary:
My client is looking for a hands-on Engineering Team Lead for their expanding head office in Sydney. You will be responsible for managing products used by both Risk and Trading divisions. You will be leading a team to build state-of-the-art, high-performance prop trading systems – being responsible for the architecture, design and implementation of these highly complex systems. Working closely with major stakeholders across Risk, Trading and Finance.

The Company:
A state-of-the-art prop fund based in the heart of Sydney with views of the Opera House. It is a mature environment of highly talented individuals, defying the myths of this space. They host regular social events, enable employees to work from home and have a strong level of trust and integrity amongst employees. Set up over 10 years ago, they have solidified themselves as a top systematic prop fund and have big plans.

Requirements:

• Expert in Python
• A natural leader with strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent architecture and design skills
• A willingness to transfer skills and learn new ones
• Financial experience desired but not required

Benefits:

• Strong salary and industry-leading bonuses
• Full visa and relocation services where required
• Work from home
• Lunch, bar, insurance, health services, charity leave

Job Summary

My client is looking for a lead engineer / architect to propel their business forward and provide technical direction to a team of six junior developers. You will be working alongside the CTO/CEO in a high performance, low-latency environment. The projects are Greenfield, the system is revolutionary, and the tech is cutting edge.

You will be tasked with delivering projects, taking ownership, guiding with the strategic decisions of the company to an end goal to expand the company and become VP of Engineering.

The technical mentorship from CTO/CEO is second to none and will grow the successful applicant into an expert in this field.

The Company

The company was formed a couple of years ago by three leading HFT minds, with an aim to revolutionise the Crypto Markets. They are a Fintech focused on algo trading in the Blockchain space – providing liquidity to top exchanges, platforms and projects. But their projects don’t stop at providing liquidity…

Requirements

• 5+ years experience in a high performance C++ team
• Architectural experience whilst delivering critical projects
• Exposure to low-latency systems, ideally in the HFT/Market making space
• Ideally with previous leadership experience, but not critical

Benefits

• Competitive base salary + strong bonus
• The best equity package I have ever seen
• Greenfield projects, where tech comes first (no legacy systems)
• An opportunity to lead an exceptionally talented team and join a high growth fintech at its early stage
• Fun, ambitious, meritocratic environment

Highly proficient C++ programmer with great communication skills wanted for a unique opportunity in one of London’s most exciting hedge funds. Small team of 30 exceptionally talented quant developers, building cutting-edge technology, implementing the full stack of trading infrastructure and algorithms to build high performance, highly reliable programs in C++ and Python/Cython in a Linux environment.

You would be working on the full stack of trading infrastructure; from idea generation all the way through to programming and trading implementation. This is a revolutionary way of working in hedge funds and is an exciting prospect for any gifted aspirational developer/engineer.

Responsibilities:

• Using leading edge technologies in C++ and Python/Cython
• Design and implement full stack of trading
• Work on complex computational and data related problems
• Implementing automated multi-asset trading
• Develop visualisations for experimental training
• Building machine learning models

Requirements:

• Significant programming experience in C++ / Python
• Worked on multi-thousand line coding projects
• Strong degree in computer science (or similar) from a top university
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Ability to write high quality code

Rewards and Incentives:

• Great pay and bonus scheme
• Working in a small team of highly talented quant developers
• Direct business impact
• Work on the full stack of trading infrastructure
• Amazing offices with views of the London skyline
• Open plan office with free breakfast, snacks, music room, games room, yoga sessions, gym

Highly proficient C++ programmer with great communication skills wanted for a unique opportunity in one of Amsterdam’s leading high frequency trading firms. Working in small, exceptionally talented teams, building cutting-edge innovative technology solutions for their ultra-low latency trading system.

Work may involve handling huge amounts of market data, building complex, high performant trading systems, shooting huge amounts of orders into global exchanges, etc.

My client places the company’s culture at the heart of business decisions. Employees enjoy a competitive atmosphere surrounded by industry-leading experts, all in a relaxed setting conducive to personal development, with an office space akin to that of social networks.

Responsibilities 

• Build high performance trading systems in C++
• Write clean and tested code
• Work on complex computational and data related problems
• Follow the latest agile practices

Requirements

• Significant programming experience in C++
• Worked on multi-thousand line coding projects
• Strong degree in computer science (or similar) from a top university
• Knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Ability to write incredibly high-quality code, highly performant code
• Fluency in English

Rewards and Incentives 

• Great base salaries and industry leading PnL-aligned bonus
• Enjoy the latest technology advancements
• Working in a small team of highly talented engineers
• Direct business impact with short feedback loop
• On-site gym, bar, restaurant, as well as nutritionists and personal trainers
• Annual trip abroad, socials on the company boat

The ideal candidate will come from the big-tech, start-up or hedge fund space. Although previous financial experience is not necessary, the candidate must possess a keen interest in financial markets / trading. Must have at least two years experience and a computer science / engineering degree from a top university.

Summary:

• Leading proprietary trading firm with offices in USA, UK and ASIA.
• Tight-knit team of a 4 portfolio managers, 2 Quants and 4 Software Engineers trading ETF’s on EU, APAC and US markets.

Role:

• Collaborate closely with Traders and Researchers to build and maintain a high performance trading system
• Exchange Handlers, Connectivity Strategies, UI, Risk Systems
• Make continuous performance improvements for lower-latency / higher-throughput
• Greenfield projects to capture new trading opportunities

Required Skills:

• Performance Java development skills
• Strong experience with Concurrency / Multithreading / Distributed Systems
• Linux development
• Strong Maths/Statistics background
• Problem solving and debugging ability

Perks:

• Market leading salary
• Good work-life balance
• Incredibly strong tech team that puts technology first and makes use of all things open source
• Flat org structure – feel rewarded for your efforts
• In-house library / Gym

As a Quantitative Researcher, you will have an opportunity to solve challenging problems arising in a trading environment while utilizing statistical scientific algorithms and mathematical modelling techniques. You will work closely with traders and researchers to build and refine trading tools and strategies.

How you will make an impact:

1. Create practical solutions to problems presented in the trading environment
2. Implement Natural Language Processing / ML / Deep Learning
3. Time series analysis
4. Algo Design
5. Create long/short term alphas
6. Conduct statistical analysis of market data, historical trends, and relationships across multiple asset classes
7. Formulate and apply mathematical modelling and quantitative methods to identify and capture trading opportunities

Requirements:

1. A master’s or PhD in a technical discipline, with a focus on Statistics, Optimization, Quantitative Finance or related fields
2. Proficient Python programming skills with experience exploring large datasets
3. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including a solid foundation of statistics knowledge
4. Working knowledge of probability theory, stochastic calculus and numerical algorithms such as finite differences, Monte Carlo simulation, etc.
5. Some exposure to Natural Language Processing and/or High-Performance Computing is a plus
6. Excellent written and verbal communication skills to report research results as well as methodologies

Job Summary:

Reliability Engineer at market-leading quantitative trading firm in London. The team exists in the space between traditional systems administration and development, and seeks to merge the capabilities from both disciplines. Supporting large, business-critical distributed systems and monitoring software reliability in a high performance environment.

Role:

1. Acting as a conduit between both infrastructure and development teams
2. Primary support for multiple, large distributed software applications
3. Improving all aspects of software reliability, including better monitoring, alerting and documentation
4. Engaging with software engineering teams on support issues and improvements to tools, processes, and software
5. Gathering and analyzing metrics from both operating systems and applications to assist in performance tuning and fault finding

Technical Skills Required:

1. Experience with one of: Java, C, C++, with one or more ‘scripting’ languages (such as Python, Ruby, and/or JavaScript).
2. At least one of the following: 1. Host based networking, 2. linux/unix administration, 3. systems programming, 4. distributed systems, 5. databases, and a desire to learn more.
3. The ability to quickly leverage off-the-shelf and open-source systems and utilities to rapidly provision production systems in a variety of domains, especially for multi-tenant use.
4. A proven track record of automation and an algorithmic approach to solving problems.
5. A proactive approach to spotting problems, areas for improvement, performance bottlenecks, etc.
6. An understanding of the operational concerns in a demanding environment; ideally, but not necessarily, finance.

Summary:
Join a sophisticated technology team in a well-known prop trading house that places software development at the centre of business strategy. This role is for a senior engineer who is able to take responsibility for a number of exciting projects – a do-er as well as a thinker. You will be taking ownership of projects from day one.

Client:
My client produces integrated automatic trading platforms for use in real-time algorithmic trading. The highly technical development team help to simulate investment ideas, test and control the risks associated, and generally maximise investments. A vibrant, flexible and inspiring work environment with excellent rewards.

The Role:
With a strong understanding of algorithms, data structures and complexity, you will be looking to join a small team of highly competent developers as a senior software developer. The team covers a very broad range of responsibilities, disciplines and technologies so as a senior member of the team you will be expected to guide and orchestrate continual enhancement across a wide spectrum of the group’s initiatives, whilst balancing your own development tasks and projects. This is very much a hands-on position rather than a dedicated team leader or architect role – the senior role involves guidance of other developers in addition to the challenging, practical aspect.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Experience from a range of disciplines and roles, including software design, interface design, database design and distributed data services.
• Strong skills in C# / Java / C++ in a project or team lead capacity.
• Excellent Computer Science fundamentals.
• Academic qualifications: good A-level results, plus a 2.1 or higher from a leading university in a numerate degree.
• Financial experience is not required although it may be useful.

Benefits and Incentives:

• Exceptional base salary and bonus
• Small company culture with excellent working environment

If you are an experienced C++ software engineer, your talent will not be better valued than with the following global news and information/market data leader. Be exposed to novel business problems, immersed in full life-cycle development, and rewarded generously for your work.

Client:

My client is a C++ house with almost 200 offices worldwide – a testament to the unparalleled edge they hold in C++ real-time development. They create pioneering technology quickly and effectively to offer users the best news provider service for the business and financial world. Their current services have transformed communication within global markets, and new software facilities are continuously being developed for 2019.

The Role:

You will build and enhance my client’s trading platforms through all stages of the process – gathering requirements, building, testing, and deployment. The C++ developer will be highly hands-on, hard-working, and eager to promote the success of the company.

This particular London team develops libraries, toolkits, frameworks and servers used by thousands of application developers to write high quality and effective applications. They are now looking for a strong developer to build the next generation of toolkits and enhance the existing framework, used by hundreds of thousands of clients every day.

Skills and Experience Required:

• Four or more years’ experience in C++ development; they are using a lot of modern C++ (C++11 onwards) and are keen to adopt C++14/17 as soon as they are released. Keen for people to understand what goes on inside a computer – CPU experience is very attractive.
• You’ll even see some C++20 features in their code base!
• Good knowledge of Unix/Linux – interest in Linux command line is a plus
• Experience in multi-threaded low latency systems
• Solid Computer Science fundamental knowledge
• Finance experience isn’t required

Benefits and Incentives:

• Sponsorship for, and relocation package to London provided (if required)
• Typical 9-6pm working hours (flexibility offered)
• Informal and collaborative environment
• Strong base salaries / sign ons / bonuses

.NET/C# or Java Developers wanted for a commodity and energy trading organisation. All of their trading software is built and executed entirely in house, both domestically and internationally, and currently valued at over $2.8bn.

They are looking for experienced developers who are interested in a holistic style of work from pure software engineering through to data analysis and trade execution to join the flat structured organisation – building an entire trading suite project which started only months ago.

Responsibilities:

• Developing the core trading platform – entirely Greenfield project.
• Working on strategic settlement, inventory and confirmation systems.
• Working in Java, Angular and .NET.
• Working with all parts of the business across the firm.
• Execution Management.
• Front Office user communication – daily interaction with the business.

Requirements:

• Strong Java OR .NET/C# experience
• 3+ years commercial experience
• Solid SQL background
• Financial market knowledge, ideally Commodities
• Spring/NoSQL – a plus but not essential

Rewards and Incentives:

• Working with a small technical team of leading developers
• Having a direct input into the business
• Relaxed office environment
• Highly competitive salary
• Market-leading bonuses

Role

Quantitative Platform Developer wanted for systematic arm of globally recognised hedge fund to help build out their new diverse systematic asset trading platform. This opportunity will give you the chance to build, develop and learn a diverse financial system. You will be working directly with the researchers and technologists to build systematic trading strategies.

They are looking for a passionate developer with strong mathematical skills and a knowledge in financial markets, to join their team of 10. This new trading platform sits within an already established fund and manages over $12 billion in assets, and this platform has been given entire freedom to trade whatever asset classes and strategies they wish, as a result your direct impact on the business is huge.

They are currently using Python and SQL, and are looking for people with knowledge in both to come in and help with every part of trading strategy development from research, deployment and execution to the testing, data cleaning and analysis.

Benefits?

• Work directly with all parts of the fund
• Fast-track route to learn entire buy-side cycle
• High base salary
• Hedge fund bonus structure
• Work at a globally renowned fund

Requirements?

• Strong Developer – Any OO but commercial Python experience required
• 2+ years commercial experience
• Strong mathematical skills
• Knowledge and commercial experience of financial markets
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Maths or equivalent
• Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms
• Knowledge of SQL

Send your CV or for an informal discussion about this role, please get in touch!

Emily Hudson
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