C# developer – hedge fund – £40,000 – £55,000 recruitment
The opportunity involves working for one of the world's largest hedge funds, joining the front office development team, which consists of 5 software engineers currently. This is part of a wider IT team of around 40 people in London.
The team service the needs of front office users - namely, quantitative analysts, traders and portfolio managers. They are responsible for the entire trading infrastrcuture, covering: Order Management, Trade execution, PnL, Portfolio Valuation and Management as well as tactical development.
Technology is based on the .NET (4.0) frameworks and utilises WCF, WPF, Silverlight; SQL Server 2008, SSIS; messaging using Tibco/RV, MS MQ, XML.
You will be expected to work closely with the senior memebers of the team, initially working on smaller projects in order to get to know the systems and trading infrastrcuture - as well as the users. As time goes on, you will be expected to progress to taking on larger greenfields projects and owning certain aspects of development.
Applicants are expected to have a genuine interest in technology and programming and some prior knowledge of financial markets. Please apply online, call or mail apaterson@westbourne-partners.com for more information