Development Lead / Manager – Front Office recruitment
The Company
Development Lead / Development Manager - Leading Hedge Fund - £150-200k comp
A leading alternative investment management firm which has doubled AUM to $10billion in the last three years through innovative relative value strategies is seeking to transform its IT division with the appointment of a Development Manager in their London headquarters. Reporting to the CTO, the Development Lead or Development Manager will have total accountability for all front office IT and work closely with traders, (quant) research and Managing Partners.
This is an opportunity for a high-calibre hands on development.lead or development manager to take the team and shape its structure whilst implementing best practice for rapid application/Agile development and is is a career transforming opportunity within the hedge fund space.
The Role
Key responsibilities:
- The role is for the Development Lead / Manager to be the focal point of contact for traders and research (quant) teams around the design and development of front office applications across fixed income, credit, emerging markets and equity derivatives as the firm becomes a multi-asset strategy hedge fund. This includes interaction to Manging Partner level
- Inevitably their is a reasonably quantitative aspect to the role, in terms of utilising libraries and ensuring these are embedded within trading applications by the development team for rapid execution.
- Efficient prioritisation of project work against application road maps.
- Ensure quality functional designs are produced from initial requirement specifications.
- Accountable for the implementation of rapid application development frameworks and best practice for development and design.
Key skills required:
1) Deep hands-on development and architecture experience with C# - server and GUI.
2) Deep expertise with SQL Server development.3) Current experience of managing small teams of developers, allocating their work and reviewing their outputs to ensure meet highest quality standards.
4) Strong experience in hedge fund or investment banking - able to demonstrate a level of understanding of the business domain(s) the Development Lead / Manager has operated in.
5) Outstanding communication skills - able to interact with traders and Senior Executives
Salary Benefits
£80-100,000 + 50-100% bonus Development Lead / Development Manager - Leading Hedge Fund - £150-200k comp
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