Equity Derivatives Java Tech Lead – FO Risk recruitment
Skills: Java, Unix, Multi-threading, C#.Net is advantageous but not essential, Derivatives, Equity Derivatives, Market Data
The Opportunity:
This is a VP Tech Lead position which will suit a strong Java Programmer who has extensive Derivatives Front Office Development experience and who is looking to take on a Technical Leadership position as the next step in their career. You will face off to the head of the Trading Desk and Quant team in London. The main focus for this position is to build out and over see the roll out of a new global market data platform. It is there imperative you have a very thorough understanding of derivative products such as; options, futures, swaps and PL, Risk sensitivity analysis (Greeks). The ideal candidate will be familiar with volatility surface and yield curve fitting, correlation calculation, and/or dividend forecast treatment. In addition if you have some C# .Net experience it would be greatly advantageous. As the lead of a globally distributed team you need to have demonstrable experience of working well with other IT teams and businesses that are globally located. This is a great opportunity to further some strong business experience and knowledge whilst working on a high profile project and application through it's build and release phase.
The desk supports a number of Front Office Trading desks in the Equity Derivatives space therefore experience of developing highly available, real time, highly concurrent applications in this environment is critical.
