Front Office Senior C#/C++ Quantitative / Pricing Developer (Commodities/FX) recruitment
My client is a Leading Global Investment Bank, with a very successful and increasingly profitable Commodities and FX Trading business headed out of Singapore. Through continued growth and investment, the team is seeking a Senior Quantitative Developer, with strong business knowledge (Commodities and/or FX) to take a lead role on the fast paced Singapore trading desk. You will join a small and focused team of developers/quants, taking a key role in designing cutting edge application and systems for the desk, focusing on Pricing, PL and Risk Analytics (using both C++ and C#). You will work very closely with traders, therefore it is paramount that you have great communication skills very strong business knowledge and the ability to work in a dynamic and challenging front office environment. The bank has a heavy focus on technology and is currently investing millions of dollars in re-building cutting edge front office systems and applications. Therefore, the Senior Quantitative developer must be passionate about technology and possess prior experience designing and architecting Greenfield systems. You will largely focus on commodities products – in particular energy, metals, oil, agriculture. The team uses C++ and C# and will consider candidates from either of these backgrounds, providing that they are a strong technologist with solid quantitative skills and a great aptitude for picking up new programming languages quickly. The team is based in Singapore and is open to interviewing candidates from Hong Kong, Australia and EMEA.
Skills required for Senior C#/C++ Quantitative / Pricing Developer (Commodities/FX) - Front Office Trading Desk
• C++ and/or C#/.Net
• Excel/VBA
• Strong commodities knowledge (energy, metals, oil, agriculture) is preferred. The team will also consider candidates from Foreign Exchange backgrounds
• Prior experience designing front office applications
• Good academic background
• Great communication skills
• Prior front office experience
• Strong mathematical skills - Understanding of ’the Greeks’, Volatility, Calculus etc
Responsibilities for Senior C#/C++ Quantitative / Pricing Developer (Commodities/FX) - Front Office Trading Desk
• Design Green-Field Systems and Applications for the Commodities/FX Trading Business
• Pricing
• PL
• Risk Analytics
• Market Data
• Work closely alongside traders and quantitative analysts
• Report to the Head Quant in Singapore
• Lead projects/junior developer on an ad hoc basis
This is an amazing opportunity for a senior C++/C# Quantitative Developer with strong commodities knowledge to take a key role on an exciting and successful trading desk in Singapore. The firm has a very collaborative culture and thus it will be important that you can bring experience to the table, hit the ground running and interface well with all those on the floor. Top performers have huge bonus potential that is very competitive. The team is looking to begin initial conversations with candidates over the coming week, therefore to apply for this position please contact cplusplus@selbyjennings.com or call 020 7019 4163/212 231 8223
Key Skills: C++, C#, Programmer, C++ Developer, C++ Quantitative Developer, C# Quantitative Developer, Excel, VBA, Quantitative Analytics, Pricing, PL, Risk, Commodities, Energy, Oil, Agriculture, FX, C++, C, Unix, Linux, C#, .Net, Singapore