High Frequency Trading Developer (Java) – Commodities/Rates Business recruitment
After an extremely successful year of trading, the commodities/Rates business at a Tier-1 Bank is looking to expand and is therefore looking for a talented programmer to work as part of the HFT technology team. This developer will be responsible for the development of market making, auto hedging, pricing and order execution systems within a London-based agile development team.
The ideal candidate will be a high achiever and a passionate technologist who is capable of getting involved at all levels of the technology stack. Further responsibilities include:
- Low-latency, multithreaded, real-time development
- Performance tuning of the applications.
- Close interaction with traders / quants and business analysts
Candidate must have excellent core Java skills with an understanding of collections, multithreading and OO design. Front office trading experience is absolutely essential as is a hard science degree from a top university.
Prior commodities experience is not absolutely essential though some knowledge of the business area would be advantageous.
Please call 0207 377 2200 or send a CV to dpollack@westbourne-partners.com if you are interested to find out more about this opportunity.