Index Arbitrage Senior Developer (Prop Trading Desk) – Investment Bank recruitment

Responsibilities Requirements:

• Responsible for hands-on application development, back-testing and integration testing, deployment and maintenance

• Work closely with the traders, quant, and the global team

• Support and development of existing arbitrage trading applications, systems, and utilities developed locally and globally

• Work closely with the global team to set strategic direction and define architecture for arbitrage IT systems

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science

• Min. 4 years experience in developing front office application, at least 2 relevance experience in the Index Arbitrage/High Frequency Trading IT area

• Strong programming skill in Java

• Strong knowledge in Perl/Python, Unix Shell Scripting, Oracle, Unix (Linux) and Windows

• Good understanding of algorithmic trading strategies, high volume market data processing, order and trade processing and connectivity using FIX message protocol

• Good understanding of equity trading business, particularly the proprietary trading

• Good understanding of the Asian Equity and Futures markets, including Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, China and India

• Good knowledge of the Index Arbitrage business and quantitative analysis

• Experience in exchange connectivity and market data, specifically in the ultra low latency space

• Excellent communication skills

To apply, please send your CV to anson@aptitudeasia.com