Infrastructure Developer – High Frequency – London recruitment
The client:
Top US high frequency trading shop seeks an exceptional, experienced software developer to design its in-house trading systems. The client engages in high frequency proprietary trading on exchanges all over the world. As an integral team-member of the Infrastructure Development team, you will work directly with the traders to expand the firms trading capabilities on markets around the world
Responsibilities:
Developing, improving, redesigning, and/or re-implementing the firms’s low-latency/high-throughput production trading environment
Platform Optimization by the use of network and systems programming etc
Building risk-management and performance-tracking tools
Developing systems that allows easy access to historical market data, and trading simulations
Requirements:
Strong knowledge of; data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented programming, in C++ or Java (Knowledge of Python or Perl and shell scripts a plus)
The ability to manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
A working knowledge of Linux
Exceptional problem solver, with good communication skills
Previous work in financial services a plus, but not a requirement
Benefits
Very competitive market salary
Free breakfast, lunch + snacks
Medical and dental insurance
Fully paid annual holiday
Please reply to rw@capitalchase.com for immediate consideration