Java Quant Developer
Java Quant Developer Big Data Trading Startup
Alexander Black Recruitment is urgently looking for a Java Quant Developer to join our high profile client.
Our client is a 12 man start up who have created a market leading product in the financial data market. Details of the full ideas of the company are protected by a Non Disclosure agreement but they are at the bleeding edge of not only product ideas but also technology and data manipulation.
This innovative start-up is pioneering a new concept for the financial markets. The most important part of their product will be the enterprise-grade technology platform. This is a unique green field development opportunity that will allow you to play a part in shaping the future of finance and be rewarded accordingly.
This role is second to the CTO and allows a developer to take responsibility for code, mentor several juniors as well as architecture of the product. You will be completely hands on but have aspirations for higher things.
Development is agile and fast paced. The day begins with a short scrum at which tasks will be distributed and any road-blocks cleared. Work is test driven, with unit tests implemented first to be run in our continuous integration environment. Only then do they write code. As requirements evolve you will re-factor and our unit test suite. To deliver quickly you will leverage the best of the open source community, sometimes substituting your own solutions where greater performance is needed. You will be encouraged to evangelise and prototype new technologies and through doing so you will help shape the architecture.
Candidates Must Have:
- 4 years commercial experience
- Server side multi-threaded Java / J2EE
- Ideally some form of Quant Background
- JMS and asynchronous MOM architectures
- Experience of FI or Equities Data
- Experience of Trade Data
- Experience in a Fund or Asset Manager
- Serious exposure to Core Java (not siloed amateurs)
- Spring initiatives such as Core Spring, Spring Integration and Spring Batch
You will be joining a progressive and exciting company committed to excellence. They offer an excellent working environment with ongoing training and a structured career path. You can also expect an excellent salary and benefits package. Equity options are available from day 1.
My client is based in London
If this sounds of interest then please send your most recent cv to banking@alexanderblackrecruitment.co.uk or call James Holland on 0207 590 3681
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