Senior FX/Fixed Income Model Implementation C++ Developer – Prop High Frequency Trading

Senior FX-Fixed Income Model Implementation C++ Developer - Prop High Frequency Trading - Manhattan, NEW YORK
Start Up Multi-Asset High Frequency Trading Firm - Mid-Town Manhattan, New York
Circa $200,000 with total comp $400,000-$500,000 upwards, potential for guaranteed bonus and great company benefits

My client is a very successful and profitable multi-asset quantitative investment house in Mid-Town Manhattan, currently with less than 40 employees in New York. The firm is home to a number of very experienced and established technologists-traders, from impressive backgrounds in the fields of computer science, physics, finance, statistics, business and mathematics. The organization has been successfully trading for nearly six years and has built up a reputation for being one of New York (and the world?s leading prop trading shops) with a heavy focus on cutting edge technology and highly sophisticated and advanced trading strategies. With significant investment in building out a new FX desk, the team is now seeking a senior candidate to take a lead role on a number of exciting upcoming projects focusing on FX prop trading. The ideal candidate will need to come from a competitor or a banking prop shop, with proven experience in the space and very strong business knowledge. You will ideally have experience with model implementation and your role will have a large focus on building analytical tools and models.

In this particular role, you will work directly alongside one of the two partners of the firm and this in turn will you give you tremendous exposure and career progression.
Compensation will be very competitive, with amazing bonus potential and the prospect of a guaranteed bonus for the right candidate. The organization has a dynamic and exciting culture, most suited to an energetic and confident individual with a great passion for both technology and trading.

Ideal Skill Set for Senior FX-Fixed Income Model Implementation C++ Developer, Mid-Town Manhattan;

• Experience within a proprietary trading environment is a must
• Very strong fixed income business knowledge
• Model Implementation
• Strong C++ Programming Background
• Experience building analytical tools-models in a HFT environment
• Great communication skills
• Ability to work in a small, fast paced and dynamic trading team

This is an amazing opportunity for a very senior and established HFT technologist to join a very exciting and profitable trading firm. The environment is exciting and dynamic, and the firm offers great compensation, bonus potential and benefits. The team is willing to be as flexible as possible with compensation and they are able to pay guaranteed bonuses. For more information please contact apply.a33hoitwkl@selbyjennings.aptrack.co.uk or call 212 231 8223 to speak with Clare Cooper at apply.a33hoitwkl@selbyjennings.aptrack.co.uk

Key Skills; C, C++, Linux, C++, High Frequency, Fixed Income, C++, UNIX, Espeed, BrokerTec, CME, Government Bonds, Multi-threading, HFT, New York, Manhattan, High Frequency Trading, Fixed Income, Model Implementation, Analytical Tools

December 12, 2012 • Posted in: General

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