Senior Java Developer required for greenfield build of a cross asset market making platform – core Java and Scala key recruitment
A senior position is emerging with a leading financial institution within the Market Making and High Frequency Trading business.
My contact has initiated the build from scratch of a high performance algorithmic trading platform to operate across asset classes supporting an assortment of standard and more complex financial products. The new platform has represented a shift in technology and is spearheading the move to a more functional reactive programming environment.
The need has arisen for a senior technologist with experience of working on high performance automated trading systems to join this small talented group and continue the roll out of the platform across the cross asset electronic trading business.
• Java
• Linux
• Scala
• FIX
You must have a thorough understanding of the demands of low latency design and development using Java and have experience performance tuning and debugging for high frequency trading systems.
• Low latency design
• Performance tuning
• Multi-threading
• Code optimisation
This is a major project being led by an advanced technologist from the buy side and offers the rare opportunity to work in a challenging yet rewarding environment during an exciting time for this group. There will be a great deal of development emerging as successive functionality is required for the rest of the firms algorithmic trading business.
For an expert in their field this opening is the crucial step to having an impact on a global scale with one of the world’s leading financial institutions.
If you would like to hear more information regarding this opportunity please contact Will at will@campbellnorth.co.uk