Software Developer (High Frequency Trading) recruitment
Key Responsibilities:
Working closely with Quantitative Strategists/Traders; responsible for programming, implementing and testing ideas
- Contribute to the stability, performance and functionality of the trading system by developing extensions, enhancements and fixes to the current and future in-house software.
- Design and implement new features and functionality according to the needs and requirements from various business units
- Design, plan and implement fixes, changes and improvements to existing code
- Optimize existing software for better performance, resilience and recovery.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Extensive experience in development in a real-time, multi-tasking environment
- Deep knowledge in developing high-performance distributed trading environments
- Experience working in high performance environment under very strict deadlines
- Experience with the full trading workflow, up to the clearing interface and back-office systems
- Low level hardware know-how including fault-tolerance and full monitoring capabilities
- Linux and kernel programming knowledge and other high level tuning techniques experience preferable
- Familiar with trading knowledge with fundamental understanding and architectural basis (TCP-IP / sockets / ASIO / messaging network technologies)
- Knowledge of financial exchange development cycle, requirements and specifics
- Networking knowledge with focus on all TCP/IP layers and libraries
- Open source knowledge and experience
- C and C++ Expert level, use of C++ Templates and Boost
- Experience designing OO components and software
- Scripting languages (e.g. Python)
- SQL
Attractive salary and fantastic bonus potential based on individual and team performance will be offered to the right candidate
For further information please contact Daniel Morrison on 020 7780 6700 / 020 7025 0420, or alternatively via e-mail Daniel.Morrison@AnsonMcCade.com
February 23, 2012
• Tags: Information Technology careers in the Switzerland, Software Developer (High Frequency Trading) recruitment • Posted in: Financial