Vice President – IT Strategist recruitment

Responsibilities:

• Design specific features to help traders monitor and analyze the behavior of strategies in production, and ensure adequate monitoring of risks and positions.

• Develop and maintain code

• Make sure adequate risk filters are set in each automaton to prevent abnormal behavior.

• Organize and monitor the orderly production of automatons during trading hours.

• Develop and maintain the simulation tools and back testing environment used to test and validate quantitative strategies.

• Monitor, investigate, and improve performances of trading engines.

• Research optimal design for each set of strategies.

• Coordinate and test infrastructure changes, as implemented by the Group IT and Production teams.

• Ensure developments satisfy local regulations.

Requirements:

• 5+ years C/C++ and object-oriented programming within quantitative trading

• Real-time and multi-threaded programming.

• SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Linux, Scripting (Python, csh, bash)

• Network programming: socket, TCP/IP.

• Knowledge of multi-core architectures.

• Libraries: ACE, BOOST, Qt.

• Strong technical problem solving (troubleshooting) skills.

• Excellent communication skills.

• Bachelors in Computer Science or related discipline required, Masters preferred.

For immediate consideration, please forward resume and contact details to: info@ashtonlanegroup.com

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