Software Engineer - Systematic Technology - Java
Company Overview:
Our client is a prominent global asset management firm, specialising in absolute return and hedge fund strategies. The firm manages assets on behalf of a diverse range of institutional investors, including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, government agencies, private banks, and fund of funds.
The Department:
The engineering team, part of the systematic technology group, designs and evolves systems to support the quantitative investment process. They collaborate with business stakeholders, compliance, and risk management in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have experience in building scalable, broker-neutral trading systems across multiple asset classes, with a strong understanding of market data, broker/exchange protocols, and pricing engines.
Requirements:
- 2-5 years of professional Java programming experience
- Broad knowledge & experience of building reliable, performant, highly distributed, and scalable real time trading systems along with real time market data processing.
- Extensive experience designing and building order and execution management systems.
- Experience with asynchronous messaging, network / transport protocols, multithreading, performant data structures.
- Experience with Agile & TDD methodologies and a strong philosophy around automated test coverage.
- Experience with CI/CD methodologies (Git, Gradle, Jenkins, etc.) and container-based packaging & deployment.
- Knowledge of financial markets.
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
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