One of the world’s top algorithmic trading firms is looking to hire an experienced Full Stack Developer. In this role, you will be responsible for automating and developing a wide variety of web-based systems with a Python backend, including their post-trade and middle-office systems.

As a Full Stack Developer, your code will impact business logic, provide user-friendly interfaces, and increase the quality of the web-based infrastructure. You will work closely with different teams such as Algo, Business Development, Middle Office, and Trading Tech.

It will be your responsibility to understand end-user needs and communicate effectively around project feasibility and timelines. You’ll interface heavily with both technical and non-technical peers. You will successfully leverage your technical skills to design and create full-stack applications, expand existing infrastructure, and identify opportunities for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Build new web-based tooling to provide insights and enable real-time actions using financial data, operational data, trading activity, and more
• Architect and design enhancements for the global web-based systems, mainly using Python and React
• Working closely with a variety of senior technical and non-technical users, own projects from end-to-end, including inception, gathering and refining requirements, forming and executing a structured plan, and managing ongoing support and iterations to the initial plan
• Work on tasks with a variety of time scopes, from quick fixes for existing processes to long-term direction setting
• Maintain and improve existing internal and external processes and infrastructure
• Understand and provide guidance on a large variety of data sources, minimizing unnecessary complexity through complete solutions.

Profile

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 4+ years of software development experience
• 3+ years of working Python programming experience
• 3+ years of working Javascript/Typescript experience on a modern web framework (React preferred)
• Effective verbal and written communication
• Excellent multitasking and time management skills
• Ability to navigate large, interconnected projects with close attention to details
• Ability to work independently, but also collaborate effectively with team members
• Ability to look at code, figure out how it works, and identify how to make it better
• Be able to explain complicated topics, such as software design or business logic, to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Driven by curiosity
• Thrives within a team that consistently challenges you to improve

Culture:

This fund brings a scientific approach to trading financial products. They’ve built one of the world’s most sophisticated computing environments for research and development, and their researchers are at the forefront of innovation in the world of algorithmic trading.

Colleagues come from all sorts of backgrounds: mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, and engineering. A community of self-starters who are motivated by the excitement of being at the cutting edge of automated trading, and their culture celebrates great ideas whether they come from veterans or new hires.

Seem like something you might be interested in? The goal is to find the best people and bring them together to do great work in a place where everyone is valued. They’re proud of their diverse staff; with offices all over the globe they benefit from varied and unique perspectives.

This is an equal opportunity employer; so whoever you are they’d love to get to know you.

Whilst we carefully review all applications, to all jobs, due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not possible to respond to those who have not been successful.

Contact
If this sounds like you, or you’d like more information, please get in touch:

George Hutchinson-Binks
george.hutchinson-binks@oxfordknight.co.uk
(+44) 07885 545220
linkedin.com/in/george-hutchinson-binks-a62a69252