About the company
Selby Jennings are proud to be a leading specialist recruiter in financial sciences & services. Founded in 2004, we help solve the number one challenge: talent. Today, we provide permanent, contract and multi-hire recruitment solutions across specialist sectors including risk management, private wealth management, legal and compliance, investment management, quantitative analytics, financial technology, investment banking, insurance and actuarial, and sales and trading.
Job Summary
Role Profile
📍Utilize core Java development to build and enhance trading strategies and engines. 📍Collaborate directly with global trading, quant, and IT teams to advance the platform and the businesses it serves. 📍Engage in a varied project portfolio, including new and existing algorithm development, improving technical and execution performance of trading systems, and generating and analyzing trading signals and data. 📍Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from discussing and agreeing on requirements, formulating designs, to developing and deploying changes. 📍Work on high volume, low latency, resilient, scalable, and message-driven systems based on cutting-edge Java and the latest hardware.
Skills Required
📍Expert-level core Java knowledge in a UNIX/Linux environment with a minimum of 10 years of experience. 📍Proven track record in a front-office environment, working with trading and quantitative strategists. 📍Experience with systems for automated market making and algorithmic trading in liquid markets (equities, FX, liquid rates, etc.). 📍Proficiency with low-latency messaging middleware and pub/sub technologies. 📍Knowledge of electronic trading: options/cash/ETF/futures preferred; liquid rates/FX acceptable. 📍Strong problem-solving skills. 📍Ability to analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into well-designed and coded solutions. 📍Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.