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SalaryA major Fs client I'm working with is looking for a Java developer to join there team based in London.
Job Description:
- Forward Pricing - producing FX forward prices from Rates, Futures, FX broker prices and integration to Quant Analytics for distribution and trading over FX eCommerce Channels.
- Development of pricing control features with the FX voice and electronic trading desk traders and quants eg price tiering, derived crossing, manual curve adjustment, spreading, interpolation.
- Development of the forward pricing infrastructure to provide on demand quoting and crossing of curves from E-commerce systems.
- Integration of new pricing models and use of new market data feeds in the pricing.
Main Duties:
- Work directly with the eRisk Quant Traders and the Cash FX Forward and NDF traders on requirements.
- Work with the technical lead and other development teams within the programme to enhance the system eg to support local onshore market trading requirements, risk management requirement.
- Draw-up detailed technical designs for items worked on.
- Work effectively with any external consultancies engaged during the project to provide technical and graphical design expertise.
- Implement best-of-breed technical solutions based on agreed technical design, adopting industry standard development patterns and methodologies (including continuous integration and automated unit and integration testing)
- Fully test implemented solutions in advance of User Acceptance Testing
- Assist (when required) with the deployment of components to development and test environments
- Participate in intra-day and overnight Support rotas (when required).
Skillset:
- Java Server Side development experience is essential. The candidate must be able to demonstrate knowledge of multi-threaded development.
- Experience connecting to TradeWeb/BBG/MarketAxess
- Experience with ION Java API is advantageous.
- Demonstrable experience implementing global, distributed systems in a 24. 5.5 trading environment is essential .
- Experience of building FX or eRates pricing systems for eCommerce advantageous.
- KDB/Q knowledge advantageous but not essential
- C++/python advantageous
Business Knowledge:
- Operation of trading desks in a large, multi-site Investment Bank with significant eCommerce offering
- Foreign Exchange in a high volume low latency environment.
- Experience working on enterprise systems but also agile delivery of Quant and Business requirements.
- Spot FX market conventions
- Forward FX market conventions
This will be on a long term contract basis, paying £800-1000P/D via umbrella where the successful candidate will be working on a hybrid Policy in the london office 2-3 days a week (negotiable subject to experience).
If interested, please send across your most recent CV and I'll be in touch if suitable.
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