Quantitative Developer (Architect)

Quantitative Developer Architect
London

As a Barclays Quantitative Developer (Architect), you will own the development standard for QA Markets and drive the efficiency and simplification of the technological landscape within QA Markets. You will also perform a design oversight on analytic libraries, their roles and responsibilities and how they interact together. You will be part of one specific initiative being the Analytic Service which is a major redesign of the APIs and the way the analytic libraries are being delivered to IT systems or Front Office clients.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity - helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.

Colleagues who perform 'onsite' roles will spend four or five days a week working onsite, depending on the requirements of their role and business area. Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

What will you be doing?
• Being responsible for driving the development of the Analytic Service, organizing the library, enforcing adherence to strategic vision
• Assisting other QA/IT teams in the evolution of their existing libraries, applications or platforms to better integrate with this new layer
• Partnering with Front Office and Technology on the evolution of our technology stack - ranging from desktop usage to larger platforms (end of day)
• Playing a pivotal role with other Quant Teams in simplifying the technological landscape and reducing its overall cost on QA Markets
• Working with Technology partners to execute the technological shift to improve the time to market new functionality and reduce the overall cost of our technology stack
• Collaborating with our traders to provide them with tools that will enable innovation and better run their business or manage their exposures

What we're looking for:
• A technical background and understanding of business processes allowing solution implementation and improve efficiency of QA Markets deliveries to the business
• Given some autonomy the candidate should be an effective communicator to get the buy-in of stakeholders in adopting the technological transformations
• Degree in Mathematics/Computer Science or related field and experience with (Windows/Linux, C++/Python), and development of a quantitative analytic library
• Knowledge and understanding of modern technologies for hosting web applications: docker/kubernetes, Jupyter notebooks, React, REST, Dask, etc

Skills that will help you in the role:
• Experience working with cloud, and/or HPC technologies
• Project management and leadership skills
• Excellent analytical and numerical skills (e.g., statistics, probability theory, numerical methods, stochastic calculus)
• Wide understanding of the business process and good written and verbal communication

Where will you be working?
In the heart of Canary Wharf, our headquarters at Churchill Place boasts onsite amenities such as; a gym, staff restaurant and deli bar, and is easily accessible by tube and bus links. With a population of around 5000 staff the atmosphere is second to none with a real buzz being created around the offices within.