Python Software Engineer - Front Office Trading Applications

Job description

Key Responsibilities:
·  End to end ownership of delivery to Front Office Trading, ie from requirements gathering through to successful release.
·  Ability to understand and work with brief Front Office system requirements to develop complex, robust, functional applications.
·  Provide responsive support to Front Office for the suite of production applications.
·  Interact with the Trading, Technology and QR teams building strong relationships and partnering with them effectively to coordinate deliveries.
·  Design & develop high quality, robust and scalable and applications using Python.
·  Have a global mindset, ensuring compliance with software development lifecycle protocols adhere to standards defined by the wider Technology organization
Essential:
·  Expert Python development skills with experience of building complex applications.
·  Strong understanding of object orientated design and development.
·  Effective problem solving skills with the ability to debug & diagnose issues quickly and under pressure.
·  Ability to contribute effectively both collaboratively and individually.
·  Highly numerate and detailed orientated.
·  Strong understanding financial products preferably within the interest rate derivatives or fixed income asset classes.

Desired:
·  Strong Excel/VBA for both development of new tools and analysis/enhancement of existing tools.
·  Knowledge of interest rate derivatives and preferably aligned to options trading.
·  Strong understanding of trading desk daily processes – pricing, trade capture, risk/pnl calculations, market data and calibrations etc
·  Mathematics or Computer Science or related numerical degree preferable.