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What We do / The Team
- Development of the Global Market Data platform to meet the requirements of the Global Equities business.
- Support for deployed market data systems in conjunction with Equities Production Support teams.
- Implementation and enhancement of new/altered systems.
- Working with a business group who are committed to technology and receiving low latency market data.
- Design and development of the Global Market Data platform in EMEA.
- Design and development of system functionality.
- Coordination of Exchange mandatory changes as they pertain to the Global Market Data platform.
- Application functionality improvements driven primarily by the Electronic Trading Desk.
- Support for existing Market Data applications and clients.
Role Overview/What will you do:
- On-going development of new functionality for the Global Market Data platform. The Global Market Data platform is evolving rapidly, offering many opportunities to exercise and improve technical skills in the area of low latency. The role also offers the opportunity to learn the Equity Trading business.
Key Skills and Experience required:
- Significant years of working knowledge of Java. Also, Perl/Shell Scripting.
- Ability to work to tight deadlines as part of a team.
- Ability to work with floor traders, production support and others in diagnosing and troubleshooting real-world issues.
- Candidate must be able to work effectively as part of a larger team and be able to communicate at an appropriate level depending on the types of people involved.
- Good understanding of Network Protocols – Multicast/TCP/IP.
Any Beneficial / Nice to have skills and experience:
- Low Latency Market Data Skills.
- Experience with C++ would be considered a plus
- Experience of algorithmic trading and electronic trading business or technology would be beneficial, but not essential.
- Working experience of Microservices architecture is a big plus.
- Experience of working in the finance industry would be beneficial but not essential.
- Sound programming approach with unit test testing, code reviews and following agile methodology.
- JIRA, Confluence, GIT, uDeploy all beneficial to know.
- Low latency, network concurrency, multicast, and server configuration knowledge are additional useful skills. Including configuration of 10GB Network Interfaces such as SolarFlare using OnLoad.
- Knowledge of Equities products (stock, futures, options, swaps etc) would be beneficial.
- Knowledge of developing database code and processes in KDB.
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Skills Required
- Significant working knowledge of Java
- Perl and Shell scripting experience
- Good understanding of network protocols (Multicast, TCP/IP)
- Ability to work to tight deadlines and collaborate within larger teams
- Ability to work with floor traders and production support for diagnosis and troubleshooting
- Experience with Microservices architecture
- Experience building ultra-low latency market data platforms
- Low latency market data, network concurrency, multicast, and server configuration knowledge (including 10GB NICs and SolarFlare OnLoad)
- Experience with algorithmic/electronic trading or finance industry experience
- Familiarity with unit testing, code reviews, and Agile methodology
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Git, and uDeploy
- Knowledge of equities products (stocks, futures, options, swaps)
- Experience developing database code and processes in KDB
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