As an eTrading developer you will be primarily working on extending and supporting the electronic trading systems associated with the Rates Derivates and Cash (Rates & Credit) desks, through a mixture of individual and team-based tasks from small enhancements through to large scale implementations.
Technical Skillset:
- Core Java Development
- Open Source Development Libraries
- ION
- Linux/Windows environments
Financial Expertise:
- Fixed Income incl. Swaps Pricing Knowledge
- Understanding of Interest Rate products IRS, Bonds
The eTrading team are a small, highly technical group responsible for functionality encompassing :
- Sourcing market data from external vendors eg. BPipe and ION
- Pricing of vanilla and custom IRS/Cash products (often using in-house and vendor analytics)
- Contribution publication to B2C venues eg. Bloomberg and Tradeweb
- Automated handling of client enquiries including auto responses
- Intraday Realtime Risk (IRS)
- Ensuring limits and risk controls are enforced
- Providing valuations to downstream systems
- Maintenance and enhancement of tick data capture
Specific Tasks & Responsibilities
- Develop software, delivering to agreed requirements, using an agile delivery process and adhering to standards for Documentation, System Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Change Control
- Keep close communication with technical architects and leverage reusable software to facilitate quick time-to-market where ever possible
- Gather, understand, and analyse functional requirements directly from the Front Office Trading & Sales desks
- Work with business and product leaders to understand their key drivers and help them understand how technology should influence their strategy
- Contribute to architecture decisions and planning sessions
- Evaluate technologies for research and Proof of Concept
- Support all implemented solutions including incident, problem, and defect management, and appropriately cross train other members within so that they are able to do the same