Front Officer Developer - London, United Kingdom - EDF Trading

EDF Trading

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world

When you join EDF Trading you'll become part of a diverse international team of experts who challenge conventional ideas, test new approaches and think outside the box.

Energy markets evolve rapidly so our team needs to remain agile, flexible and ready to spot opportunities across all the markets we trade in: power, gas, LNG, LPG, oil and environmental products.

EDF Group and our customers all over the world trust that their assets are managed by us in the most effective and efficient manner and are protected through expert risk management.

Trading for over 20 years, it's experience that makes us leaders in the field. Energy is what we do.

Most of all, we value our people.

Become part of the team and you will be offered a great range of benefits which include hybrid working, a personal pension plan, private medical and dental insurance, bi-annual health assessment, corporate gym memberships, electric car lease programme, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, season ticket loans, volunteering opportunities and much more.

We even provide free fruit to keep you healthy.

Gender balance and inclusion are very high on the agenda at EDF Trading so you will become part of an ever-diversifying family of around 800 colleagues based in London, Paris, Singapore, Tokyo and Houston.

Regular social and networking events, both physical and virtual, will ensure that you always feel connected to your colleagues and the business.

Who are we? We are EDF Trading, part of the EDF Group, a world leader in low-carbon sustainable electricity generation partnered with JERA, one of Japan's largest utilities; the perfect organisation at which to begin or progress your career in the commodities sector.

Join us, make a difference and help shape the future of energy.

Job Description:

Department

The Quantitative Engineering.

Position purpose

Provide assistance and technical support for all aspects of the trading processes as applicable to the Derivative system these may include aspects such as deal entry, valuation, position and P&L calculation.

Main responsibilities

Main Responsibilities

Development

Engage with the users to gather requirements and take ownership for the delivery of any development work within the agreed timelines.
Adhere to the company's standards and best practices, including, but not limited to, documentation, testing and peer review
Use technology appropriately and flexibly, taking into consideration the company's strategy and recommendations.
Provide full visibility of work undertaken via backlog of requests.
Implement software engineering best practices and develop high quality code
Refactor and enhance existing components and solutions in order to standardise and reduce duplication.
Assist production operations team in testing, rollout and production support.
Advise on and implement appropriate architecture, data model, and system design and interfacing requirements for each project
Ability to work in a fastpaced environment.

Analytics and other front office tools

Be able to support, debug and carry out investigations on the company's main derivative analytics' platform. The tool is written entirely in C++.
Be able to support and further develop other desktop tools built by the quantitative development team.
Take ownership of the development infrastructure required by the above tools and, whenever possible, adopt the company's standard toolset for source code repository, continuous build and deployment.
Work closely with Quantitative Analytics Team (Model Development) on various technical aspects such as model integration, performance, improvements and tracking issues to deliver highly reliable and highly complex technical solutions.

Support to the Business

Engage with the business to assist them in understanding and defining their requirements for any systems and tools supported by the team.
Provide technical advice to the business units by identifying the most appropriate tools/processes for any given task.

Experience required

Required experience:

Software development experience

Desirable experience:

Experience on a technology team within a financial institution, ideally in a front office
Previous experience working within a trading operation, preferably energy or other commodity trading, with a full understanding of the trade life cycle
Understanding of financial products, preferably including derivative and option products, In addition familiarity with physically delivered commodities is desirable.
Mathematically minded with some exposure to financial mathematical theory
Good understanding of various option valuation models.

Technical requirements

Essential technical skills: