Principle Java Engineer - Belfast, United Kingdom - TP ICAP

    TP ICAP
    TP ICAP Belfast, United Kingdom

    Found in: Talent UK C2 - 2 weeks ago

    Default job background
    Full time
    Description

    Role Overview

    Quantitative Trading is one of the main driving forces in today's Equity Markets. Providing clients with superior order execution while minimizing their market impact and risk exposure, trading strategies and smart order routing is a rapidly expanding field. These platforms are driven by quantitative analytics, real time market data, historical tick data, market signal events, and statistical analysis. The equities Global Trading Technology organization is responsible for developing, supporting, and delivering these state-of-the-art trading solutions to end-users including internal trading desks as well as buy-side clients.

    We are looking for an outstanding candidate to be a part of agile, highly professional team delivering client-facing trading algorithms and related technology. This person will contribute to the delivery of high-availability, low-latency technology supporting client-facing trading algorithms, smart order routing tactics and other electronic workflows and services and will report to the technical lead.

    Role Responsibilities

  • Develop high-quality software components of the Global Trading platform
  • Contribute to all areas of the software development lifecycle including design, development, integration, automated testing, optimization, and maintenance.
  • Aid in the hands-on design and development of Liquidnet's Global Equity Trading Algorithmic platform including low latency order management, order handling interfaces, market data, rules engines, messaging protocols and other relevant frameworks and utility services.
  • Develop innovative solutions in a strategic, pragmatic way.
  • Contribute to all areas of team performance including daily scrums and after-action reviews.
  • Serve as third-tier support for production issues and related support needs.
  • Experience / Competences

    Essential

  • BS/BA degree or higher in Computer Science and/or Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent experience
  • Experience in designing, developing, and implementing low latency electronic trading systems and/or order management systems.
  • Knowledge of Equity market micro-structure, order handling and electronic trading.
  • Strong multithreaded and network programming experience
  • Experience with low latency messaging products, such as Solace and 29West.
  • Expert proficiency with computer technologies including Java, Linux, and OO Design with a focus on performance, re-usability, test automation and flexibility for customizations.
  • Strategic thinking, analytical, problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Desired

  • Experience in development of Equity products in a global financial services company or vendor using Java language in latency-sensitive environments
  • Experience with low latency messaging products, such as Solace and 29West.
  • Ability to work as part of a team, communicate effectively at all organizational levels with written and verbal communication skills.