Softwareentwickler / Developer (w/m/d) - London, United Kingdom - H&R Talent

Description

Offering a rare permanent opportunity with up to £350k package and Hybrid working, a Global Investment Company is seeking a Software Developer (Quantitative Trading Desk) to join their team based in Central London.

Package is up to £350k depending on skills and experience.

With over 550 employees stationed in London, New York, Hong Kong, and Singapore, they are one of the world's largest alternative asset managers, managing in excess of $63 billion.

Their history is one of continuous development and innovation.

In a challenging industry, they strive to remain competitive by fostering diversity and providing the people with the systems, data, technology, and work environment they need to thrive.

TOPS is a remarkable example of how innovation within the company has generated a one-of-a-kind investment solution for their clients and boosted efficiency and critical processes and controls across the firm.

The Quantitative Trading Team is a front office technology team responsible for the research, enhancement, and innovation of algorithmic execution strategies that focuses primarily on the execution of the company's global trade flow across multiple asset classes.

The successful candidate will join the current team of ten computer science / domain experts based in London and New York.

The candidate must be a passionate, hands-on developer with experience in designing and implementing trading systems, and building research and back-testing pipelines on a Linux platform.

The role will require frequent contact with the global trading, operations, treasury and technology teams.

As such, the successful candidate will possess excellent communication skills, be confident discussing their contributions to senior partners/business leads, and have confidence in problem solving under pressure.

The successful candidate is likely to have experience working on a real-time execution platform at a systematic hedge fund, a systematic broker, a systematic desk at a top tier investment bank, a high frequency trading environment or a market maker, but all applications from other backgrounds are welcome if they demonstrate suitability for the role.

Advanced C++ on Linux
Excellent software engineering skills with experience designing high-performance, real-time enterprise-grade trading systems / execution platforms / order management system
Great architecture, design and implementation skills
Highly proficient with unit testing frameworks
Python
Experience developing execution algos and/or quant APIs and research pipelines, and handling data intensive workloads
Awareness of real-time market data feeds and FIX protocol applications, preferably from an algorithmic trading perspective
Assured and confident in own abilities and speaking with senior members of the organisation

Annual Discretionary Bonuses:
Reflecting firm and individual performance.

Health and Life Insurance:
Range of healthcare benefits to help you manage your personal, physical and emotional wellbeing.

Food & Beverage:
Complimentary breakfast and lunch for all employees plus on-site coffee bars and a wide variety of healthy snacks.

Global Office Design:
They aim to create a cohesive environment, regardless of region. They've designed office spaces to ensure everyone feels the connection no matter where you're located.

Cycle to Work Initiative:

Enhanced Caregiver Leave:
Enhanced, flexible primary and secondary caregiver leave.

Annual Training Allowance:
Encourage personal and professional development. This allowance may be used towards conferences, seminars, and training courses which supplement extensive on-site training materials.

Pension Scheme:
Generous pension and retirement savings plans.

Sabbatical:
Generous sabbatical after you've been with the company for 8 years and every 4 years after that.
Generous charity matching scheme and ample opportunities to become involved in the community


Carbon Offset Programme:
The company offsets its CO2 emissions annually and aims to sustainably source all office materials.

Health and wellness benefits include an onsite gym & classes (LDN and NYC), gym subsidies in other regions, access to mental health support, and subscriptions to mindfulness platforms.

Employee Referral Programme:
Bonus for each successful hire in the month your referral joins the company.
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