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Rapid Application Developer – IT Quant

LondonOn-siteFull-time

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Rapid Application Developer working with IT Quant in a front-office trading environment. Builds trading framework software, supports ad-hoc infrastructure tools, and collaborates with traders and quants on data, performance, and risk-related needs.

About this role

Margo is a Tech Native consultancy covering high value-added IT expertise for the market finance industry. We believe that the smart alliance between complex IT topics and the finance area brings the most challenging topics to our consultants: low latency, multithreading, high data volume…
Joining Margo as an IT consultant, is the promise to be part of a human-sized company with an internal monitoring and tailor-made training policy that assure you to develop your skills.
Its offers are organised around 3 main expertise: IT Support, Rapid Application Development and Software Development.

Margo is seeking a Rapid Application Developer – IT Quant to integrate its teams within a worldwide corporate and investment bank.

Key Responsibilities

  • Use rapid application development techniques for quick turn-around of high-profile projects
  • Build the trading framework software, through close interaction with traders and quants
  • Support and enhance various ad-hoc infrastructure applications, processes, databases, production surveillance and control tools
  • Report and track performance indicators for the front office traders with many aspects of electronic and algorithmic trading, back testing, and data management systems
  • Contribute to design and implement data store and its API
  • Monitor fetching processes and data health
  • Integrate alternative datasets

    • Financial products

  • Forex
  • Equities and derivatives
  • Emerging markets
  • Commodities
  • Risk and PnL
  • Credit and rates
  • Exchange-traded funds
  • Convertible bonds

    • Skills required

  • Strong skills in C++ or Java or Python development (depending on the team/project) with good understanding of their ecosystem
  • Good database, SQL, VBA knowledge
  • Proficient use of common tooling: Git, Unix Shell
  • Experience in structured, unstructured data management and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP…)
  • Proactive and flexible approach to deal with challenges, lean complex quantitative concepts and identify emerging and alternative data
  • Interest to work within front-office environment and interact with traders, researchers and business managers
  • Ability to work independently within a global team and deliver when under pressure and time constraints

    • Skills

    APIsAWSBacktestingC++Cloud PlatformsControl ToolsData Health MonitoringData ManagementData StoresETLFront-office SystemsGCPGitJavaProduction SurveillanceProficient ToolingPythonSQLStructured DataTrading FrameworkUnix ShellUnstructured DataVBA

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