About the position
Are you looking to join a company at the forefront of innovation and transformation? Look no further than Talan! We are seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our team and work on Derivatives IT projects. The ideal candidate will have expertise in C++ and be passionate about developing new features on Trade and Market Access Platforms. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology and collaborate with a dynamic group of professionals who are dedicated to excellence. You will have the chance to contribute to the development of our Finance engineering team and grow your career in a stimulating environment. If you are a skilled Software Engineer with a passion for finance and technology, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. Join us and take your career to the next level!
Responsibilities
- Design & Development: Interaction with traders and quantitative researchers: Analyze new ideas and requirements for development.
- Maintenance, improvement of trading application: New features, algorithms, enhancement of existing applications, optimization for speed, bug corrections.
- Implement algorithms in line with Compliance and Regulations (e.g. RegNMS, RegSHO, etc.).
- Monitoring: ensure that the trading platform is stable and works properly (scripts, batches, applications and infrastructure).
- Maintenance: adapt, improve, stabilize and automate the platform; help reduce the human factor and the number of manual interventions.
- Assistance to the users (traders and researchers).
- Interaction with Market Access teams to ensure proper quote reception and order sending capabilities.
- Interaction with IT Infra teams to ensure proper functioning of all devices: servers, firewalls, switches, database, filer, market- and inter-colo connectivity.
- Interaction with Operations to ensure proper accounting of the desk's positions: feed booking and other Back-Office systems.
- Interaction with compliance teams to understand the impact of regulations on trading platform.
Requirements
- 0 - 5 years relevant industry experience.
- Bachelor in Computer Science or related discipline required.
- Strong technical & problem solving (troubleshooting) skills.
- Real-time and multi-threaded programming.
- Network programming.
- SQL, Oracle PL/SQL.
- Scripting (Python, csh, bash).
- Excellent oral communication skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge in Finance a plus but not a requirement.
- Knowledge of multi-core architectures.
- Libraries: ACE, BOOST, QT.
- Masters preferred.
- DevOps and Continuous Delivery, Jenkins, JUnit, Gradle, Git.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- 15 days of paid vacation per year at hire and up to 27 according to seniority (annual untaken vacation days are cashed out)
- 8 paid holidays + 5 sick days + 2 personal days per year
- Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans + FSA
- Voluntary STD and LTD
- Commuter/transit benefits
