Java Developer eFX Rates Front Office E-Trading Pricing

Multiple contract roles for an investment banking client in London paying up to £850 per day (inside IR35)

Key skills for the Java Developer;

• Core Java - low level programming understanding (low latency)
• Electronic Trading knowledge
• Pricing
• Understanding of financial products (Fx, Rates)
• Experience working in an agile environment

About the Java Developer; ePricing, Low latency role/client:

My client is a globally renowned Investment bank based in London. They are currently on the lookout for a number of high-level Java Developers with good low-level programming understanding to join them on a build-out of a brand new business initiative that is crucial to their success. The team is made up of extremely talented java developers.

Interacting with the quant team is a large part of this role.

A solid understanding of low latency programming is important as well as some product knowledge of either FX or Interest Rates.

Java Developer; ePricing, Low latency

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Java Developer; ePricing, Low latency

Key skills for the Java Developer; ePricing, Low latency role:

• Core Java - low level programming understanding (low latency)
• Electronic Trading knowledge
• Pricing
• Understanding of FX or Interest rate product knowledge

About the Java Developer; ePricing, Low latency role/client:

My client is a globally renowned financial institution based in London. They are currently on the lookout for a Java Developer with good low level programming understanding to join them on a build out of a brand new business initiative that is crucial to their success. You will join a fairly small, but very high profile team. A good understanding of low latency programming is important as well as some product knowledge of either FX or Interest Rates.

Java Developer; ePricing, Low latency

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Java developer; Forward Pricing, Tier 1 IB

Key skills for the Java developer; Forward Pricing, Tier 1 IB role:

• Solid Core Java is essential
• Pricing
• Low level programming - Low latency, threading, sockets/networks
• C/C++ is a plus
• Business facing skills - sat on trading desk

About the Java developer; Forward Pricing, Tier 1 IB role:

• Greenfield development
• Lots of business exposure
• Sat on trading desk
• Business is driven from London
• Opportunity to "make your mark" on the system and improving what is there

About my client for the Java developer; Forward Pricing, Tier 1 IB role:

My client is a tier 1 investment bank based in London. They are seeking an additional Java developer to come on board in a mission critical area of the bank. They require a real technologist to be involved in the build out of their FX pricing trading system. This role requires an a good amount of low level programming and offers the opportunity to be sat on the trading desk, liaising directly with the business; quants and traders.

Java developer; Forward Pricing, Tier 1 IB

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Front End Developer - React, redux - Outside IR35 - Remote

An e-learning business in London is looking for a React Developer to join their business on an initial 3 month contract. Paying up to £500 per day outside IR35 you will be a working remotely on a one off project for the business.

Key Skills:

• Front end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript
• React
• Redux
• integration of third party front-end components
• strong UI/UX design skills alongside implementation would be a big plus
• effective remote worker
• decent experience on agile delivery teams, ideally in smaller companies

If you have the necessary skills then please apply now!

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

This role is initially a 6-month extendable contract role, Inside of IR35, paying up to £800 per day

My client within a fast-paced, front office FX team at a leading Investment Bank is looking to hire a new C++ Developer.

This role involves working very closely with the Quants and Traders mainly with the FX business unit.

The successful candidate will have exceptional software development and analytical skills with experience working with trading teams.

Skills needed;

- Exceptional C++ development skills

- In-depth knowledge of financial products (FX/ credit/ rates)

- Knowledge of pricing and risk in other asset classes

- Experience using C# and UI development would be a bonus

- Ability to communicate efficiently with the business

Please apply to find out more.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

We are working with a well known investment bank who are looking for a DevOps Engineer on a contracting basis.

You will focus on defining optimal architecture for the various eBond comnponents to satisfy non functional and functional requirements using cloud/hybrid mix.

You must have working knowledge of Openshift, Kubernetes and CI/CD. You must also have experience of working in an investment banking IT trading environment - preferably with Derivative products.

As this is a DevOps Engineer position, day to day, you will be expected to -

• Encompass systems engineering and performance, configuration management, and day to day operations.

• You'll seek to automate wherever possible to improve efficiency and support Infrastructure as a Service.

• You will also promote DevOps best practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, branching strategy, and environment decoupling) and manage and maintain a multi-cloud environment (AWS, Azure).

Essential

• DevOps Engineer background (or something similar)

• Experience with Cloud/Container platforms e.g. Openshift/Kubernetes

• Programming knowledge for automation, e.g. bash scripts

• Good understanding of Security principles

• Continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) experience

• IT Trading environment experience

• Knowledge of derivative or Fixed Income products

Desirable

• Agile Development Practices

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Scala Developer; Hadoop/Spark - Investment Bank

Key skills for the Scala Developer; Hadoop/Spark - Investment Bank role:

• Scala Development
• Big data technology - Hadoop/Spark
• Working in an agile manner - TDD and pair programming
• Confidence working in front office - lots of interaction with traders and stakeholders
• Genuine interest in following agile practices

Key responsibilities for the Scala Developer; Hadoop/Spark - Investment Bank role:

• Working with the users to help define the requirements for the product
• Writing robust, well tested software in Scala
• Working with users to validate that new features have met the intended requirements
• Building brand new pricing system

About the Scala Developer; Hadoop/Spark - Investment Bank role:

They are seeking an experienced Scala Developer to join them in a business critical area of the firm. They need someone with a good understanding of big data technologies (Hadoop/Spark). You will be responsible for building a brand new pricing system in Scala. Their stack is light-weight and changeable. There will be lots of involvement with the business and users.

Scala Developer; Hadoop/Spark - Investment Bank

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Fantastic Opportunity for an experienced software developer or programmer whom specialises in Java and or Python to work in a dynamic strats team for a Global Investment Bank. Key business areas are Fixed Income and FX products with a particular focus on the redevelopment of the Bonds pricing platform.

The role will involve working closely with Quant analyst(s) and the trading business to design from scratch over a multi-year period a new pricing platform.

The E-Trading platforms provide dealer-to-client and dealer-to-dealer solutions across Rates, FX and Credit; cash and derivatives.

The ideal candidate with have a solid understanding of E-Trading principles coupled yield curve pricing knowledge.

Technical skills that would be useful for this role:

• Advanced Java (e.g. multi-threading, Low Latency, GC optimisation).
• Python would be nice
• Cloud AWS or similar
• Dev Ops CI CD and TDD Agile Pair Programming
• Object oriented design and development, design patterns.
• GIT, Maven

Systems knowledge of:

• Use of open source analytics libraries.
• Dealer-to-client trading venues and workflows
• Experience of RFQ or execution systems.
• Experience of auto-hedging strategies.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Python, Jira, Quant Development, Model Development, Algorithms

My client is a leading global investment bank, currently seeking a Python Quant Developer to work on a brand-new area of the business. The successful candidate will join a leading group of word class quantitative analysts and developers responsible for Risk Models Research and Development within the business. This is a front office business critical role directly linked to revenue generation and will involve developing cutting-edge software libraries and APIs for quantitative modellers as part of a global team.

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Python development within a quantitative environment (expert level)
• Model Development experience
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Coding experience with one of the following: Java, C++ or C#
• TDD
• Prior experience within the front office is a must (ideally buyside or with a major investment bank)
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management experience
• Strong knowledge of financial products, asset classes and risk

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Global Banking Firm seek multiple Java Developers for a 12+ month contract working on a large risk platform. Starting in January interviews December.

• 8+ years hands on development with investment banking IT experience or similar
• Java 8 (essential streaming, map and reduce functions), Multi-Threading, and Performance tuning in JVM is a plus.
• Strong understanding on Data structure and Algorithm
• Java Restful API design and development
• Development experience on functional programming, such as Haskell /Scala or others, is a plus.
• Experience of one or any distributed cache like Hazelcast/Redis/Memcached
• Spring Boot and Integration experience is a plus
• Oracle PL/SQL development background, SQL Tuning
• Familiarity and confidence working in an agile development environment
• Familiarity with CI/CD and devops

Excellent Opportunity candidates looking for a long term contract should apply.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Java FX Options Trading Developer – Contract – Umbrella/PAYE – Remote/London

One of the most successful Banks in the world is looking for an expert level java developer to work for their FX Options Trading Desk and enhance their electronic offering to clients globally. They are investing heavily at this time to enhance their position within the FX market, with particular focus on their London Headquarters for this desk.

The role will require development of both greenfield components and enhancements to legacy systems, working with Quants and Traders on models and also working on low level advanced technical enhancements, with a big focus on low latency systems development

You must be an expert in multi-threaded java, with experience on low latency, high performance systems. This is a fast paced, high action environment!

Up to £700 per day! 12 month contract

Requirements overview:

• Expert level multi-threaded Java development skills
• Low Latency systems experience
• Ability to run a project within a team and as an individual
• Experience working with Quants/Traders (Ideally FX Options knowledge)
• Strong academic background (STEM subjects preferred)

Full job spec can be provided upon application

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.

Java Technical lead - Investment Bank - Contract - LTD - TP33350

This is a London-based contract role paying up to £750 per day, outside of IR35.

The client within a successful business-critical team in a global investment bank is on the lookout for a technical lead.

The team work in a modern java environment and are responsible for the development of server-side applications supporting integration, workflow, and data migration. This includes data transformation, workflow design, coding and API's.

The successful Technical lead will;

- Provide expert technical guidance to the team whilst remaining in line with company standards.

- Drive the architecture of the project whilst liaising with the company architecture team.

- Have a strong background in java and workflow systems.

- Be able to mentor junior developers.

- Provide a key input on technical changes to drive the team forward

Skills;

- Core Java (J2SE)

- Good UI (HTML%/Angular/React) understanding

- Experience with C#

To confirm this role CAN be paid via LTD Company.

If this sounds interesting and you believe you are suitable, please apply.

McGregor Boyall is an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on any grounds.