8 months ago
London, United KingdomEntry Level / Mid Level
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain bespoke e-trading tools and solutions for FX traders.
- Provide real-time Front Office support for urgent trading and production issues.
- Build and enhance analytics, pricing tools, automation scripts, and workflow solutions using Python.
- Work with FX traders to gather requirements and deliver technical solutions.
- Support and improve e-trading platforms, execution workflows, and trade lifecycle processes.
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve issues in live trading environments.
- Prioritize tasks according to urgency and business impact while managing stakeholder expectations.
- Collaborate with internal technology, quant, operations, risk, and global trading teams, as well as occasional external stakeholders.
- Produce clear reporting and updates for team and management structures.
Requirements
- Strong Python development skills are mandatory, along with VBA experience.
- Solid understanding of fixed-income markets, swaps, bonds, other asset classes, and trading processes.
- Experience working in a Front Office or e-trading environment.
- Strong mathematical and analytical ability with a background suited to quantitative disciplines such as quantitative finance, financial engineering, mathematics, physics, or similar.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and support time-critical systems in high-pressure environments.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage confidently with traders and senior stakeholders.
- A proactive, resilient, delivery-focused approach with strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- An MSc or equivalent advanced degree in a quantitative field such as quantitative finance, mathematics, engineering, physics, computer science, or similar is highly desirable.
Benefits
- Hybrid working in London with three days per week in the office.
- Opportunity to work directly with an FX trading desk in a leading financial services and investment banking environment.
- Global interaction with trading and technology teams.
