Developer - Systematic Trading

Millennium; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium is seeking a Developer in Greater London to design and support applications in a Trading team. The role involves working with PMs, traders, and quants, using technologies like KDB+/Q, Git, and Linux. Applicants should have a degree in Computer Science or Mathematics and strong communication and analytical skills. Responsibilities include enhancing systems, troubleshooting data issues, and developing APIs and monitoring solutions in a high-pressure environment.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related is essential.
• Knowledge of Q/KDB+ is an advantage.
• Familiarity with Linux is preferred.
• Strong communication skills are necessary.
• Ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with PMs, traders, and quants to enhance systems.
• Load data from various sources.
• Create monitoring systems for data issues.
• Develop APIs for data access.
• Implement streaming analytics and real-time monitoring.
• Build a testing framework.
• Improve existing codebase continuously.

Skills

Q/KDB+

Linux

Communication skills

Quick learner

Detail oriented

Education

Master or Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related area

Tools

Git

Gradle

Job description

We are seeking a Developer to join one of Millennium’s long standing & successful Trading teams, currently comprising of 18. This role will design, develop and support a strategic set of applications for data collection, analytics and trading for this systematic team.

Main technologies: KDB+/Q, Git, Gradle, Linux.

Principal Responsibilities

• Work directly with PMs, traders and quants to support and enhance system
• Load data from multiple external and internal sources
• Build monitoring system to proactively spot any data issues
• Create APIs for the business to access data
• Develop streaming analytics and real-time monitoring
• Develop testing framework
• Continual improvement of existing codebase

Qualifications/Skills Required

• Master or Bachelor Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or related area
• Knowledge of Q/KDB+ is an advantage
• Familiarity with Linux is preferred
• Quick learner, Detail oriented; Demonstrable thoroughness and strong ownership of work
• Good team player with a strong willingness to participate and help others
• Able to prioritize in a fast moving, high pressure, constantly changing environment; High sense of urgency
• Strong communication skills