Engineer, Macro Application Support

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading asset management firm is seeking an experienced candidate to support their front office applications and integration with other systems. The position requires strong problem-solving skills, knowledge of financial markets, and technical expertise. The role involves collaboration with portfolio managers, traders, and analysts while working in a global environment.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in a hedge fund or similar environment.
• Familiarity with financial products such as IRS, FX Options, Bonds.
• Experience with application development and support.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain front, middle and back office systems.
• Collaborate with investment staff to resolve issues.
• Work with external vendors for technical support.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Education

Hedge fund experience

Tools

Excel/VBA

Bloomberg

Linux

C++

C#

Python

Job description

Client:

Balyasny Asset Management L.P.

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

be839dac4671

Job Views:

4

Posted:

02.06.2025

Expiry Date:

17.07.2025

Job Description:

OVERVIEW

This position is primarily focused on the support of front office applications, data and their integration with middle and back-office systems.The role will have a high level of interaction with the investment staff including, Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Analysts to proactively discover and understand issues and potential workflow/system improvements.The candidate should have a broad knowledge of financial markets and trade lifecycles, and ideally understand fundamental research, data, and analysis.The candidate should have technical skills with experience in database and application development.The optimal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of experience at an investment advisor with a strong experience with front, middle, and back office systems.

Responsibilities will include:

• Enhance, support and maintain the firm’s front, middle and back office systems
• Work as a part of the global application support team based in Chicago, New York, London, San Francisco and Hong Kong
• Proactively engage with PMs, Traders, and Analysts to resolve issues and identify improvement opportunities
• Support other geographic locations e.g., monitor jobs running overnight in Asia, Europe and US.
• Work with external vendors technical support teams to resolve issues and deliver strategic enhancements

QUALIFICATIONS&REQUIREMENTS:

In order to effectively represent the Company and communicate with clients, the employee must be someone who has:

• Support of development environments using agile methodologies and production environments within an ITIL framework
• Strong troubleshooting and creative problem-solving abilities, including being able to interpret, understand and troubleshoot internally developed systems
• Thorough understanding of Macro products e.g. IRS, FX Options, Bonds, Repos, OTC Equity Options, FX Forwards and Exotics.Must be able to discuss details of these products with Portfolio Managers, Analysts and Risk Managers.
• Experience building Excel/VBA tools
• Exposure to support of Linux, C++, C#, python based applications
• Experience working with Bloomberg market data
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Flexible hours – readiness to adjust work hours

EXPERIENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SYSTEMS BENEFICIAL:

• Middle/Back-office – Traiana/CTM/Omgeo Oasys
• Broker Trading Applications –Marquee/Passport/TT/FXALL/PinPoint
• Market Data services –BPIPE/SAPI/Reuters/FactSet/Axioma/Markit

EDUCATION,TRAINING&EXPERIENCE:

• 5-7 years of Hedge fund experience or similar

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Created on 02/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom