Front Office Developer

JR United Kingdom; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment banking client seeks a Front Office Tactical Developer for a 12-month contract. The role focuses on enhancing and maintaining critical reporting and framework for front office operations. Ideal candidates will have a solid background in risk and PnL support along with strong programming skills in JAVA, C#, and Python.

Qualifications

• Previous experience with front-office risk and PnL support and development.
• Understanding of equity products.
• Exposure to Derivatives in a front-office role.

Responsibilities

• Work as a business aligned RAD developer in the front office Technology team.
• Enhancement and maintenance of RAD FO reporting, market data contribution, and risk/PnL framework.
• Utilize Rapid Application Development techniques for high-profile projects.

Skills

JAVA

C#

C++

Python

Excel

VBA

SQL

Job description

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Our industry leading investment banking client is looking for a Front Office Tactical Developer to join on a 12 month contract with the potential to extend further

Key Responsibilities

• Work as a business aligned RAD developer in our front office Technology team.

• Work on the enhancement and maintenance of the RAD FO reporting, market data contribution, risk and PnL framework.

• Use Rapid Application Development techniques for quick turn-around of high-profile projects.

Skills and Experience

• Previous experience of front-office risk and PnL support and development.

• Good understanding of equity products.

• Good knowledge of JAVA/C#/C++, Python, Excel / VBA, SQL (SQL Server, Oracle).

• Candidates with proven experience should also have had good exposure to Derivatives, ideally in a front-office facing role, and an in-depth understanding of the business.

Expertise

• Solid grasps of JAVA / .NET C#, with a good knowledge of its ecosystem.

• Highly motivated to work directly for a front-office IT team.

• Proactive and flexible approach to dealing with challenges.

• Strong communication and analytical skills – able to work with trading desks, business management, Quantitative Research and IT teams to build and deliver solutions.

• Analytical Skills – ability to follow complex quantitative concepts.

• Able to work independently and deliver when under pressure and time constraints.