Fullstack Developer

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

Job summary

A specialized IT recruitment firm is seeking a software developer for a 6-month contract within Investment Banking in London. The role involves participating in an Agile development life-cycle, focusing on the development of applications for pricing and trading cash and structured products. Candidates should have at least 5 years of experience in enterprise software development, particularly with .NET and modern JavaScript frameworks. The position requires effective communication skills and the ability to mentor junior developers. Competitive inside IR35 contract terms will apply.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of software development experience in an enterprise environment.
• Strong development skills and experience with .NET.
• Excellent knowledge of programming best practices and design patterns.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile software development life-cycle.
• Collaborate with production support team for component maintenance.
• Train and mentor less experienced participants through pair programming.

Skills

.NET

JavaScript (Angular, Web Components)

CSS

Continuous Integration

Test Driven Development

Software Design Patterns

Real-time Financial Trading Applications

Communication Skills

Job description

6 month contract - Inside IR35 - Investment Banking, London

FO I.T. Client and Sales facing is an I.T. group providing applications to the Investment Bank Global Market Front Office for e-commerce of both EQD and fixed income products. It comprises approximately 200 people across London, Paris, New York and Mumbai. Amongst other things, this group is responsible for the development of the award-winning Cortex FX application and for electronic connectivity to customers and exchanges throughout the world.

Within this department there are multiple roles developing internally and externally facing applications for pricing and trading cash and structure products across the different product lines through the Smart Derivatives and Cortex brands. The applications are delivered via HTML5 UI technologies and a mix of .NET and Java server side components to manage downstream service interactions and orchestration from pricing through to booking. The projects are undergoing some transformation both with UI platform convergence with like applications but also modularization and industrialization of services to provide a scalable, robust platform for upcoming years of growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in an Agile based software development life-cycle including technical analysis, documentation, development, testing and code reviews.
• Collaborate with the production support team for release and maintenance of the components.
• Work closely with the other developers in determining and following best development and architecture practice.
• Propose and provide feedback from experience/knowledge on architecture, design, technology choices and technology direction of the platform.
• Train and mentor less experienced participants through instruction, pair programming and code review.
• Fully participate in requirement and design meetings for new functionality.
• Develop reference implementations and documentation for platform features
• Moderate and review development contributions from the development community

Skills and Experience

• At least 5 years software development experience in an enterprise environment
• Strong development skills and experience with .NET
• Good development skills and experience with common JS libraries and other web technologies e.g. Angular, Web Components.
• Good development skills and experience with CSS.
• Excellent knowledge of programming best practices, design patterns etc.
• Strong interest in continuous improvement and all aspects of software development and delivery
• Strong understanding of test driven development and continuous integration practices
• Strong communication skills, both orally and in writing, inside and outside the team.
• Desire to learn quickly and ability to adapt to a fast changing environment.
• Experience with common .NET patterns and libraries (i.e. Reactive Extensions (RX), Unity, NUnit)
• Experience developing large, real-time financial trading applications.
• Experience with real time messaging protocols.
• Front office development experience in any of : Interest Rates products, FX, FX Options
• Financial product knowledge in Interest Rates products, FX, FX Options
• An ability to design performant software and an understanding of application performance profiling.

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.