High-Performance Java Quant Developer, Front Office Trading

Greenhouse Software, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

ISAM Securities in London is seeking a highly capable Quantitative Developer to join the in-house trading platform team. You will build ultra-high-performance front-office software for pricing, execution and risk management, using Java and C++ in a 24x7 production environment.

You will collaborate with quantitative researchers to implement models at scale, design distributed systems, and manage releases while trading. Knowledge of Python or C++ and agile problem-solving are welcome.

Qualifications

• Outstanding Java coding with an interest in finance and technology.
• Experience of very high performance zero-GC and lock free software engineering in Java.
• Experience with Aeron, Disruptor, SBE, Artio or Agrona and HA/distributed systems concepts.
• Knowledge of Python/C++ advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Build ultra high-performance front-office software for pricing, execution and risk management.
• Work closely with our quantitative research team to reliably implement models in a scalable and HA fashion.
• Develop in a manner to reflect the 24x7 operation of our trading platform, including distributed systems design and the deployment of software releases whilst trading.

Skills

Java

Zero-GC Java

Lock-free

Distributed systems

Python

C++

Tools

Aeron

Disruptor

SBE

Artio

Agrona

Job description

ISAM Securities in London is seeking a highly capable Quantitative Developer to join the in-house trading platform team. You will build ultra-high-performance front-office software for pricing, execution and risk management, using Java and C++ in a 24x7 production environment.

You will collaborate with quantitative researchers to implement models at scale, design distributed systems, and manage releases while trading. Knowledge of Python or C++ and agile problem-solving are welcome.