Java Developer – Algorithmic Trading & SOR Technology

UBS Financial Services; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

Java Developer – Algorithmic Trading & SOR Technology

Location: United Kingdom

Job Reference #: 314240BR

Job Type: Full Time

Your Role

Are you passionate about delivering robust and scalable algorithmic trading systems? Are you motivated to deliver real business value? We're looking for someone to:

1. Work as part of a front-office Product Development technology team responsible for development of the Algorithmic Trading and Smart Order Routing engines in EMEA.
2. Implement algorithmic order execution requirements and help design business solutions with our Quants and Algorithmic Trading desks, delivering change in an Agile way.
3. Help deliver new product features and adapt trading system components to enhance order internalisation, interaction with external liquidity venues and execution at benchmark prices.
4. Bring an engineering mind-set to systems development; contribute to the evolution of our global platform target-state architecture; implement functionality and features that can be reused across regions and asset-classes.
5. Ensure that non-functional requirements around performance, stability, recovery and resiliency of the platform are being met.
6. Increase automated testing of distributed algo-engine components.
7. Collaborate with other global IT teams, Quants and Traders across regions and asset-classes.
8. Perform level 3 support, assisting production operations team in rollout and support-related matters.

Your Team

You'll be working with the Algos technology team in London. We are a front-office development team, part of the Execution Services Agency Trading stream within the Investment Banking Global Markets division. We are responsible for providing best-in-class award-winning execution trading algorithms, smart order routing (SOR) and direct market access for a large number of global clients based both internally and externally across Equities, Exchange Traded Derivatives (ETD) and FX asset classes.

Your Expertise

1. Practical working knowledge of Core Java in a server-side environment.
2. Experience developing, delivering and maintaining software in a real-time, event-driven, distributed application environment.
3. Successfully applied solutions to meet non-functional requirements such as stability, capacity, latency/ throughput, monitoring and logging.
4. Hands-on experience of agile software development practices and methodologies, automated testing and CI/CD build and deployment processes.
5. A proven background in software engineering with a degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering or related discipline.
6. Experience in a similar Investment Banking / Electronic Trading environment is highly desirable, but not essential.
7. Passionate about using software to solve complex business problems.
8. A proven team player able to work in a collaborative way across business units, teams and regions.
9. Self-motivated and able to progress tasks with autonomy and integrity.

About Us

UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors.

Join Us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.