Rapid Application Developer – IT Quant

MARGO; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consultancy is seeking a Rapid Application Developer to join their team in London. The role involves using rapid application development techniques to work on high-profile projects in a front-office environment, focusing on trading software development. Candidates should have strong skills in programming languages like C++, Java, or Python and knowledge of database management as well as cloud platforms. This position offers a dynamic work environment within the finance industry.

Qualifications

• Strong skills in C++ or Java or Python development, with a good understanding of their ecosystem.
• Experience in managing structured and unstructured data.
• Proficient with cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.

Responsibilities

• Use rapid application development techniques for quick turn-around of high-profile projects.
• Build trading framework software through close interaction with traders and quants.
• Support and enhance various ad-hoc infrastructure applications.

Skills

C++ or Java or Python development

Database, SQL, VBA knowledge

Git, Unix Shell proficiency

Structured, unstructured data management

Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP)

Proactive and flexible approach

Interest in front-office environment

Ability to work independently

Job description

Margo is a Tech Native consultancy covering high value-added IT expertise for the market finance industry. We believe that the smart alliance between complex IT topics and the finance area brings the most challenging topics to our consultants: low latency, multithreading, high data volume…

Joining Margo as an IT consultant, is the promise to be part of a human-sized company with an internal monitoring and tailor-made training policy that assure you to develop your skills.

Its offers are organised around 3 main expertise: IT Support, Rapid Application Development and Software Development.

Margo is seeking a Rapid Application Developer – IT Quant to integrate its teams within a worldwide corporate and investment bank.

Key Responsibilities

• Use rapid application development techniques for quick turn-around of high-profile projects
• Build the trading framework software, through close interaction with traders and quants
• Support and enhance various ad-hoc infrastructure applications, processes, databases, production surveillance and control tools
• Report and track performance indicators for the front office traders with many aspects of electronic and algorithmic trading, back testing, and data management systems
• Contribute to design and implement data store and its API
• Monitor fetching processes and data health
• Integrate alternative datasets

Financial products

• Forex
• Equities and derivatives
• Emerging markets
• Commodities
• Risk and PnL
• Credit and rates
• Exchange-traded funds
• Convertible bonds

Skills required

• Strong skills in C++ or Java or Python development (depending on the team/project) with good understanding of their ecosystem
• Good database, SQL, VBA knowledge
• Proficient use of common tooling: Git, Unix Shell
• Experience in structured, unstructured data management and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP…)
• Proactive and flexible approach to deal with challenges, lean complex quantitative concepts and identify emerging and alternative data
• Interest to work within front-office environment and interact with traders, researchers and business managers
• Ability to work independently within a global team and deliver when under pressure and time constraints