Senior eTrading Developer | London, UK

Job Title: Senior eTrading Developer
Location: Canary Wharf, London – Hybrid – 2/3 Times P/Week
Job Type: Contract – 35 Hours Per Week – Mon – Fri
Company: HSBC
Rate: £899.03 P/Day – Inside IR35 – UMB

Overview: Join our dynamic FX eRisk IT team at HSBC's Global Banking and Markets division. We are dedicated to designing and implementing cutting-edge components to enhance our share of the FX market. Our focus is on reducing latency in trader position management, improving customer pricing quality, and advancing algorithmic trading capabilities.

Role Purpose: As a Senior eTrading Developer, you will be instrumental in managing liquidity, generating client prices, and handling order execution using algorithmic methods. You will collaborate with team members to design, develop, test, and release highly reliable distributed systems, some of which are client-facing.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Liaise with business stakeholders to understand requirements.
2. Create detailed technical designs for components.
3. Collaborate with external consultancies for technical and graphical design expertise.
4. Implement industry-standard development patterns and methodologies.
5. Conduct thorough testing before User Acceptance Testing.
6. Assist with deployment to development and test environments.
7. Participate in intra-day and overnight support rotas as needed.

Technical Skills:

1. Solid Java server-side development experience.
2. Expertise in multi-threaded development and highly available distributed systems.
3. Experience in developing and tuning low latency systems.
4. Knowledge of FX spot or Equities algo execution and pricing.

Non-Technical Skills:

1. Ability to write technical documentation.
2. Effective liaison with Front Office, Production Support, and other IT teams.

Business Knowledge:

1. Understanding of trading desks in large investment banks.
2. Experience in high volume, low latency FX environments.
3. Familiarity with enterprise systems and agile delivery of business requirements.
4. Knowledge of spot and forward FX market conventions.

Ideal Experience:

1. Front Office development in large investment banks.
2. Solid architectural work background.
3. Knowledge of enterprise integration and messaging technologies (e.g., 29 West, Multicast).
4. Familiarity with the FIX protocol and time series databases (e.g., KDB).
5. Understanding of lock-free algorithms, low latency tuning, and threading.

Candidate Profile:

1. Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
2. Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
3. Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
4. Self-starter with a flexible approach to delivery responsibilities.