Senior Software Developer

Luxoft; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A large international technology firm is seeking software engineers to develop risk management and trading management systems. Applicants should have solid programming skills in languages like Scala, Java, and Python, as well as an understanding of development practices and algorithms. A degree in a related field is preferred. Opportunities for continual learning in the trading business are offered.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn commodity trading context and map software to business problems.
• Experience with development practices like version control and code reviews.
• Familiarity with databases and network protocols.

Responsibilities

• Write performance-oriented software in object-oriented languages.
• Deliver projects within cost, time, and quality constraints.
• Collaborate with business analysts, testers, and project managers.

Skills

Programming in Scala

Programming in Java

Scripting with Python

Understanding of algorithms and data structures

Ability to work with Linux command line

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Project description

Our client, a large international commodity trading company, is expanding its internal software development team and is looking for programmers to join the team working on a new generation risk management and position keeping, and trading management systems.We are looking for mature software engineers with in-depth experience of writing performance orientated and highly reliable software, who love and understand technology and also understand or are willing to understand the trading business. We expect the joiners to work on a fairly wide range of tasks: from purely business functionality to its underlying technological foundations; we also expect them to come up with well thought-out, simple, robust, testable, and elegant solutions.

Responsibilities

• - Writing performance orientated and highly reliable software in object - oriented languages for risk & position keeping system- Delivering within cost, time, and quality constraints of projects- Needs to work closely with business analysts, testers, and project managers

SKILLS

Must have

• - Ability and willingness to acquire bits of business knowledge and to map software solutions they work on to business problems. Newcomers do not need to be readily proficient in commodity trading but must be willing to learn the relevant business context- Ability and willingness to actively contribute to system quality: re-think and re-work problematic parts, work on automated tests, observability, development ergonomics, etc.- Ability to program in real-world general-purpose programming languages (Scala, Kotlin, Java, C#, etc.) as well as in common scripting languages (bash, Python, etc.). We use Scala but it is okay to have little experience with it- Ability to follow common development practices: version control, code reviews, etc.- Understanding of basic data structures and algorithms along with their performance characteristics- Having a working understanding of databases and common network protocols- Having a sensible idea of how JVM works- Being able to do common tasks in Linux command line

Nice to have

- We would generally expect the candidate to be educated to at least degree level (or equivalent) in either Computer Science or another hard science or engineering discipline- Team members should be able to communicate in passable English