Electronic FX Strategist (Java) - Vice President

Job title: Electronic FX Strategist

Corporate Title: Vice President

Department: Wholesale Digital Office, Global Markets

Location: London (Hybrid)

Company overview

[Employer hidden] is a global financial services group with an integrated network spanning approximately 30 countries and regions. By connecting markets East & West, [Employer hidden] services the needs of individuals, institutions, corporates and governments through its three business divisions: Wealth Management, Investment Management, and Wholesale (Global Markets and Investment Banking). Founded in 1925, the firm is built on a tradition of disciplined entrepreneurship, serving clients with creative solutions and considered thought leadership. For further information about [Employer hidden], visit www.[Employer hidden].com

Department Overview:

E-Trading Strategy FX sits within [Employer hidden]’s Global Markets division. FX is a strategic franchise for [Employer hidden] with the team focusing on all quant and tech elements of the Electronic FX flows within [Employer hidden]. This ranges from market making (the models, the curve and subsequent price distribution), our aggregator and the algos within it and other such projects such as our web-enabled Single Dealer Platform. In short – if it’s electronically handled within [Employer hidden] it flows through one of the systems the team owns.

This is a very exciting opportunity to be a key part of this growing team who are focused on building out the [Employer hidden] FX franchise. We are in the midst of a number of transformational deliveries with targeted franchise growth. You will be working with the wider development team in Singapore and London to build out a number of innovative solutions for our clients – all of which need to operate in an ultra-low latency environment to be competitive. Our focus is to build high-quality engineered platforms that can handle all aspects of our business – both today and tomorrow as we grow our 24 hours a day, 5 and half days a week FX business.

Role description:

• Development and engineering of all aspects of FX market making and FX algorithmic trading
• Manage and work on projects related to FX products
• To liaise and work closely with the Macro Trading and Sales teams

Skills, experience, qualifications and knowledge required:

• Solid experience in high performance, advanced Java with knowledge of core data structure design
• Proven experience in Financial Markets with pricing and / or market making
• Experience in FX such as market microstructure, order management or Regulatory Reporting would be beneficial
• Prior experience of Spring Boot, Gradle, Solace, FIX protocol, concurrent programming, JVM tuning, and Full Stack (React, Vue.js) would be beneficial
• Familiarity with AI coding assistants and ability to effectively leverage them while maintaining code quality standards
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic front office environment, balancing competing priorities from sales and trading stakeholders
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across technical and business teams
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related quantitative field from an accredited education institution