Front Office Developer (Commando)

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[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Group plc (NASDAQ: MRX) is a diversified global financial services platform providing essential liquidity, market access and infrastructure services to clients across energy, commodities and financial markets. The group provides comprehensive breadth and depth of coverage across four core services: clearing, agency and execution, market making, and hedging and investment solutions. It has a leading franchise in many major metals, energy and agricultural products, with access to 60 exchanges. The group provides access to the world’s major commodity markets, covering a broad range of clients that include some of the largest commodity producers, consumers and traders, banks, hedge funds and asset managers. With more than 40 offices worldwide, the group has over 2,300 employees across Europe, Asia and the Americas. For more information visit https://www.[Employer hidden].com/.

Role Summary

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Solutions is a division of [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Spectron providing investment banking solutions with a fintech mindset. We aim to become the world’s leading manufacturer of cross asset, customised derivatives. We are looking for a Front Office Developer (Commando) to deliver tools and applications to the trading desk to cover and improve hedging & risk management, pricing and ad-hoc trading activities. To succeed in this role, the candidate must have a strong technological background and good understanding of the trading activity. Based in London, the Front Office Developer will be part of the Derivatives Engine within [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Solutions and will work closely with Trading, Quants and Technology.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and participate in the support of applications for the Derivatives Engine Trading Desk, to cover hedging & risk management, pricing, and ad-hoc trading activities.
• Ensure that trading applications are conforming to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] technology testing standards and that proper support plans are in place.
• Work closely with Quants and Technology to ensure that Trading requirements are understood and accounted for in the design and implementation of global applications. When needed, help with the handover of tactical applications to Technology teams.
• Work closely with Trading to improve the technological maturity of the team and identify areas where gains can be made.
• Desire to gain deep understanding of structured products trading activities.

Skills and Experience

• Ability to adapt to business needs and quickly understand requirements, design solutions, and deploy applications dedicated to specific tasks.
• Strong applied Python knowledge required.
• Professional developer experience required.
• Good experience in software design, OOP, and deploying Production-level code.
• Good communication skills, including ability to explain complex matters simply and to translate requirements into performant code.
• Ability to work autonomously and under pressure, with a good understanding of balancing tasks across shifting priorities.
• Experience with structured products/equities derivatives trading activities a plus.
• 2 – 5 years of experience (candidates outside of this range will also be considered).

Company Values

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is fully committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We value the differences that a diverse workforce brings to the company. We welcome applications from candidates returning to the workforce. Also, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to avoiding circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you, please include it in your application.

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