Full Stack Developer (Front Office Trading)

Department Overview and Job Description:

• Strong risk management combined with the stability that comes from being part of one of the largest banking groups in the world underpin our success.  Joining us youll become an integral part of a dynamic team that spans nationalities cultures and backgrounds drawing together people from a
• FO I.T. Client and Sales facing is an I.T. group providing applications to the Investment Bank Global Market Front Office for e-commerce of both EQD and fixed income products.  It comprises approximately 200 people across London Lisbon Paris New York and Mumbai. Amongst other things this group is responsible for the development of the award-winning Cortex FX application and for electronic connectivity to customers and exchanges throughout the world.
• Within this department there are multiple roles developing internally and externally facing applications for pricing and trading cash and structure products across the different product lines through the SmartDerivatives and Cortex brands. The applications are delivered via HTML5 UI technologies and a mix and Java server-side components to manage downstream service interactions and orchestration from pricing through to booking. The projects are undergoing some transformation both with UI platform convergence with like applications but also modularization and industrialization of services to provide a scalable robust platform for upcoming years of growth.
• To further enhance Cortex FX and associated platforms we are seeking to appoint a talented developer with proven experience and HTML5/Javascript application development and preferably with FX product experience to help complete platform migrations and then to extend capabilities and interoperability with other applications as required.

Main Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Participate in an Agile based software development life-cycle including technical analysis documentation development testing and code reviews                                                      
• Collaborate with the production support team for release and maintenance of the components.                                                 
• Work closely with the other developers in determining and following best development and architecture practice.                                                          
• Propose and provide feedback from experience/knowledge on architecture design technology choices and technology direction of the platform.
• Train and mentor less experienced participants through instruction pair programming and code review.
• Fully participate in requirement and design meetings for new functionality.
• Develop reference implementations and documentation for platform features
• Moderate and review development contributions from the development community                                           

Qualifications :

Technical skills:

• Software development experience in an enterprise environment
• Strong development skills and experience with C#
• Strong development skills and experience with Javascript/Typescript and HTML5.
• Strong development skills and experience with common JS frameworks and libraries and other web technologies e.g. Angular React Web Components RxJS.
• Good development skills and experience with CSS.
• Excellent knowledge of programming best practices design patterns etc.
• Strong interest in continuous improvement and all aspects of software development and delivery
• Agile practitioner using Scrum. 
• Strong understanding of test-driven development and continuous integration practices                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

• Experience with patterns and libraries (i.e. Reactive Extensions (RX) Unity NUnit)
• Experience developing large real-time financial trading applications.
• Experience with real time messaging protocols.
• Front office development experience in any of : Interest Rates products FX FX Options
• Financial product knowledge in Interest Rates products FX FX Options
• An ability to design performant software and an understanding of application performance profiling

Language skills:

• English - Mastery

Soft skills:

• Desire to learn quickly and ability to adapt to a fast-changing environment                                      
• Presentation skills                                       
• Strong problem-solving skills     
• Strong communication skills both orally and in writing inside and outside the team.  

Additional Information :

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time