Graduate Trading Platform Engineer
2016-09-14 11:35:07
2017-02-06 00:00:00
- Woking, Surrey
- £25K
- 6th Feb ’17
- Closed
A leading supplier of global financial trading software. The company has offices in New York, London, Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong with development centres located in each major region. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is globally renowned for its financial software products. Their applications are sold in all of the world's major financial centres to top-tier investment banks.
When combined with the implementation skills of more than 150 experienced specialists, the company's trading platform has become the natural choice for the majority of the world's top tier investment banks.
They are seeking individuals to join their Service Delivery group in their Trading Platform Delivery department. This department is responsible for implementing and maintaining their multi-asset, sell-side trading platforms on a managed, Software as a Service (SaaS) basis. It also provides specialist consultancy services to their Enterprise client base.
As a Trading Platform Delivery Engineer you will be responsible for the implementation and configuration of the Trading Platform software. This includes building new customer systems, performing software upgrades, enabling new functionality and handling customer change and enhancement requests, including the delivery of bespoke software solutions via a software delivery cycle.
As the individual develops client-facing opportunities may become available. This may include liaising directly with clients to understand their functional requirements or to work on-site (in an investment bank or brokerage house in London or in another European country) for a period of time.
This demanding and varied role will offer many technical and professional challenges, with the opportunity to learn about global financial trading markets.
Requirements:
- Must be able to demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Must have knowledge of at least one programming or scripting language.
- Although not a pure development role, there is a requirement to be able to understand code and programming fundamentals and have an ability to develop software solutions using the software building blocks provided by training.
- Must have a degree in a Computer Science, Engineering or a numerate discipline and have obtained or be expecting to obtain a 2:1 or above (or regional equivalent).