*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote* *We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role* A prestigious company is looking for a Director, Software Engineering - QRM. This director will manage 6 people and will help develop software applications and solutions for the quantitative management platform. This director will need hands-on experience with Java, DevOps, CICD, AWS, Containers, terraform, Etc. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain software and environments used to implement and test systems for pricing, margin risk and stress testing of financial products and derivatives. Configure and manage resources in the local and AWS cloud environments and deploy QRM's software on these resources. Develop CI/CD pipelines. Configure, execute, and monitor execution pipelines for model testing, backtesting and monitoring. Contribute to development of QRM's databases and ETLs. Integrate model prototypes, model library and model testing tools using best industry practices and innovations. Create unit and integration tests; build and enhance test automation tools. Participate in code reviews and demo accomplishments. Write technical documentation and user manuals. Provide production support and perform troubleshooting. Provide hands-on technical leadership and active coordination of tasks and priorities. Provide guidance and support for the team and reporting for the management. Qualifications: Master's degree or equivalent in a computational or numerical field such as computer science, information systems, mathematics, physics 10+ years of experience as a software developer with exposure to the cloud or high-performance computing areas Strong programming skills. Able to read and/or write code using a programming language (eg, Java, C++, Python, etc.) in a collaborative software development setting: The role requires advanced coding, database and environment manipulation skills. Proficiency in Java (preferred) or another object-oriented language is required, including effective application of design patterns and best coding practices. DevOps experience, with a good command of CI/CD process and tools (eg, Git, GitHub, Gradle, Jenkins, Docker, Helm, Harness). Experience in containerized deployment in cloud environments. Experienced with cloud technology (AWS preferred), infrastructure-as-code (eg Terraform), managing and orchestrating containerized workloads (eg Kubernetes). Experience with logging, profiling, monitoring, telemetry (eg Splunk, OpenTelemetry). Good command of database technology and query languages (SQL) and non-relational DB and other Big Data technology, including efficient storage and serialization protocols (eg Parquet, Avro, Protocol Buffers). Experience with automated quality assurance frameworks (eg, Junit, TestNG, PyTest, etc.). Experience with high performance and distributed computing. Experience with productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Office.
10/05/2024
Full time
*Hybrid, 3 days onsite, 2 days remote* *We are unable to sponsor as this is a permanent Full time role* A prestigious company is looking for a Director, Software Engineering - QRM. This director will manage 6 people and will help develop software applications and solutions for the quantitative management platform. This director will need hands-on experience with Java, DevOps, CICD, AWS, Containers, terraform, Etc. Responsibilities: Develop and maintain software and environments used to implement and test systems for pricing, margin risk and stress testing of financial products and derivatives. Configure and manage resources in the local and AWS cloud environments and deploy QRM's software on these resources. Develop CI/CD pipelines. Configure, execute, and monitor execution pipelines for model testing, backtesting and monitoring. Contribute to development of QRM's databases and ETLs. Integrate model prototypes, model library and model testing tools using best industry practices and innovations. Create unit and integration tests; build and enhance test automation tools. Participate in code reviews and demo accomplishments. Write technical documentation and user manuals. Provide production support and perform troubleshooting. Provide hands-on technical leadership and active coordination of tasks and priorities. Provide guidance and support for the team and reporting for the management. Qualifications: Master's degree or equivalent in a computational or numerical field such as computer science, information systems, mathematics, physics 10+ years of experience as a software developer with exposure to the cloud or high-performance computing areas Strong programming skills. Able to read and/or write code using a programming language (eg, Java, C++, Python, etc.) in a collaborative software development setting: The role requires advanced coding, database and environment manipulation skills. Proficiency in Java (preferred) or another object-oriented language is required, including effective application of design patterns and best coding practices. DevOps experience, with a good command of CI/CD process and tools (eg, Git, GitHub, Gradle, Jenkins, Docker, Helm, Harness). Experience in containerized deployment in cloud environments. Experienced with cloud technology (AWS preferred), infrastructure-as-code (eg Terraform), managing and orchestrating containerized workloads (eg Kubernetes). Experience with logging, profiling, monitoring, telemetry (eg Splunk, OpenTelemetry). Good command of database technology and query languages (SQL) and non-relational DB and other Big Data technology, including efficient storage and serialization protocols (eg Parquet, Avro, Protocol Buffers). Experience with automated quality assurance frameworks (eg, Junit, TestNG, PyTest, etc.). Experience with high performance and distributed computing. Experience with productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Office.
Murex Engineer - Financial Services - London - Permanent - hybrid (3 days office/2 days wfh) Our client, a leading financial markets and commodities bank based in the city of London is seeking a Murex Engineer to join their dynamic Global Markets IT Engineering team on a permanent basis. This role offers an exciting opportunity to play a crucial part in maintaining the CI toolset for the Murex platform and ecosystem. The successful candidate will be instrumental in defining and implementing software development life cycle processes, ensuring efficient code and configuration development while reducing errors, improving stability and enhancing code quality. This role provides a unique chance to gain a broad understanding of the Global Markets division and a diverse range of banking products. Join a dynamic Global Markets IT Engineering team Play a crucial role in maintaining the CI toolset for the Murex platform Opportunity to gain a broad understanding of the Global Markets division and diverse range of banking products What you'll do: As a Murex Engineer, you will be at the heart of our client's Global Markets IT Engineering team. Your primary responsibility will be to maintain the Continuous Integration (CI) toolset for the Murex platform, ensuring its optimal performance. You will also be tasked with resolving support requests and incidents, assisting teams with education on CI tools, maintaining the Murex platform's CI tooling, analysing issues raised by support teams, identifying inefficiencies, providing solutions, promoting CI tooling usage across teams, and continuously learning about market trends. Configure the Murex platform's CI tooling Monitor the performance of CI pipelines Resolve support requests and incidents according to established procedures Assist RTB and CTB teams with education and support on the bank's CI tool set Maintain the Murex platform's CI tooling including bug fixing, upgrades and enhancements as requested Analyze any issues raised by the support and change teams and where necessary engage with relevant vendors and communities to resolve Actively identify inefficiencies and errors and provide solutions Promote the use of the CI tooling across the Murex team(s) and the wider GM IT team What you bring: The ideal Murex Engineer will bring a wealth of experience from the financial sector, specifically within a technology team. You will have spent at least 2 years in a CI/CD environment and possess strong technical skills including XML/XLST, RDMS/SQL, Excel, Unix. Your proficiency in CI tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab, Azure DevOps will be highly valued. A good understanding of version control systems such as GIT and Scripting languages such as Java, Groovy, Python, Shell Scripting is essential. Experience with cloud implementations and hands-on Murex knowledge would be advantageous. Degree in Computer Science, IT Engineering or related discipline At least 5 years experience working within a technology team in the financial sector required At least 2 years working in a CI/CD environment Hands-on Murex experience/knowledge is preferred (technically and functionally) Experience of cloud implementations is a plus Strong basic technical skills such as XML/XLST, RDMS/SQL, Excel, Unix Proficiency in CI tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab, Azure DevOps, etc. Good understanding of version control systems such as GIT Good Scripting language skills such as Java, Groovy, Python, Shell Scripting, etc. Our Recruitment Delivery Team are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of disability, impairment, or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.
10/05/2024
Full time
Murex Engineer - Financial Services - London - Permanent - hybrid (3 days office/2 days wfh) Our client, a leading financial markets and commodities bank based in the city of London is seeking a Murex Engineer to join their dynamic Global Markets IT Engineering team on a permanent basis. This role offers an exciting opportunity to play a crucial part in maintaining the CI toolset for the Murex platform and ecosystem. The successful candidate will be instrumental in defining and implementing software development life cycle processes, ensuring efficient code and configuration development while reducing errors, improving stability and enhancing code quality. This role provides a unique chance to gain a broad understanding of the Global Markets division and a diverse range of banking products. Join a dynamic Global Markets IT Engineering team Play a crucial role in maintaining the CI toolset for the Murex platform Opportunity to gain a broad understanding of the Global Markets division and diverse range of banking products What you'll do: As a Murex Engineer, you will be at the heart of our client's Global Markets IT Engineering team. Your primary responsibility will be to maintain the Continuous Integration (CI) toolset for the Murex platform, ensuring its optimal performance. You will also be tasked with resolving support requests and incidents, assisting teams with education on CI tools, maintaining the Murex platform's CI tooling, analysing issues raised by support teams, identifying inefficiencies, providing solutions, promoting CI tooling usage across teams, and continuously learning about market trends. Configure the Murex platform's CI tooling Monitor the performance of CI pipelines Resolve support requests and incidents according to established procedures Assist RTB and CTB teams with education and support on the bank's CI tool set Maintain the Murex platform's CI tooling including bug fixing, upgrades and enhancements as requested Analyze any issues raised by the support and change teams and where necessary engage with relevant vendors and communities to resolve Actively identify inefficiencies and errors and provide solutions Promote the use of the CI tooling across the Murex team(s) and the wider GM IT team What you bring: The ideal Murex Engineer will bring a wealth of experience from the financial sector, specifically within a technology team. You will have spent at least 2 years in a CI/CD environment and possess strong technical skills including XML/XLST, RDMS/SQL, Excel, Unix. Your proficiency in CI tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab, Azure DevOps will be highly valued. A good understanding of version control systems such as GIT and Scripting languages such as Java, Groovy, Python, Shell Scripting is essential. Experience with cloud implementations and hands-on Murex knowledge would be advantageous. Degree in Computer Science, IT Engineering or related discipline At least 5 years experience working within a technology team in the financial sector required At least 2 years working in a CI/CD environment Hands-on Murex experience/knowledge is preferred (technically and functionally) Experience of cloud implementations is a plus Strong basic technical skills such as XML/XLST, RDMS/SQL, Excel, Unix Proficiency in CI tools like Jenkins, TeamCity, GitLab, Azure DevOps, etc. Good understanding of version control systems such as GIT Good Scripting language skills such as Java, Groovy, Python, Shell Scripting, etc. Our Recruitment Delivery Team are committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates. If you require any accommodations or adjustments as a result of disability, impairment, or health condition, please do not hesitate to let me know.
Request Technology - Craig Johnson
Chicago, Illinois
*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Director of Risk Management Software Engineering. Candidate will be responsible for functions within Quantitative Risk Management for developing and maintaining risk models for margin, clearing fund and stress testing with the focus on developing and maintaining risk model software in production, and environments and infrastructure used in model implementation and testing. Responsibilities: Collaborate with other developers, quantitative analysts, business users, data & technology staff to expand QRM's technical capabilities for model development, back-testing and monitoring. Develop and maintain software and environments used to implement and test systems for pricing, margin risk and stress testing of financial products and derivatives. Configure and manage resources in the local and AWS cloud environments and deploy QRM's software on these resources. Develop CI/CD pipelines. Configure, execute, and monitor execution pipelines for model testing, back-testing and monitoring. Contribute to development of QRM's databases and ETLs. Integrate model prototypes, model library and model testing tools using best industry practices and innovations. Create unit and integration tests; build and enhance test automation tools. Participate in code reviews and demo accomplishments. Write technical documentation and user manuals. Provide production support and perform troubleshooting. Provide hands-on technical leadership and active coordination of tasks and priorities. Provide guidance and support for the team and reporting for the management. Qualifications: Strong programming skills. Able to read and/or write code using a programming language (eg, Java, C++, Python, etc.) in a collaborative software development setting: The role requires advanced coding, database and environment manipulation skills. Track record of complex production implementations and a demonstrated ability in developing and maintaining enterprise level software, including in the cloud environment. Proficiency in technical and/or scientific documentation (eg, white papers, user guides, etc.) Strong problem-solving skills: Be able to accurately identify a problem's source, severity, and impact to determine possible solutions and needed resources. Experience with Agile/SCRUM or another rapid development framework. Financial products knowledge is a plus: understanding of markets and financial derivatives in equities, interest rate, and commodity products. Background in Financial mathematics is a plus: derivatives pricing models, stochastic calculus, statistics and probability theory, linear algebra. Master's degree or equivalent in a computational or numerical field such as computer science, information systems, mathematics, physics 10+ years of experience as a software developer with exposure to the cloud or high-performance computing areas Technical Skills: Proficiency in Java (preferred) or another object-oriented language is required, including effective application of design patterns and best coding practices. DevOps experience, with a good command of CI/CD process and tools (eg, Git, GitHub, Gradle, Jenkins, Docker, Helm, Harness). Experience in containerized deployment in cloud environments. Experienced with cloud technology (AWS preferred), infrastructure-as-code (eg Terraform), managing and orchestrating containerized workloads (eg Kubernetes). Experience with logging, profiling, monitoring, telemetry (eg Splunk, OpenTelemetry). Good command of database technology and query languages (SQL) and non-relational DB and other Big Data technology, including efficient storage and serialization protocols (eg Parquet, Avro, Protocol Buffers). Experience with automated quality assurance frameworks (eg, Junit, TestNG, PyTest, etc.). Experience with high performance and distributed computing. Experience with productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Office. Experience with Scripting languages such as Python is a plus. Experience with numerical libraries and/or scientific computing is a plus.
09/05/2024
Full time
*We are unable to sponsor for this permanent Full time role* *Position is bonus eligible* Prestigious Financial Institution is currently seeking a Director of Risk Management Software Engineering. Candidate will be responsible for functions within Quantitative Risk Management for developing and maintaining risk models for margin, clearing fund and stress testing with the focus on developing and maintaining risk model software in production, and environments and infrastructure used in model implementation and testing. Responsibilities: Collaborate with other developers, quantitative analysts, business users, data & technology staff to expand QRM's technical capabilities for model development, back-testing and monitoring. Develop and maintain software and environments used to implement and test systems for pricing, margin risk and stress testing of financial products and derivatives. Configure and manage resources in the local and AWS cloud environments and deploy QRM's software on these resources. Develop CI/CD pipelines. Configure, execute, and monitor execution pipelines for model testing, back-testing and monitoring. Contribute to development of QRM's databases and ETLs. Integrate model prototypes, model library and model testing tools using best industry practices and innovations. Create unit and integration tests; build and enhance test automation tools. Participate in code reviews and demo accomplishments. Write technical documentation and user manuals. Provide production support and perform troubleshooting. Provide hands-on technical leadership and active coordination of tasks and priorities. Provide guidance and support for the team and reporting for the management. Qualifications: Strong programming skills. Able to read and/or write code using a programming language (eg, Java, C++, Python, etc.) in a collaborative software development setting: The role requires advanced coding, database and environment manipulation skills. Track record of complex production implementations and a demonstrated ability in developing and maintaining enterprise level software, including in the cloud environment. Proficiency in technical and/or scientific documentation (eg, white papers, user guides, etc.) Strong problem-solving skills: Be able to accurately identify a problem's source, severity, and impact to determine possible solutions and needed resources. Experience with Agile/SCRUM or another rapid development framework. Financial products knowledge is a plus: understanding of markets and financial derivatives in equities, interest rate, and commodity products. Background in Financial mathematics is a plus: derivatives pricing models, stochastic calculus, statistics and probability theory, linear algebra. Master's degree or equivalent in a computational or numerical field such as computer science, information systems, mathematics, physics 10+ years of experience as a software developer with exposure to the cloud or high-performance computing areas Technical Skills: Proficiency in Java (preferred) or another object-oriented language is required, including effective application of design patterns and best coding practices. DevOps experience, with a good command of CI/CD process and tools (eg, Git, GitHub, Gradle, Jenkins, Docker, Helm, Harness). Experience in containerized deployment in cloud environments. Experienced with cloud technology (AWS preferred), infrastructure-as-code (eg Terraform), managing and orchestrating containerized workloads (eg Kubernetes). Experience with logging, profiling, monitoring, telemetry (eg Splunk, OpenTelemetry). Good command of database technology and query languages (SQL) and non-relational DB and other Big Data technology, including efficient storage and serialization protocols (eg Parquet, Avro, Protocol Buffers). Experience with automated quality assurance frameworks (eg, Junit, TestNG, PyTest, etc.). Experience with high performance and distributed computing. Experience with productivity tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Office. Experience with Scripting languages such as Python is a plus. Experience with numerical libraries and/or scientific computing is a plus.