Java Developer - Doral, United States - Selby Jennings

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    Description

    Selby Jennings is working with a leading hedge fund that is looking to hire a Software Engineer for their Quant Team.

    You will be part of our Quant Technology team to build our next generation of in-house analytics and trading support tools. This team will develop and maintain the in-house models and pricing libraries, providing firm-wide live risk and Profit & Loss analysis to support global trading in Fixed Income, Commodities, Credit, commodities and FX products.

    This is a unique opportunity to join one of the leading hedge funds in the world and enter the fast-growing world of FinTech, learning from the best in the field how it is done at the highest levels. We offer a fast-paced environment with excellent international growth opportunities and exposure to world-class financial technologies and global markets.

    Responsibilities

    • Take part in the development and enhancement of the back-end distributed system, providing continuous and uninterrupted Risk and Profit & Loss information to Portfolio Managers and Risk Officers.
    • Work closely with Quant researchers and developers, tech teams, middle office and trading global teams
    • Build micro services on top of our new analytics library and integrate it into the existing system, using the latest technologies

    Requirements

    • 5+ years of professional experience experience developing in Java (will accept Kotlin experience for Java applicants)
    • Experience in Client-Server, Distributed computing and Microservices design patterns
    • Experience developing and maintaining back-end distributed system.
    • Good understanding of various Design Patterns, Algorithms & Data structures
    • Experience working with Git / GitHub
    • B.A. in computer science or another quantitative field
    • Ability to communicate effectively with senior stakeholders across the organization
    • Able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
    • Detail oriented, organized, demonstrating thoroughness and strong ownership of work

    Desired additional skillsets

    • Experience with Docker/Kubernetes
    • Experience with NoSQL like MongoDB
    • Experience with asynchronous programming in python and use of the asyncio library
    • Experience with Java concurrency constructs and writing multi-threaded code in java
    • Experience with reactive and or functional programming
    • Experience working in Linux environment
    • Experience with Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD)
    • Experience developing in Java or C++ with good understanding of the Modern C++ standards
    • Experience developing Cross Asset Pricing and Risk Systems
    • Experience with financial mathematics and statistics.
    • Experience in the financial industry