Looking for a Development Lead, Equity Derivatives Structured Products for a 6 month contract assignment in Toronto.
This technology team solves some of the most interesting and complex challenges in the financial industry. Shipping code early and often using Agile and DevOps principles is critical for delivering business value, with continuous improvement and learning at the center of everything they do.
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They are motivated by challenging each other to push the boundaries of financial and technological innovation, in an open, inclusive, and diverse environment.
They are looking for the brightest and best developers to take their team forward.
Advantages
The Technology team runs the pricing & order management stack covering pre-trade client RFQs, retail market distribution, life cycle management and secondary markets.
The team develops and maintains its own Structured Products OMS with in-house built pricing service. The OMS comprises of a C# front end with a host of backend services written in C# and Java.
The team spans the 3 main trading hubs (Hong Kong, New York, London), with team members in seven locations (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, New York, Toronto, Poland, London, and Paris).
Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
• Building out and supporting the strategic Structured Products platform
• The candidate will be a senior developer leading a team of developers within the Structured Products Technology Team
• The candidate is expected to lead by example in writing code, proposing solutions, and instilling best practices
• They will work at improving controls over the Equity Derivatives trading and/or operations tools, which will involve analyzing, understanding existing tools (Excel/VBA) and either re-design/re-write them in a target framework (in either Java or C#) or partially re-design them to start the path towards demise
• Developers are required to have day to day interaction with the structuring or trading desk and will work on tactical and strategic platforms.
• Managing end to end Projects, such as requirement gathering, development, UAT, deployment and support
• Writing test cases and documentation
Qualifications
MUST-HAVE SKILLS:
• Leading and developing a team of developers in a complex global environment
• Excellent hands-on knowledge of functional programming styles in Java or C# (Java Preferred), team is currently using Java 11 and will be moving to Java 17.
• Front to back knowledge and experience working in Equity Derivative Structured Products including trade capture, pricing, booking and lifecycle management (FX or Fixed Income).
• A passion to drive the adoption of modern best practices including test driven development, (TDD/BDD), devops, agile methodologies
• Ability to own the entire project cycle and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders
• Knowledge of Google Cloud (GCP) would be advantageous
• Experience of noSql and relational databases (Mongo, Oracle, PostGres)
• Proven record of designing and implementing high-quality strategic solutions
• Motivation towards understanding further the Equity Derivatives business
• Excellent communication skills in English
Summary
Apply today for immediate consideration with an updated resume!!!!!!
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Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Looking for a Development Lead, Equity Derivatives Structured Products for a 6 month contract assignment in Toronto.
This technology team solves some of the most interesting and complex challenges in the financial industry. Shipping code early and often using Agile and DevOps principles is critical for delivering business value, with continuous improvement and learning at the center of everything they do.
They are motivated by challenging each other to push the boundaries of financial and technological innovation, in an open, inclusive, and diverse environment.
They are looking for the brightest and best developers to take their team forward.
Advantages
The Technology team runs the pricing & order management stack covering pre-trade client RFQs, retail market distribution, life cycle management and secondary markets.
The team develops and maintains its own Structured Products OMS with in-house built pricing service. The OMS comprises of a C# front end with a host of backend services written in C# and Java.
The team spans the 3 main trading hubs (Hong Kong, New York, London), with team members in seven locations (Hong Kong, Guangzhou, New York, Toronto, Poland, London, and Paris).
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Responsibilities
Responsibilities:
• Building out and supporting the strategic Structured Products platform
• The candidate will be a senior developer leading a team of developers within the Structured Products Technology Team
• The candidate is expected to lead by example in writing code, proposing solutions, and instilling best practices
• They will work at improving controls over the Equity Derivatives trading and/or operations tools, which will involve analyzing, understanding existing tools (Excel/VBA) and either re-design/re-write them in a target framework (in either Java or C#) or partially re-design them to start the path towards demise
• Developers are required to have day to day interaction with the structuring or trading desk and will work on tactical and strategic platforms.
• Managing end to end Projects, such as requirement gathering, development, UAT, deployment and support
• Writing test cases and documentation
Qualifications
MUST-HAVE SKILLS:
• Leading and developing a team of developers in a complex global environment
• Excellent hands-on knowledge of functional programming styles in Java or C# (Java Preferred), team is currently using Java 11 and will be moving to Java 17.
• Front to back knowledge and experience working in Equity Derivative Structured Products including trade capture, pricing, booking and lifecycle management (FX or Fixed Income).
• A passion to drive the adoption of modern best practices including test driven development, (TDD/BDD), devops, agile methodologies
• Ability to own the entire project cycle and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders
• Knowledge of Google Cloud (GCP) would be advantageous
• Experience of noSql and relational databases (Mongo, Oracle, PostGres)
• Proven record of designing and implementing high-quality strategic solutions
• Motivation towards understanding further the Equity Derivatives business
• Excellent communication skills in English
Summary
Apply today for immediate consideration with an updated resume!!!!!!
______________________
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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